Talk:Carl Lewis

Height & Weight
How does anyone know how much Carl weighs? It doesn’t say he DID weigh that in a given year. Nicmart (talk) 03:25, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Medal Record Headings
Both the lists of "Olympic Games / World Championships..." and "100 m / 200 m ..." are headed "Event." Rather than using the same word to mean two different things so close to each other, I'd like to see the first one headed "Competition," but I don't know how to change it... Pbackstrom (talk) 01:22, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

National Anthem singing
If the article reference to his US National Anthem singing is about the time where he infamously did it really badly (he started an octave too high and so couldn't reach the high notes or something) then that should be said;

When US Olympic Legend Carl Lewis Completely Botched Singing America’s National Anthem - www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-watch-when-us-olympic-legend-carl-lewis-completely-botched-singing-americas-national-anthem/

The singing, followed by the hosts of ESPN Sports Center laughing hysterically at how bad it was - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZV0dC6WjKA

Given that awful pubic singing of it by invited celebrities at sporting events etc isn't the norm, it should be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 (talk) 15:04, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * isn't the norm Says who? The reference you provide actually says the opposite, not that we should be using it given it's quality. --Hipal (talk) 23:48, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Hipal Is there any proof it was actually him, though? 2605:B100:142:46B0:88F7:307:D90D:D142 (talk) 00:27, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * It's been removed from this article. --Hipal (talk) 02:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Pittinger
I find it very strange that when I quote the letter from Pittinger, it gets deleted because "it seems undue, wording is strange". I don't think that Moore invented this letter.

Calvin Smith: Do you think it would be okay to quote what Smith said about the race, since he was the only one not testing positive? For me, his view is important. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iojunto (talk • contribs) 22:25, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for starting a discussion on this.
 * Personal opinions are not what drives what is included in Wikipedia articles. Instead we follow content policies
 * Given that this article is about Carl Lewis, I'm unclear why such detail belongs in this article. --Hipal (talk) 23:56, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the deletion of the two paragraphs. I apologize if my choice of words appeared rude. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iojunto (talk • contribs) 10:51, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I haven't noticed any rude wording. I was concerned that "Therefore, on 26 August 1988, the US American received a letter from Pittinger, USOC director:" is rather poor English. --Hipal (talk) 16:16, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Wording: Well we can rewrite this one sentence. Pittinger: He was USOC director and it is a first-hand information. Smith: He witnessed track and field for years from up close, so his view is relevant about that topic.

These are opinions of relevant people. I understand that we have to be careful, but Status quo (of that chapter) appears like a one-sided point of view and for me if I would have to do it like that I would rather let it be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iojunto (talk • contribs) 16:19, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * As I said, I'm unclear why this level of detail belongs in this article.
 * Getting a third opinion might help us. --Hipal (talk) 23:29, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Lewis anchored another world record, in 37.40 s, a time which stood for 16 years. He covered the final leg in 9.85 seconds, the fastest officially recorded anchor leg.[73]
This statement is physically impossible. With the team running 37.40 seconds, the average time for each of the four runners is 9.35 seconds. So the fastest split cannot possibly be 9.85. If this is a misprint, and the time was 8.85, I could believe that is was the fastest leg. 2606:5D00:4801:900:6595:91AD:E042:6193 (talk) 19:27, 8 May 2024 (UTC)