Is Anyone Happy With the IAAF Decision About Women’s Records?
In a recent “Things You Should Know” piece, I mentioned the squirrelly decision by the IAAF to only recognize records set by women in women only competitions.
This decision seems odd to me and more than a little 19th century.
So-far, I have yet to see any really good argument for the IAAF decision. All the ink I’ve seen (real or virtual) has been critical of the IAAF decision. Has anyone seen any writing in defense of the IAAF? I’d be interested to see it.
I recently stumbled on a nice editorial the Chicago Tribune’s Philip Hersh wrote on the decision. (Okay, scathing is probably a better word than nice, but I enjoyed it.)
In it, Hersh asks the all important questions:
Why not have a women’s marathon world record category for days with 39 percent humidity?
