Nice. Ill go with all the mens shot putters KNOWING a week in advance that they WEREN'T going to win. The only one that had a chance messed up at usatf and didnt make the team. I'll throw Munoz a bone though.
in hindsight, Nader's win shouldn't be too surprising, but Bell running 1:54 at 32 really shocked me.
Everyone keeps going on about Hunter-Bell’s age. Kelly Holmes was 34 when she won gold at the Olympics in both the 800m and 1500m.
Plus she had a long break when she focused on Duathlons. So kept a big aerobic engine without burning out.
The difference is, between 1995 and 2003, before Holmes won that double gold, she won four other medals at Worlds and the Sydney Olympics. She also won gold medals at the CWGs as far back as '94. She had some pedigree going into Athens '04, and many of her competitors were forced off the EPO after 2000, when the test became more widely available.
Everyone keeps going on about Hunter-Bell’s age. Kelly Holmes was 34 when she won gold at the Olympics in both the 800m and 1500m.
Plus she had a long break when she focused on Duathlons. So kept a big aerobic engine without burning out.
The difference is, between 1995 and 2003, before Holmes won that double gold, she won four other medals at Worlds and the Sydney Olympics. She also won gold medals at the CWGs as far back as '94. She had some pedigree going into Athens '04, and many of her competitors were forced off the EPO after 2000, when the test became more widely available.
Yes true. But I’m purely talking about her age. As Georgia’s age is being constantly mentioned.
So Kelly managed to be at the top of her game for a long time and peak at 34.