Felix open (49.46) vs. relay leg (49.58)

ive watched a few times and keep getting very close to this

49.96 - mclaughlin

1:39.54 (49.58) - felix

2:28.51 (48.97) - muhammad

3:16.85 (48.34) - Mu

Men’s “official” splits

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf

You get the first leg split from the 800m start line.

I'm pretty impressed with how well she ran given her age and turn time. She's been a great Olympian and I'll miss her.

My bad I thought the splits shown on tv were what each runner ran.

Did you know Felix is a mom?

slowbro wrote:

high school xc coach wrote:

it is definitely incorrect. went back to video, we get through the middle of the relay zone a step before poland, yet they are credited as faster than us.

The first leg splits have been bizarre. In the men’s relay, they timed Makwala at 43.6 on the the lead, Cherry was supposedly right behind him with a 43.9.

going back to video, we were a step or two behind them. Just checked the results and now they have it changed to makwala 43.89 and cherry with 44.26.

I do not believe they are getting accurate splits between first and second runner

How original of you to say. I’m sick of people mocking her on every thread here for this.

Yes she is a mom and a fast mom at that. It’s believable to come back from not only child birth but a traumatic childbirth where she and her baby nearly died. Then for the Olympics to be postponed by a year making her a year older. It’s takes immense dedication to come back at 35 years of age. She is a true hero and inspiration to all the current and younger athletes.

They'd have to hand time it is my guess. I know at the drake relays they hand time them from the press box. So it maybe not be 100% accurate, but when you only have one thing to watch, it should be really close.

high school xc coach wrote:

slowbro wrote:

The first leg splits have been bizarre. In the men’s relay, they timed Makwala at 43.6 on the the lead, Cherry was supposedly right behind him with a 43.9.

going back to video, we were a step or two behind them. Just checked the results and now they have it changed to makwala 43.89 and cherry with 44.26.

I do not believe they are getting accurate splits between first and second runner

Agreed. The split shown for Norman was 44.7 at first and now he’s at 44.0. So you have a situation where both the men’s and women’s splits are completely botched.

slowbro wrote:

high school xc coach wrote:

going back to video, we were a step or two behind them. Just checked the results and now they have it changed to makwala 43.89 and cherry with 44.26.

I do not believe they are getting accurate splits between first and second runner

Agreed. The split shown for Norman was 44.7 at first and now he’s at 44.0. So you have a situation where both the men’s and women’s splits are completely botched.

yup. I believe they are taking around .25-.35 from the first runner and giving that to the 2nd runner. I did have cherry at close to 44.01 and norman at 44.28. they basically flipped that. im not buying.

run with the wom wrote:

Did you know Felix is a mom?

Will she retire now, or do we have to endure more "Felix in the spotlight" features next year?

greek gods wrote:

doingthistopost wrote:

discus

Pretty sure she's a sprinter and not a thrower. Too small to throw far - short limbs.

Did you just call Allyson a Tyrannosaurus? What kind of a$$h0le are you?

+1

iRoll wrote:

TrackBeef wrote:

She’s the weakest link

I mean Sydney led off with 49.96.

Sydney had the longest leg.

run with the wom wrote:

Did you know Felix is a mom?

And did you know she won 11 more medal than you and ran in 5 more Olympics than you did.

#jealousareyou?

bugsy seagul wrote:

run with the wom wrote:

Did you know Felix is a mom?

Will she retire now, or do we have to endure more "Felix in the spotlight" features next year?

#jealousmuchareyou?

think they should have switched Mclaughlin and Muhammad considering Muhammad gets out super hard while Syd makes late charges.

old 440 guy wrote:

TrackBeef wrote:

She’s the weakest link

She's also the most experienced 4x400 relay runner on that team. The coaches put her on the leg to take a handoff, run the break to the rail, and make a handoff. McLaughlin and Muhammad have been focused exclusively on their hurdles event for a couple of years. Mu had the fastest open 400 time in the world prior to the Olympics. She belonged in the anchor spot. Felix was the right person in the right spot for that relay.

Given that they won by almost 4 seconds, I would say that it made sense for all the runners to focus on avoiding risks like injury and disqualification, and having good handoffs. Seems like she was the best choice with those criteria in mind, and she ran a race that met those goals well.