“Even the fourth-place finisher would have won gold in August.â€
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paralympic-1500m-t13_us_57d6d3a8e4b03d2d459b7e78
“Even the fourth-place finisher would have won gold in August.â€
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paralympic-1500m-t13_us_57d6d3a8e4b03d2d459b7e78
This is a cute story, but does anyone here think for a minute that any of them would have medal'ed much less won?
luv2run wrote:
This is a cute story, but does anyone here think for a minute that any of them would have medal'ed much less won?
It's a Huffington Post article, don't take it seriously
Right, Huffington Post made up the times.
Which Olympics? wrote:
Right, Huffington Post made up the times.
Don't take their commentary seriously, idiot.
money losing huffpo wrote:
luv2run wrote:This is a cute story, but does anyone here think for a minute that any of them would have medal'ed much less won?
It's a Huffington Post article, don't take it seriously
^^^^So much this^^^^^^
Is there any rule that would stop them from running in the "real" Olympics?
The 1500m in the Olympics was very tactical with a 50.6 second last 400m. It was effectively a 800m race. Some guys ran the mile in 3:47. Most of the field ran the 1500m in 3:30 or so.
No way these Paralympians would have medaled. Dead last.
Blah Blah. wrote:
Is there any rule that would stop them from running in the "real" Olympics?
Only the Olympic qualifying standard. Otherwise, nope, nothing.
These athletes are in the T13 category. They are affected by a light visual impairment which let them be completely independent. I don't think they have anything less than a "normal" athlete from the physical point of view.
Too many damn categories in the paralympics. And people here think swimming is bad in the normal olympics.