52 year old former Olympian runs sub 50 400 meter

Master Sleuth you are not. There are only 14 years between his recorded times; not 20.

What's the point of exaggerating like this anyways?

First ever 50 under 50! Inevitable but it took a while for someone fast enough to bother with it.

dbags wrote:

Master Sleuth you are not. There are only 14 years between his recorded times; not 20.

What's the point of exaggerating like this anyways?

19 years- pretty close! 21.18 1998 21.76 2017. Anyway, you are missing the point slowpoke. 52 years old!

Wow- no need to exaggerate his times speak for themselves - just incredible! To be in this kind of shape 30 years after his 200 PR- he has really slowed the aging curve.

There is obviously a lot of controversy on who should be allowed to compete in the "women" category. First, should we still call it that?

There seems to be a case for allowing 50+ "men" to compete in the "women" category. They seem to be about the same strength. Seems more fair than having Caster compete in the "women" category.

100m 10.88

200m 22.44

400m...

800m 1:58.65

1500m 3:58.26

5000m 14:52...

Great run.

In some way it does bring up the question as to whether the Olympics should now have a masters category. Over half of the world's population will soon be aged over 40 so why should this half of the population be discriminated against due the biological disadvantages of aging?

Guys like Guilbe who keep working hard and competing should be given another chance to compete in the Olympics.

Master-sleuth wrote:

dbags wrote:

Master Sleuth you are not. There are only 14 years between his recorded times; not 20.

What's the point of exaggerating like this anyways?

19 years- pretty close! 21.18 1998 21.76 2017. Anyway, you are missing the point slowpoke. 52 years old!

Wow- no need to exaggerate his times speak for themselves - just incredible! To be in this kind of shape 30 years after his 200 PR- he has really slowed the aging curve.

But he ran a 48 second 400 in 2003?

new category for the Olympics? wrote:

Great run.

In some way it does bring up the question as to whether the Olympics should now have a masters category. Over half of the world's population will soon be aged over 40 so why should this half of the population be discriminated against due the biological disadvantages of aging?

Guys like Guilbe who keep working hard and competing should be given another chance to compete in the Olympics.

You are a dim bulb. How are people 40+ discriminated against? ALL PEOPLE are allowed to compete in the Olympics. Just off the top of my head I remember Lagat and Keflezighi competing in the 2016 Games at age 41, and that was just from the U.S. and just from distance running. There were probably close to 100 people Olympics-wide just in 2016 that competed at age 40+.

All people worldwide were ALLOWED to compete.

new category for the Olympics? wrote:

In some way it does bring up the question as to whether the Olympics should now have a masters category.

Guys like Guilbe who keep working hard and competing should be given another chance to compete in the Olympics.

No it doesn't and no he shouldn't.

new category for the Olympics? wrote:

Great run.

In some way it does bring up the question as to whether the Olympics should now have a masters category. Over half of the world's population will soon be aged over 40 so why should this half of the population be discriminated against due the biological disadvantages of aging?

Guys like Guilbe who keep working hard and competing should be given another chance to compete in the Olympics.

As a masters runner I can't understand it. The term discrimination is used inflationary, especially in the western world. But nobody is prevented from running. I am glad as a masters runner that the public is increasingly aware of the performances in the masters categories (just as I am disappointed that many have an always-young-attitude and help with unfair methods). Let the strongest compete at the Olympics (i.e. for usual the young generation) and pay respect to a 52 year old former Olympian who teaches the young lads a lesson at the locals somewhere in the world.

Not the same dude.

There is a college student in PR with the same name right now.

Is this the first person to run under their age? Or the largest gap between age and time?

Check the tape, Bob wrote:

Not the same dude.

There is a college student in PR with the same name right now.

This, it looks like it could be his son though

Vvhjjbhhbjhhjj wrote:

......Seems more fair than having Caster compete in the "women" category.....

100m 10.88

200m 22.44

400m...

800m 1:58.65

1500m 3:58.26

5000m 14:52...

This is what worries me the most, I think Caster doesn't exactly work hard (relatively speaking) for her results (neither in practice nor in the actual races), as she ages I believe she is capable pushing harder in practice and races and we could literally have another 25 years (6 Olympic cycles) of the charade. And then as more XY's see the opportunitie$ to come in and take spots there will be become a small XY "women's" running elite that spans multiple generations of runners.

Doped to the gills.

Nope, no 50 year old has broken 50:

Edgardo Guilbe Correa is a university student who just ran 49.68.

Edgardo Guilbe Alomar is the former Olympian.

https://www.tfrrs.org/results/54969_3351730.html?athlete_hnd=6532608

http://vocesdelsurpr.com/2018/04/la-hipoglucemia-no-detiene-sus-aspiraciones-atleticas/

No such thing as a former Olympian

forti wrote:

No such thing as a former Olympian

Hmmm. . . . so is also no such thing as a former winner of a race? Everyone's a winner. Everyone gets a medal.

If I somehow broke 50 in the 400 my body would completely be destroyed ! Carried away in ambulance never the same again

everyone's a winner wrote:

forti wrote:

No such thing as a former Olympian

Hmmm. . . . so is also no such thing as a former winner of a race? Everyone's a winner. Everyone gets a medal.

You misunderstood the guy's post. He's not saying everyone's a winner. This is a standard motivational line for track (or other sports) teams at the start of a season:

"Okay everyone, here's a brain teaser. The modern Olympics started in 1896, and have taken place every four years. In total, how many former Olympians are there from [insert your country]?"

[everyone takes wild guesses]

"Wrong! There are zero former Olympians. There's no such thing as a *former* Olympian. Once you make the Olympics, you're an Olympian for the rest of your life. [etc. etc. etc. about the all the sacrifices being worthwhile so you should train really hard."

Pretty cheesy, but I have to admit it kind of stuck with me the first time I heard it. Probably helped that the person saying it was, in fact, an Olympian.