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Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 2 August 2012 7:21 AM
The coolest thing in any paper this morning comes from the New York Times, who set out to answer this question: “Nathan Adrian’s 100-meter freestyle won gold. But how would he do against every medalist in this event – ever?” The result is an amazing interactive chart comparing the race times for swimmers 100 years ago with yesterday’s 100 M freestyle result.
SOURCE: New York Times
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