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Post by oncearunner on Mar 26, 2010 10:06:31 GMT -5
World XC this Sunday in Bydgoszsz Poland, unseasonally warm today, 23c and sunny. Pic of Mo and Simon Attachments:
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Post by oldbones on Mar 26, 2010 11:57:17 GMT -5
Any ideas if this meet will be broadcast live? (tv, internet?  ) |
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Post by eight-hundred on Mar 26, 2010 16:44:52 GMT -5
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Post by eight-hundred on Mar 26, 2010 20:42:07 GMT -5
Canadian Entries:
Men:
41 Mohammed AHMED Junior Race 5 Jan 91
42 Simon BAIRU Senior Race 8 Aug 83
43 Wyatt BAITON Junior Race 27 Mar 91
44 Lucas BRUCHET Junior Race 23 Feb 91
45 Dylan HAIGHT Junior Race 25 May 91
46 Daryl SMITH Junior Race 91
47 Mattias WOLTER Junior Race 91
Women:
31 Madeleine DAVIDSON Junior Race 3 Aug 92
32 Chelsea GRAHAM Junior Race 4 Apr 92
33 Clara KARY Junior Race 22 Aug 92
34 Caroline PFISTER Junior Race 2 Feb 92
35 Karley REMPEL Junior Race 6 Apr 93
36 Samantha WALKOW Junior Race 7 Oct 91
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Post by cda on Mar 27, 2010 12:05:18 GMT -5
Is this streamed anywhere?
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Post by benjamin on Mar 27, 2010 13:01:33 GMT -5
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Post by eight-hundred on Mar 27, 2010 15:14:37 GMT -5
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Post by leroy on Mar 27, 2010 16:48:09 GMT -5
those times are eastern I am assuming?
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Post by lambert on Mar 28, 2010 6:23:09 GMT -5
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Post by saskatchewan on Mar 28, 2010 7:08:45 GMT -5
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Post by SI on Mar 28, 2010 7:33:21 GMT -5
In the junior men's race, Mo Ahmed finishes in 27th place (the first non-African...) Not really. |
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Post by Chris Moulton on Mar 28, 2010 7:40:32 GMT -5
Simon is 13th with 2 laps to go!
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Post by oldbones on Mar 28, 2010 7:52:27 GMT -5
Looks like an excellent race from Simon ... he was up there from the start. Responded to the surge at about mid race and still pushed to take a few more positions.
Best race since Paul McCloy?
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Post by oncearunner on Mar 28, 2010 8:48:32 GMT -5
Pic of Simon during the first lap Attachments:
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Post by oncearunner on Mar 28, 2010 8:49:31 GMT -5
Pic of Simon's finish Attachments:
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Post by oncearunner on Mar 28, 2010 8:51:10 GMT -5
Pic of Mo's 3rd lap Attachments:
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Post by oncearunner on Mar 28, 2010 8:56:59 GMT -5
British senior mens team Attachments:
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Post by oncearunner on Mar 28, 2010 9:03:21 GMT -5
Canadian Rookie Karley Rempel signing autographs Attachments:
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Post by HHH on Mar 28, 2010 9:36:10 GMT -5
Simon finishes in 13th place, awesome! Congrats to him.
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Post by Haller on Mar 28, 2010 12:46:44 GMT -5
Interesting to see that in the four races combined there was just one finisher in a top 10 that wasn't African.
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Post by oncearunner on Mar 28, 2010 14:48:15 GMT -5
How many africans have finished in the top ten in throws at worlds...can you say genetics
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Post by bbw on Mar 28, 2010 15:30:54 GMT -5
How many africans have finished in the top ten in throws at worlds...can you say genetics this is true, but this might not be due to no athletic ability, just oppurtunity. a good example comes straight from todays junior mens race, with Caleb Ndiku describing his attempts at the javlin before finding success in running. www.iaaf.org/WXC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56314.html"He then explained about his attempts at javelin. “I tried when I was very young but it was hard for me.” How far did he throw? “I cannot tell because I had nobody to coach me and ended up thinking that was no good for me, so I decided to run.” " Canada has had a wide range of athletes and have not just dominated one area of track and field because a country like ours gives everyone an oppurtunity to succeed at every event. I would agree with the fact that genetics helps with kenya's running dominance, but i dont think it takes away from their development of athletes in different events. I think that is based on coaching and facilities. Just my opinion |
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Post by oncearunner on Mar 28, 2010 16:02:31 GMT -5
Bullshit
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Post by runningaddict on Mar 28, 2010 16:17:10 GMT -5
You can also consider how many athletes nations loose to other sports. How many Canadians try track then decide to go with hockey or something.
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Post by pmac on Mar 28, 2010 17:24:25 GMT -5
And just like that, you're already beaten. |
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Post by ronb on Mar 28, 2010 17:56:30 GMT -5
And just like that, you're already beaten. Nonsense, pmac... Why do you think all the top 20/30 at World Cross are dominated by East Africans? And, perhaps not coincidentally, some of the best non-African performances are being achieved by athletes with some east-African heritage. Do you really believe this is a coincidence, or lack of will or attitude by others? How about the west-African descendants who are dominating sprinting, whether they are currently from USA, Jamaica, Great Britain, Canada, or wherever? Another coincidence? Please... Time for a reality check... |
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Post by slamer on Mar 28, 2010 18:04:42 GMT -5
Other than nice little summations like yours, there has yet be be a single study to validate your point in anyway. Put differently, why is 54% of the NHL Canadian? Is there some kind of "hockey" gene? country of birth--------------number of players --------------percent of total Canada-------------------------516-------------------53.6 USA------------------------------178-------------------18.5 Czech Republic-------------------66-------------------6.9 Sweden-------------------------45------------------------- 4.7 Russia------------------------- 41------------------------- 4.3 Finland------------------------- 39 ------------------------- 4.1 Slovakia ------------------------- 31 ------------------------- 3.2 Germany ------------------------- 8 ------------------------- 0.8 Ukraine ------------------------- 7------------------------- 0.7 Kazakhstan ------------------------- 6 ------------------------- 0.6 Latvia ------------------------- 3 ------------------------- 0.3 Belarus ------------------------- 3 ------------------------- 0.3 Austria ------------------------- 3 ------------------------- 0.3 Poland ------------------------- 3------------------------- 0.3 All others ------------------------- 13------------------------- 1.4 total ------------------------- 962 Souce: www.thephysicsofhockey.com/documents/country.pdfThose Canadian genes! I wonder how Orr/Gretzky/Lemiux's genetic gift helped them. |
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Post by gnardog on Mar 28, 2010 19:37:07 GMT -5
Wow, good work to all the Canadians but some special love to Simon Bairu, that is just beautiful, I'm a little misty over here just thinking of it and looking forward to more to come!
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Post by tree on Mar 28, 2010 21:05:06 GMT -5
Put differently, why is 54% of the NHL Canadian? Is there some kind of "hockey" gene? It's called the hockosome. |
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Post by journeyman on Mar 28, 2010 22:24:05 GMT -5
Other than nice little summations like yours, there has yet be be a single study to validate your point in anyway. Put differently, why is 54% of the NHL Canadian? Is there some kind of "hockey" gene? country of birth--------------number of players --------------percent of total Canada-------------------------516-------------------53.6 USA------------------------------178-------------------18.5 Czech Republic-------------------66-------------------6.9 Sweden-------------------------45------------------------- 4.7 Russia------------------------- 41------------------------- 4.3 Finland------------------------- 39 ------------------------- 4.1 Slovakia ------------------------- 31 ------------------------- 3.2 Germany ------------------------- 8 ------------------------- 0.8 Ukraine ------------------------- 7------------------------- 0.7 Kazakhstan ------------------------- 6 ------------------------- 0.6 Latvia ------------------------- 3 ------------------------- 0.3 Belarus ------------------------- 3 ------------------------- 0.3 Austria ------------------------- 3 ------------------------- 0.3 Poland ------------------------- 3------------------------- 0.3 All others ------------------------- 13------------------------- 1.4 total ------------------------- 962 Souce: www.thephysicsofhockey.com/documents/country.pdfThose Canadian genes! I wonder how Orr/Gretzky/Lemiux's genetic gift helped them. Reaaaaly don't want to get into this and ruin a good thread but if you look at your list, you might say all of them are "nordic" or something in their genetics. I see your point: nuture not nature makes international success; but the difference between hockey and running is that hockey is not a natural thing. Running is. Because running is so elemental, I would say that it would not be incorrect to suggest that being good at it could be related to something else elemental, i.e. genetic. I don't have any studies either, just pointing out that you can't really compare hockey and running that way. You may be right, but this is a bad example. |
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