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ProfessorGAC

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4. There's Also A Hypothesis That...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 09:35 AM

Oct 2023

...hamstring injuries may be facilitated by the excessive traction on the trailing leg.
I haven't seen an update, but there was talk of it a couple years ago. Synthetic tracks for sprinters were suspected as well.

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