- Steve Smythe, results editor
WIND AND FASTEST LOSERS
THE fastest losers process in championships is often flawed. In sprint races, a variable wind can make quite a difference and it affected who made the US trials 100m finals. In longer races, the later heats have a big advantage. Wind also had an effect in the US trials long jump. Two men jumped 8.42m – one with a 5.0m tailwind and one with 1.6m. The 5.0m won the final Olympic place but is clearly an inferior mark!