No, Lindsey Williams of Pennsylvania, woman are not as strong physically as men, and here is the proof:
Track and Field World Records – The best of the best
To exemplify obvious differences between men and women, let’s look at the individual records of elite athletes, of the best of the best, and how the best efforts of men and women compare….
Men – 100 meters
Usain Bolt (2009): 9.58 sec
Women – 100 meters
Florence Griffin Joyner (1988): 10.49 sec
OR Elaine Thompson-Herah (2021): 10.54 sec
Men – 200 meters
Usain Bolt (2009): 19.19 sec
Women – 200 meters
Florence Griffin Joyner (1988): 21.34 sec
Men – 400 meters
Wayde van Niekerk (2016): 43.03 sec
Women – 400 meters
Marita Koch (1985): 47.60 sec
Men – 800 meters
David Rudisha (2012): 1:40.91
Women – 800 meters
Jarmila Kratochvílová (1983): 1:53.28
Men – 1500 meters
Hicham El Guerrouj (1998): 3:26.00
Women – 1500 meters
Genzebe Dibaba (2015): 3:50.07
Faith Kipyegon (2023, pending ratification): 3:49.11
Men – Mile
Hicham El Guerrouj (1999): 3:43.13
Women – Mile
Sifan Hassan (2019): 4:12.33
Men – 5,000 meters
Joshua Cheptegei (2020): 12:35.36
Women – 5,000 meters
Letesenbet Gidey (2020): 14:06.62
Faith Kipyegon (2023, pending ratification): 14:05.20
Men – 10,000 meters
Joshua Cheptegei (2020): 26:11.00
Women – 10,000 meters
Letesenbet Gidey (2021): 29:01.03
Men – Marathon (42,194 meters, or 26.2 miles)
Eliud Kipchoge (2022): 2:01.09
Women – Marathon
Brigid Kosgei (2019): 2:14.04
Men – High jump
Javier Sotomayor (1993): 8’ 0-1/4”
Women – High jump
Stefka Kostadinova (1987): 6’ 10-1/4”
Men – Pole vault
Armand Duplantis (2025): 20’ 6-3/4”
Women – Pole vault
Yelena Isinbaeva (2009): 16’ 7-1/4”
Men – Long jump
Mike Powell (1991): 29’ 4-1/4”
Women – Long jump
Galina Chistyakova (1988): 24’ 8-1/4”
Men – Triple jump
Jonathan Edwards (1995): 60’0”
Women – Triple jump
Yulimar Rojas (2022): 51’ 7-3/4”
Men – Shot put (weight, 16 lb)
Ryan Crouser (2021): 23.37 meters
Women – Shot put (weight, 8.8 lb)
Natalya Lisovskaya (1987): 22.63 meters
Men – Discus (weight, 2kg, 22cm)
Jürgen Schult (1986): 74.08 meters
Women – Discus (weight, 1kg, 22cm)
Gabriele Reinsch (1988): 76.80 meters
Men – Hammer (weight, 16lb, 3’11-3/4”)
Yuriy Sedykh (1986): 86.76 meters
Women – Hammer (weight, 8.8lb, 3’11”)
Anita Włodarczyk (2016): 82.98 meters
Men – Javelin (weight, 1.8lb, 102.4”)
Jan Zelezny (1996): 98.48 meters
Women – Javelin (weight, 1.3lb, 86.6”)
Barbora Špotáková (2008): 72.28 meters
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Re Tim Walz saying Dems need to go to football and Nascar. If you can't load and fire a shotgun, it will just lose you more support. Tim Walz should just stick with his 20% instead of trying to attract the 80% that he'll never get.
Brian, I enjoyed your interview with Professor McWhorter. Your discussion about how he handles U.S. history got me thinking about how I handle that subject with my students. I am a college professor in criminal justice at Valencia College in Orlando and you can't have an honest conversation about our criminal justice system without talking about our nation's history.
Here is how I address history: First, I lean into Yuval Noah Harari's description of the study of history. Harari suggests that the study of history is really about the study of change and the focus on people, places and events is secondary. From that starting point, I like to remind my students that our nation's history, both the good and the bad, serves as an anchor for measuring change. If we only make contemporary moral judgments about the past without acknowledging our nation's progress, then we're missing the point. To put a face to this idea, I share the story of a close colleague of mine who is a recovering ...
