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Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Some inspiring results
I don't' remember why, but I was looking at the results from the 1989 World Champs a few days ago. The 1989 WOC was in Sweden, but not in the normal Scandinavia terrain. The terrain was closer to continental terrain. The organizers felt it was "neutral."
Marita Skogum won.
What caught my eye were some of the results further down the list.
10 minutes back (16th place) was a 20 year old who went on to win the sprint in 2001 (Vroni Konig-Salmi).
11 minutes back (18th place) was a young runner -- 22 I think -- who took her first of several individual medals when she finished 3rd in the classic/long race in 1993 (Yvette Baker-Hague).
15 minutes back (27th place) was a 22 year old who took the bronze in this year's long race (Birgitte Wolf).
19 minutes back (33rd place) was a 20 year old who went on to take a bronze medal in the middle distance in 1999 (Frauke Schmitt-Gran).
27 minutes back (46th place) was a runner who won the gold in the classic/long just two years later (Katalin Olah).
If I was a young runner who'd run at a WOC (or even who'd missed a place on a WOC team), I'd be inspired. If I was Sandra Z. or Boris G., I'd be inspired.
posted by Michael |
1:10 PM
