Cross-Country Course Won't be a Walk in the Park
Even the man who designed it, Britain's Mike Etherington-Smith, said he "would not be surprised if no one got around inside the time, especially if it is hot on Monday.
The imponderables of heat and humidity are what he has had to figure into his design of the course at Beas River, which, as long ago as February has been reduced from an original 5,700 metres to 4,560m, with an optimum time of eight minutes, and could be shortened even more.
(All set for the off: Workers prepare the cross country venue at the 5.7-km Beas River Olympic golf course in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty)
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