So you would advise your 800 runners to run on the outside of lane one? Of course you wouldn't.
If it results in an Olympic Gold and World Championship, yes I would. Seems like she knows something that we don’t.
You missed the point. Her poor tactical sense didn't "result" in a championship gold; she won despite that flaw. As the narrowness of her victory showed, it could well cost her at some point.
Kudos to Mu for her innate race savvy in this case.
Race savvy?? What in the world are you talking about?
Mu said in the interview after the final that she was on the outside of lane one by accident, because she wasn't paying attention. So that's the correct answer. She wasn't paying attention. She said so herself.
Every single post on this site since Athing Mu won her second global gold medal has been the equivalent of a second grader calling the other second grader who just defeated her in a spelling bee a big doodoo head. So much protozoan level jealousy. Guess what, one day Athing Mu will loose and you will find your life did not improve at all because of it. Until then, I have this comforting mantra for you:
Every single post on this site since Athing Mu won her second global gold medal has been the equivalent of a second grader calling the other second grader who just defeated her in a spelling bee a big doodoo head. So much protozoan level jealousy. Guess what, one day Athing Mu will loose and you will find your life did not improve at all because of it. Until then, I have this comforting mantra for you: