Personally I think we have enough young stars like Amos Aman and the man Russia himself. But I think meritt and James will hit their peak before they get .5 of the record, and I don't see any new obea moores popping up in the high school circuit . So I think the 400m record.
Obeah Moore is the worst example for indicating record potential.
The 800 will take longer to break, since it's like, twice as far
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The 800 will take longer to break, since it's like, twice as far
Twice as long, you mean
This isn't even a relevant question.
Rudisha ran 1:40.91 in an Olympic final without pacemakers, entirely on his own leading wire to wire.
Once Rudisha regains his top form, it won't be long before he breaks his own world record in a rabitted race. Probably multiple times before he's done.
The 400. The current 800 world record holder is still racing, while the two top current 400m runners are still more than a half second off.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
NAU women have no excuse - they should win it all at 2024 NCAA XC
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?