Women winning outright

[noel]

His slight nuance, was that if a particular male and female (pair) were matched at a distance. The female (of the pair) would probably be faster at longer distances but the male (of the pair) would probably be faster at shorter distances.

If that were true, it would seem to suggest that the gap between men and women would narrow as distances become longer. But that's not true:

https://zigapskraba.com/2016/09/15/w...n-track-field/

Women's records are almost always about 10% slower than mens, across all distances: 100m to marathon. Which surprised me.

[Wardy]

https://www.racetecresults.com/resul...=20223&RId=120
Katie Walshaw came close at Whaley Waltz