Sahily Diago (1:57 WJL) has not broken 2:00 outside of Havana

A little fishy perhaps. Kind of like all the Russian women who used to run 1:55-57 in Moscow then vanish or struggle in big Championships.

Deep-fried Quadriceps wrote:

A little fishy perhaps. Kind of like all the Russian women who used to run 1:55-57 in Moscow then vanish or struggle in big Championships.

You mean like Mariya Savinova who is the 2012 Olympic gold medalist? ...and 2011 World Champs gold medalist?

fromthegutter wrote:

Deep-fried Quadriceps wrote:

A little fishy perhaps. Kind of like all the Russian women who used to run 1:55-57 in Moscow then vanish or struggle in big Championships.

You mean like Mariya Savinova who is the 2012 Olympic gold medalist? ...and 2011 World Champs gold medalist?

Clearly he/she does not mean her. Did you even read the post to which you replied?

No, I didn't read yours either

And Mary Cain has not broken 2:01 outside of Eugene. Plenty of athletes out there to accuse -- let's wait a while before adding Sahily Diago to the list.

How Soon Is Now? wrote:

I'm getting a bit suspicious of this athlete's "one-off" result on her home turf, when she is unable to get within two seconds elsewhere:

400m 18.03 La Habana Copa Cuba 3. 53.87

800m 20.03 La Habana Copa Cuba 2. 2:02.48

800m 25.05 La Habana (CUB) 1:57.74

800m 05.06 Roma Golden Gala 2. 2:00.01

800m 08.06 Hengelo FBK Games 8. 2:05.27

800m 24.07 Eugene IAAF World Junior Championships 2. 2:02.11

True, but I recently had a look at that 2:00.01 for 2nd in Rome [ahead of Ajee, among others] and thought it was quite impressive. Seems to me like she peaked early in the season. I think the same could be true of the top 6 in the women's 1500m today and that it's entirely possible that as of this moment, Cain and Jess Judd are the top two female junior middle distance runners in the world. Which is NOT to say I think either Cain or Judd is currently capable of hitting the times Sahily and Sayaum ran earlier in the year.

1:59 is not 1:57, the 800 is not Mary's primary event, and Cain has been very consistent and transparent at the top level in all events except rust-buster 800s early season. Diago is more of a black box situation. If she was from Russia or China we wouldn't even bother to post a thread.

Wu Ming wrote:

And Mary Cain has not broken 2:01 outside of Eugene. Plenty of athletes out there to accuse -- let's wait a while before adding Sahily Diago to the list.

An important fact that has been lost in the detail is that "How Soon is Now" was a terrific song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmXAnB0mEvo

Maybe she prefers running in hot conditions, or like others said maybe she peaked hard in the spring.

It's never the case that juniors are inconsistent.