Think about it. Had she run a last 100m in 12.9, which is 50.8 pace, so not fantastic, she would have run 47.7.
Now you can see the potential there.
47.7 ?!? Ha ha ha ha. You obviously have no clue how track works.
You can't just take part of a race and then tack on some random amount of time to it in order to determine someone's potential. It doesn't work like that. At all.
How many women in the last 10 years have opened the season with a sub 49.75, I pretty sure you can count them on one hand. That is the caliber of athlete many of you are trolling with unnecessary negativity.
Her SEASON DEBUT an she ran 75% of her race faster than WR pace.
I just hope that crazy first 300m didn't get her injured. She was hobbling that last 100m. I haven't seen rigor mortis that bad since World War Z. I really give it to her for taking that much of a risk and really getting out hard. She seemed to think that her last 100m would come around too. Think about it. Had she run a last 100m in 12.9, which is 50.8 pace, so not fantastic, she would have run 47.7, if the guy's splits above are accurate. Now you can see the potential there.
this is exactly how like 80% of high school sprinters run the 400 lol
You talk like 12.9 is some walk in the park, especially after going out so hard.
Perec ran 13.1 in her last 100m in 1996
Salwa also 13.1 in 2019
Shaunae 12.7 in 2019.
And all of them went out slower over the first 200m. You can't just take 12.9 and x4 and say that is a 51.6 pace lol, did you just start watching track this week?
400 hurdlers have a long history of overstating their upside at 400 flat. The public takes it even further. Sydney is somewhat different category because she can indeed with global medals including gold. But the notion that she could threaten the world record was always lunacy squared.
Taking it out fast was the best strategy. But she was already crashing well before reaching the 300 mark. The NBC version was particularly laughable because the play by play guy Paul Swangard started exclaiming that Sydney was flying...several steps after she'd already begun to stall and Paulino was reeling her in. This was late stages of the turn. Sydney was still in good shape entering the turn. Once she was beyond the midway point of the turn she couldn't win unless Paulino fell down.
I thought it was very apropos that two legitimate all time greats tested different distances in Paris and further cemented their legend, while the hurdles girl attempted a spinoff event and ended up carrying the piano the final 20 meters, to borrow a swimming reference.
I guarantee Sydney and Bobby were stunned at how that home stretch played out, although they'll never admit to it.
The big loser may have been Femke Bol. Sydney probably would have pursued 400 flat in Budapest if she hung on well and ran 49 low or thereabouts. Now the fear/embarrassment element is present.
I haven’t heard her lately give glory to god, so I’m guessing Kersee has her on special sauce and she can’t publicly give glory to that.
You must not have watched the Paris presser. Sydney emphasized that every one of her record results is a gift from god. This time he apparently decided she needed a piano.
Was that supposed to have been clever or humorous? Because you failed on both accounts. So many trolls hating on Sydney season opener (ONE OF THE FASTEST SEASON OPENER'S EVER) and yet she went for it and EVERYONE of you know she will get faster in the 400m by Worlds!
400 hurdlers have a long history of overstating their upside at 400 flat. The public takes it even further. Sydney is somewhat different category because she can indeed with global medals including gold. But the notion that she could threaten the world record was always lunacy squared.
As a non-american this is my takeaway as well. I don't really understand the Sydney 400m hype. Were people saying Edwin Moses could break the 400m WR? People don't think Warholm or Rai Benjamin can break the 400 WR right?
49.75 of course wasn't outstanding but also wasn't bad, was just overhyped. She has the potential for 48 mid of course in my opinion so US NR possible. I think SML won't break Shaunae Miller-Uibo's NACAC area record though. But I might be surprised.
SM can run low 48s on that first run. Would be great to see someone under 48 seconds again.
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I agree with but I do think she has the potential to run 47 HIGH. It is going to require her top form later in the season and top competition, decent weather, and good lane draw. Even if Sydney doesn't do it this season, remember she is still only 23.
I am so glad that Sydney lost to Paulino. Now she is tasted defeat she will go back to training with point to prove and enter her races this year not wanting to lose again. It lit a fire inside Sydney and the sport this year will be better because of it when she competes.
400 hurdlers have a long history of overstating their upside at 400 flat. The public takes it even further. Sydney is somewhat different category because she can indeed with global medals including gold. But the notion that she could threaten the world record was always lunacy squared.
Taking it out fast was the best strategy. But she was already crashing well before reaching the 300 mark. The NBC version was particularly laughable because the play by play guy Paul Swangard started exclaiming that Sydney was flying...several steps after she'd already begun to stall and Paulino was reeling her in. This was late stages of the turn. Sydney was still in good shape entering the turn. Once she was beyond the midway point of the turn she couldn't win unless Paulino fell down.
I thought it was very apropos that two legitimate all time greats tested different distances in Paris and further cemented their legend, while the hurdles girl attempted a spinoff event and ended up carrying the piano the final 20 meters, to borrow a swimming reference.
I guarantee Sydney and Bobby were stunned at how that home stretch played out, although they'll never admit to it.
The big loser may have been Femke Bol. Sydney probably would have pursued 400 flat in Budapest if she hung on well and ran 49 low or thereabouts. Now the fear/embarrassment element is present.
Another way to look at it is she ran the second half of the race in 27 seconds. That's a major bonk for someone who is coached by the supposed "Magician". I'm just wondering why the fanboys on here think she's not in racing shape. As recall last year she opened in Nashville with a 51 something with the hurdles messed up. I also don't believe the "Magician" ego would let her run if she wasn't ready to do so.
And of course if hurdle times correlated to flat times there would be talk of Warholm running low 43's. Don't see much of that about him.
As for the Femke, her 49.26 WR and 49.85 with prelims indoors is looking even more impressive.
Except she would have barely gotten on the podium in Third at the NCAAs. LOL
Was NCAA'S in Paris? The Paris stadium was packed. The 400m for ncaas was emptier than Hayward pleasure palace. I don't think they were the same place, weather, surface etc.
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What does that last sentence even mean? Stuttering when typing? What does a packed stadium have to do with the times being run? In reality, a packed stadium would make you run FASTER! And weather? It was 75 in Paris and 95 in TX, so again, Sydney ran slower than the two NCAA top runners. Surface? Sorry, but not much difference, this isn't tennis. Point was that Sydney ran slower that college women that day.
SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
Except she would have barely gotten on the podium in Third at the NCAAs. LOL
For her OPENER. How are posters on here so stupid?
Was NCAA'S in Paris? The Paris stadium was packed. The 400m for ncaas was emptier than Hayward pleasure palace. I don't think they were the same place, weather, surface etc.
Durrr during during I say stupid stuff
What does that last sentence even mean? Stuttering when typing? What does a packed stadium have to do with the times being run? In reality, a packed stadium would make you run FASTER! And weather? It was 75 in Paris and 95 in TX, so again, Sydney ran slower than the two NCAA top runners. Surface? Sorry, but not much difference, this isn't tennis. Point was that Sydney ran slower that college women that day.
And of course the collegiates ran qualifying heats.
Except she would have barely gotten on the podium in Third at the NCAAs. LOL
For her OPENER. How are posters on here so stupid?
she’s one of the top pros on the world. Making hundreds of thousands of $. Sorry but if she can’t beat the time of college women, in some kind of lame excuse of “opener” then I’m not impressed either.