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> So, does this imply that having Joanna Zeiger in Sydney will not
> influence the race?
i don't know whether he implied it or not, but if he didn't, i will.
what david was saying, i think, is that the entire race environment,
from start to finish, is altered when you have athletes like sheila and
barb -- who are frontrunners and are willing to work together -- in the
race. taking the trials as an example, barb did not finish the race.
but she altered the event for everyone in the field with her presence.
as two examples, karen smyers might well have made the olympic team, at
least as an alternate, were barb not to have started the trials; and
taormina might not have won without barb's presence. so having barb in
the race altered it quite substantially.
zeiger may figure the final standings if she has an exceptional race
(which i hope she does), but she'll have little or no impact on the
intera-race tactics.
this is not to diminish zeiger. it's just that whether or not barb
wins, places, shows, or finishes, her presence influences everyone's
race every time she races. should God, or Les, someday decide to make
triathlon, run-bike-swim, joanna zeiger would set the tempo for all the
other racers, and barb would not be a factor until near the end of the
race.
slowman
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