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Fallen records

2011-09-22 14:07:49.953558+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

FIA changes rules about running in mixed sex groups, invalidating Paula Radcliffe's 2005 women's marathon record of 2:17:42.

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#Comment Re: made: 2011-09-22 19:18:21.91615+00 by: ebradway

At least they let Paula Radcliffe keep her status as a woman... Jeez...

First we have a brouhaha over the typology of "human" (male/female is no longer crisp) and now we have a typology of performance conditions?

I'm glad Radcliffe held both very impressive records.