FULR wrote:First of all...it is the 3000m steeplechase. It is a very WEAK event. It appears that a steeplechase is often run slightly faster than a 2 mile. For these women to be running a bit slower than 9 tells you how weak it is
smart guy
very correct
i didn't bother to look at the differences in height of barriers until now but it was shockingly low !!!
it is very favored to tall women such as western gals
but this also means the short Kenyan women will need to improve their technique & can't just expect to amble across low barriers
apparently it's 36" for men v 30" for women
however, average men v women height in west is 5'10 v 5'4
therefore huge discrepancy in ratios between 36"/5'10 & 30"/5'4 if someone can be bothered to do relative ratios
to convert women's times with higher barriers is not easy at all but all things considered, my experience in estimating indicates for small changes, it's likely the slowing woud be ~ cubic root of increased barrier
if women had barriers same proportion to men at 36"/5'10, a 8'00.00 clocking woud slow to maybe
~ 8'00.00 * ( 36"/5'10 divided by 30"/5'4 )^(1/3) =
~ 8'15.0
if women's barriers were proportionate height to that of men, the times woud be at least 15s slower for top gals...