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Re:Hacking the Olympics by Gurrewe on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @04:29PM (#6561975)
Where did you get track and field from? Since everything is about Cross-Country Skiing in this post, I kept myself on the topic.

Sprint is one of six types of skiing in the Olympic Games.

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Re:Hacking the Olympics by owenmarshall on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @04:54PM (#6562109)
Ah, so it is! I guess my mind saw 'sprint' and went to what was familiar to me.

That said, there is use in comparing something that (I'd wager!) many people know (running) to something far fewer people know(skiing times). Frankly I didn't know how hard 'finishing within 10 minutes' would be; but now I've got something to compare with.

And what that illustrates is that coming anywhere near a qualifying time is extremely difficult.

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