Recent content by Defiets

Re: Who is that Bavarian-Spanish miracle? Drug dwarf Messi has to be mentioned too, as should 33 years old Serena Williams.

Re: Re: Here, in case you have forgotten the initial statement. But now you claim the progression was not so gradual, while the conclusion remains the same. viewtopic.php?p=1803775#p1803775 I've checked your post history and it seems me wise indeed to stop the discussion here.

Re: I'm not when just looking at the senior years (I copied-pasted it from a T&F board). I'm also talking about just the senior years of Thompson (born same year), Fraser-Pryce etc. That is also the problem with you noting the progression in the first year or the second year. Not to mention...

Re: Re: The traditional lottery market is declining in many countries. What makes the British National Lottery an exception?

Re: Re: Bolt, Powell, Carter, Blake and many others who broke the 10 seconds barrier never went to US colleges. For the question of steep career times progression it is not very relevant. The facilities are what matters, which has an effect on the incentive to leave the country early (Daily...

Not a word about the progression of other rising stars, and thus also not the lady who finished just 0.03 seconds behind and shaved off 1.5 second within a year. 'Saviour' status.

Re: Re: That piece of 24-08-2014 was an op-ed. There shouldn't be the impression it was a regular editorial piece. And probably it was referring to the prior seasons, the closed fiscal years. Plus, she has only a shoe contract since halfway 2013. It is just a fact that athletes lose their...

Re: Re: That is very true although a 40 yard dash for the NFL draft (36,58m) and 100 meters are not interchangeable distances. The same can be seen in soccer and many other ball sports where the stand outs at 100 meters are different as the players who are perceived as 'quick'. 100 metres is...

Re: Re: They had to flip every penny for hiring an American trainer who just got offloaded by UK Athletics, and he has taken a handful American dudes to Papendal too as part of the deal. Triple jumper Christian Taylor is one of his pupils.

Re: Re: But that isn't only paid by the taxpayer, which you claimed. They can get some stipend, just as most of the Europeans. In the Netherlands that stipend becomes cancelled once they earn more than 125% of the gross minimum wage. Source is an 'NRC career' article titled 'from only sport...

Re: "And as Britain's leading light he has done it alone, without domestiques working for him, without being the kingpin in the three-man squad who have tactics and legs only for one man." He hasn't done it alone, the link to Oregon as domestique.

Re: Re: The Jamaican government invests a lot and does so above their weight. That is a big reason why the likes of Bolt stay in Jamaica unlike their predecessors. Links seem to be handled here as spam but there's a 2010 Daily Telegraph article available. "Historically, the majority of...

Re: Re: The same article also plays the jealousy and reverse racism card though. That the vested interests and rival athletes didn't congratulate her. One sentence: "Even though a genetic advantage for black females has never been proven, they themselves feel they are advantaged." Other: "They...

Re: Re: Nice theory, except that the real situation is more like the other way around.

Re: Re: And then being so poor in depth? Oh well. What's the Oregon of Holland?