ackeryly wrote:
yyy wrote:With proper training she could run 32.00 (lose some upper body weight etc). Note that IK ran 30.13 and 30.23 28 years
ago.
Susanne Wigene of Norway ran 30.3x at the Europeans in 2006
and was second. The winner was later busted (EPO).
not sure she has much weight to lose -
http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/08/03/sport/friidrett/kristin_stormer_steira/7485332/good for her - but embarassing for norway's runners.
"Steira was a minute and 46 seconds ahead of silver medalist Fride Vullum-Bridges, and was thus well over a lap ahead of the nearest competitor"
Wow. You might expect these times in masters competition in a country like Norway. But the land of Bislett, Ingrid Kristiansen, Grete Waitz?
You'd think they'd have a half dozen or more in the 32s or low 33s.