Why are Minecraft pre 1.9 javelin runs made in 1.7.2?

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https://www.speedrun.com/mc#Any_Glitchless

Why do they get most of the runs in 1.7.2 and not in 1.7.10 or 1.8.9?

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Because 1.7.2 (- 1.8.9) was the hype time and all the people complain that everything is stupid afterwards. In reality, after 2 days, you got used to all the new features after 1.9.