Page 38117 wrote:
'deadesq', I posted the link immediately below in response to the post from 'it's only a matter of time' (second link).
Doubler didn't get the hi res, he said he had enough evidence that Frank cheated without it, which is fair enough.
Anyway, just out of interest and if you've got nothing better to do, are you able to add anything worthwhile?
As said above, it's all grist for the mill.
[quote]Page 38117 wrote:
Need hi res to confirm, but:
3017_609860 Look above gap between x in Finisherpix and 2 in 2019
3017_609861 Look above i and x in Finisherpix
3017_609862 Look above p in Finisherpix
3017_609863 Look above p in Finisherpix
https://www.finisherpix.com/gallery/photobrowser/en/USD/3017#All/All/38117
Thanks, 38117. I looked at that series a long time ago--before I did any of the older Long Beach Marathon contact sheets. I'll explain why I ruled it out. Take a look at this photo:
http://fp-zoom-us.s3.amazonaws.com/3017/3017_609624.JPGThe blue shirt/black shorts person is in the background of this photo. Same here, a little later:
http://fp-zoom-us.s3.amazonaws.com/3017/3017_609642.JPGhttp://fp-zoom-us.s3.amazonaws.com/3017/3017_609712.JPGMy aging eyes are not as good as they once were, but that person looks to have shorter, tighter fitting shorts than Frank wore that day. Maybe even with long blonde hair? I could be wrong on that but I'm not wrong about the splits.
The elite woman in the first photo, #110, crossed 40K at 9:20:51 a.m. Forty-one seconds before that, at 9:20:10 a.m., Frank crossed the mat at 35K. So, because this photo was taken very close to the finish, Frank would have had to get to this spot, stay there a while to be photographed several times, double back to the 40K and cross it after he's in this shot, then get back to the finish. He may be the invisible man, but as far as I know, he can't teleport.
Then again, I'm sure some troll will try to prove that point wrong.