Mary Moraa powers to a 1:21.63 women's 600m world record at ISTAF Berlin.

My bad for not posting a trigger warning for mid-functioners and the Dunning-Krueger Brigade lol.

Moraa had indicated that she planned to attack the 600M WR earlier in the year.

Just another top athlete diverted from the main focus in Paris24.

Why take on 600M WR while Olympic gold comes once every four years?

These WR attempts have diverted all African athletes to benefit their euro competitors.

Moraa chasing the 600M WR Keely gets the 800M Gold.

Tsegay chasing (1500M, 10000M) WR , Sifan gets the 'Gold'.

Assefa, Jepchirchir chasing (Marathon WR) Sifan gets the Gold.

What a coincidence!!

You might feel differently if you lived in a country where a $50,000 WR bonus can create generational wealth for your family.

Not really. The WR bonus was still to be available after the Olympic games.

My question is why focus on the 600M WR at the start of the year?

When the Olympics 800M Gold medal as well had $50000.

This is what Wanyonyi and Kipyegon did.

The others from Jebet, Chebet, Gudaf have spread themselves too thinly with these dual attacks on WR in the Olympic year. Chebet pulled it off, but only just.

Moraa, Jebet, Gudaf were all MIA in Paris24. Whereas they are capable of much more.

On what basis?600M in 1.21.63

un paced and without wave-lights is equivalent to 800M in 1.55.30

That she was MIA in Paris24 stands out like a sore thumb!

Once, a world record would have been a significant achievement. But not in an era when it is becoming a weekly occurrence, along with the other dramatic improvements in times generally this year. There's been a recent breakthrough - of some kind.

Did she even focus on the 600 in training or did she just run the WR of her 800 training?

She did focus on the 600M specifically to break this WR.

It was one of her aims of the season. Which I find totally misplaced in an Olympic year.

Go cry somewhere else you weepy racist.

You must be counting the dopers in the sport. Or just in the US.

Talking about this performance with a few friends - 1.21.63 for a 600m surely points to a 800m potential of 1.54.0 at an absolute minimum right, or am I missing something.

She's run 2.33 for 1000m and yeah, it's clear she is on the 400m side of the 800 vs the 1500m side but based on this I can't understand how her 800m time is so relatively poor - she can't be that weak endurance wise right?

Only think I can think of - I've never ever seen her execute a race like (for example) Hodgkinson has - sensible opening 200/400, keeping pace even - no big up and downs of pace through the middle 400m. With Moraa its always out way too fast, pumps the brakes, tries to go again, appears to die, then miraculously finds another gear again. Get the feeling that if someone explained the concept of the pace lights to her and she actually subscribed to them, she should be under 1.54

Or your posts since October 2018, less than six years. More than 15/day. In the last months more than 30/day.

I was very surprised at how conservative Moraa was in the Paris final. She never even attempted her typical strategy of going to the front and forcing Keely to pass her on lap two.

This result indicates she was capable of being more aggressive. But without a medal from Tokyo maybe she didn't want to risk falling out the back late if she tried for gold, like Welteji at 1500.

I think that had to do with the fact that the semi and final were only 24 hrs apart, as a speed-based runner, it clearly affected her more than Keely, hence the conservative tactic.

Only took two whole pages for an insightful comment. Well done for outlasting the usual mob of bores.

I like that it gets under your skin. It doesn't bother me.

She's a Kenyan. So what do we know about Kenyans and doping? It will be the single biggest factor in her performance. It's like watching the E Germans all over again.

Then why did Chebet win 2 golds and Keeley only one? And how did she beat Kipyegon, who you claim did it right? And how is winning 2 individual golds "only just" pulling it off?