jsmskks wrote:
What don't you understand about that not being a valid comparison? You can't compare the Olympics with the world championships. You're penalizing Ryun for something that was not in his control. So you can't use this as a comparison metric between them. You'll have to go with times. Theonly championships you can use are ones that they both did.
You're exaggerating those records. She's got the 800, 1500, 2 mile, and the 5000. The 3000 is the same event as the 3200 and likewise for the 1500. And those are high school records. Ryun and Decker were running world class times.
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Are you other folks for real?
Decker beat the doped-to-the-gills Soviets when she was 14 years old. At 15 years old she was the world record holder for the indoor mile. At 16 years old she set the world record for the 800m.
These are not high school records. These are world records.
And she is not comparable to Cain?!? What planet are you folks from?