Surprised there's no thread about this already. Basis of this thread is to discuss track/field alt-history. Some beginning ideas I had in mind to start off discussion were things like:
- What if events like the mile/1600 and 2 mile/3200 were run at the professional level in events like the olympics? Would records be lower? Who would be running them.
- What if [athlete] had decided to compete in a different primary event than OTL, such as Michael Norman in the mile/1500 or Bob Hayes in the 800?
But yeah, unusual topic, so I guess i'll see if this gains any interest and I might try a TL based around some stuff like this. I probably will even if it doesn't gain any interest.