Do they just finally put out all their effort at one event, or have they ran the event that fast before it just didn’t count unless they were in a massive race?
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It’s kinda both. A lot of governing bodies won’t allow records to be set unless certain levels of official are being used (don’t want an incorrect record going into the books because the local staff were sloppy) and those are often only going to be present at the bigger events. But also you’ve only got so many all-out efforts in you and top competitors will often plan to put in a worse result in smaller events (because they don’t need to go 100% to get what they need out of the meet, and they might not be ready to hit personal bests anyway).
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