Senegal has it 400 M record standing since 18 October 1968. Was wondering which nation has the longest standing national record in track and field?
Senegal has it 400 M record standing since 18 October 1968. Was wondering which nation has the longest standing national record in track and field?
Question too hard, can't you just ask whom we think is doping? or some cheap issue. My head hurts
Randolph Seymour III
Peter Snell's 800 record. 1962.
Iceland's Triple Jump record dates back to 1960.
Peter O'Connor set the Irish long jump record in 1901, and it remained the national record for 89 years.
One country stil has one standing from 1912.
Record Man wrote:
One country stil has one standing from 1912.
I'd like to see it.
The answer to this trivia question is always Silvio Cator's still standing 1928 Haitian long jump record of 7.93m.
Jeff Wigand wrote:
Record Man wrote:One country stil has one standing from 1912.
I'd like to see it.
The answer to this trivia question is always Silvio Cator's still standing 1928 Haitian long jump record of 7.93m.
Wow, no surprise there. Between wars, dictators and other self inflicted calamities, I can see how nothing has changed for long .Infact the whole country seems to be in 1912
Douche Le Roommate wrote:
Wow, no surprise there. Between wars, dictators and other self inflicted calamities, I can see how nothing has changed for long .Infact the whole country seems to be in 1912
Haiti had a rough start and hasn't had much go right for it. You'll recall that France crippled their economy early on, demanding the modern-day equivalent of $12 billion as an indemnity for property France lost as a result of the revolution (the property being the Haitians themselves).
The US also hurt Haiti early on. Under Jefferson, the US enforced an embargo on trade with Haiti following their revolution, and didn't offer recognition to Haiti until the 1860s, out of fear that a successful Haiti would inspire American slaves to start their own mass rebellion.
Then you have misguided aid programs like these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_PigWhich decimiate the ability of many Haitians to support themselves, and end up only benefiting US pig farmers and foreign companies who had loads of people (and children) who formerly depended on that industry and were now available to work in manufacturing.
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