George Orwell again

[toblin]

<p>From the NYT’s</p>

<p>For Women’s Road Records, Only Women-Only Races Will Count</p>

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Now added to the list of banned, performance-enhancing substances for female distance runners: men.</p>

<p>The world governing body for track and field has newly decided that records in women’s road racing will count only if they are set in women’s-only events to nullify the benefits of pacesetting by faster male runners, a dynamic that can exist in some marathons, half-marathons and 10-kilometer races where men and women are in the same field.

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<p>[Link</a> to article](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/sports/for-womens-road-records-only-women-only-races-will-count.html?_r=1&hp]Link”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/sports/for-womens-road-records-only-women-only-races-will-count.html?_r=1&hp)</p>

[LasMa]

<p>Global totalitarianism … IAAF rules … sure, I see the similarity. :rolleyes:</p>

[razorsharp]

<p>I figured it was because the men just get in the way. :)</p>