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2. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - Wikipedia

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   At just over 5 feet tall, [2] Fraser-Pryce is more petite than most female sprinters. [27] [315] She recalled that when she started training at the University of Technology, "everyone [said] I was too short and I shouldn't think about running fast." [27] A prototypical stride rate runner, she relies on cadence and a high stride frequency in her ...

3. Platform shoe - Wikipedia

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   A maid wearing circle-type pattens: Piety in Pattens or Timbertoe on Tiptoe, England 1773 After their use in Ancient Greece for raising the height of important characters in the Greek theatre and their similar use by high-born prostitutes or courtesans in London in the sixteenth century, platform shoes, called pattens, are thought to have been worn in Europe in the eighteenth century to avoid ...

4. Height in sports - Wikipedia

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   The average height of an NHL player is just over 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall. Zdeno Chára, at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL. In recent years, the height of goaltenders has increased as taller goaltenders can cover a larger portion of the goal when on their knees in the butterfly goaltending style.

5. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...

6. Usain Bolt - Wikipedia

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   By the age of 15, he had grown to 1.95 metres (6 ft 5 in) tall, and he physically stood out among his peers. [1] He won the 200 m in a time of 20.61 s, [ 31 ] which was 0.03 s slower than his personal best of 20.58 s, which he set in the 1st round. [ 32 ]

7. Christian Coleman edges Noah Lyles in battle for 60-meter ...

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   Lyles came within .1 seconds of Colemans' 2018 world record last month. On Friday, he was looking to become the first sprinter to put together world titles in the 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 ...