He's run 9.89 legal at sea level, along with several other legal sub-10s, and placed 5th in Rio, so it's not like this is a surprise. It is an improvement at 200, however.
But as pointed out, 2.0mps at altitude is not quite what it appears. The old T&FN Big Green Book says that 2.0mps at 1200m is worth 0.12 slower, or 10.05. Still a solid run, especially as part of a double.
world-beaters:
1. Wayde Van Niekerk, 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 400m and wr holder.
2. Amantle Mansho, 2011 World gold medalist in the 400m and 2013 silver medalist, best of 49.33 in Monaco, busted for methylhexamine and received a 2 year ban in 2015
3. Caster Semenya, many medals from 2009 to 2016, being bumped up to gold apparently from dq's of the Russians, first noticed by a former East German coach, and the best runner for South Africa in the 400m/800m/1500m (maybe the best in the world at each of those events?).
4. Nijel Amos, silver in the 800m--no, he did not beat everyone, but he did run 1:41.73 in his first year in the senior ranks (his age said to be 18, maybe really 22 or older?)--he is a 400/800 runner as well.
But numerous others as indicated above are high quality depth never seen before in South and Southern Africa.
I assume you meant "blazes" or some other verb, since "blitzes" doesn't make sense in this context.
BIG GREEN BOOK wrote:
But as pointed out, 2.0mps at altitude is not quite what it appears. The old T&FN Big Green Book says that 2.0mps at 1200m is worth 0.12 slower, or 10.05. Still a solid run, especially as part of a double.
What time for 1400m-1450m?
So, T&F in SAR is stronger then ever?
OK, do we know which american, european etc athletes go for "additional" training down there?
If I remember correctly last year the only one WADA testing facility in whole Africa - in SAR - was closed.
Is this true and if it is true, do we know the reason for closing?
Enlighten me please.
IGF-1 LR3 .................
I was talking 100/200m sprinters, since that's what the thread is about.
Altitude wrote:
So, T&F in SAR is stronger then ever?
OK, do we know which american, european etc athletes go for "additional" training down there?
If I remember correctly last year the only one WADA testing facility in whole Africa - in SAR - was closed.
Is this true and if it is true, do we know the reason for closing?
Enlighten me please.
+1
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
Altitude wrote:So, T&F in SAR is stronger then ever?
OK, do we know which american, european etc athletes go for "additional" training down there?
If I remember correctly last year the only one WADA testing facility in whole Africa - in SAR - was closed.
Is this true and if it is true, do we know the reason for closing?
Enlighten me please.
+1
It's truly, truly shocking that a large sub-Saharan African country with the most developed economy (and drug-testing infrastructure, by the way) on the continent and a history of apartheid that disallowed all black and coloured athletes from international competition until relatively recently would start to produce world-class speed athletes about 25 years (the approximate age of the athletes in question) after the fall of racial segregation.
This is, in context, only about as inexplicable as the sun rise and would be happening w/ or w/out pharmacological aid.
Bways01 wrote:
Why are we surprised !! Take a look at their RIO performances . Wayde running a WR from an outler lane. For the record, MJohnson was doped when he ran that record.
"For the record " requires, well, an actual record of a positive test. Please submit said record. Thank you.
Altitude wrote:
If I remember correctly last year the only one WADA testing facility in whole Africa - in SAR - was closed.
Is this true and if it is true, do we know the reason for closing?
Enlighten me please.
From what I've heard the lab manager retired and the incumbent was not capable of running the lab properly so they lost accreditation.
Source - family of mine know the inside story.
Altitude wrote:
So, T&F in SAR is stronger then ever?
OK, do we know which american, european etc athletes go for "additional" training down there?
If I remember correctly last year the only one WADA testing facility in whole Africa - in SAR - was closed.
Is this true and if it is true, do we know the reason for closing?
Enlighten me please.
Do you have a link for that? Because it would be news to me.
MurderDubs wrote:
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:+1
It's truly, truly shocking that a large sub-Saharan African country with the most developed economy (and drug-testing infrastructure, by the way) on the continent and a history of apartheid that disallowed all black and coloured athletes from international competition until relatively recently would start to produce world-class speed athletes about 25 years (the approximate age of the athletes in question) after the fall of racial segregation.
This is, in context, only about as inexplicable as the sun rise and would be happening w/ or w/out pharmacological aid.
+2