Have you got shares in plasticine?
Joking aside I agree, it would be like not have a bar in the high jump and just using hawkeye to say who went the highest.
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They don’t use plasticine anymore. 
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Edwards was revolutionary at the time. Previously the event was mostly dominated by strong men doing 3 takeoffs, he came in with much more speed and a skipping stone approach.
I suspect it won’t stand much longer. The current crop are getting close but would not be described as top tier athletes. It will take a top college sprinter or long jumper to make the switch and it will go.
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They were half expecting it to go at Paris but it stood, but yeah agree with your other points.
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