Australian track athletes seem to have a remarkable lack of knowledge about weather conditions in their own back yard. Competitors at the Australian championships finally got wind of what anyone who had visited the stadium site in Homebush Bay could have told them long ago.
Not only is the wind likely to be too strong for record purposes if it is behind runners and jumpers, it is likely to be a headwind that, for all intents and purposes, will make fast times and long jumps impossible.
It just depends on the time of day, I believe. The stadium structure blocks more of the wind when it is westerly. Just win, baby: In a sports world obsessed by world records, there could be significant disappointment if the winning time in the Olympic meters were seconds plus, given that the world record is 9. We have given that percent effort, but there was no return. Weather or not: There was a lot of complaining that the unseasonably hot weather 50 at the start, high 70s by the finish Saturday in South Carolina deprived two U.
Runners World magazine has joined the chorus, sending a written plea to the IAAF to grant an exception because of the weather. Olympic team but places for two other U. The first 17 finishers broke , and the top 11 broke The top U.
And there is an example much closer to home: Race winner Clark lowered her personal best by seven minutes, even though she had spent the winter training at her home in Anchorage, not exactly the best place for heat acclimatization.
