In June 1929, national sprint champion Frank Wykoff of Southern California declared that "starting
blocks are bunk." He apparently preferred holes dug in the ground. Or something older: a standing start.
Nearly 80 years later, thirty-something decathlete Dimitry Yakoushkin of Northern California is wondering if maybe Frank, who died in 1980, was onto something.
On his blog last week, Yakoushkin noted the current supremacy of block starts but wonders: "Was a properly controlled study don...
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