Well,,,,, wrote:
This. I have seen some very fast 200m times when they have a 45 degree tailwind.
Still a bunch of people who either don't live in Sydney, were not in Sydney on Sunday, nor at the race trying to say that a constant 5m/s WNW wind from 1:30pm through to 2:30pm, somehow took a U turn and became a SE to E tail wind on the bend, and then simultaneously reverted back to a NNW 1.7m/s tailwinddown the straight.
I give up, go ahead and downvote the laws of physics.
The absence of a tailwind on the bend makes these performances even more remarkable.
It is more likely this :
Man_Moth wrote:
You get perfect conditions, athletes peaking, a big incentive to run fast (Comm Games selection), and a super fast guy dragging everyone along - and you get a ripple effect down through the field.
and this:
Fiendish wrote:
Gault do some research and look at 2008 US Olympic Trials and how 12 ran PRs in the quarters. this sort of thing happens at a National champs. do your research man