Official 2019 Herculis Monaco Diamond League Discussion Thread

Hoffman is a monster. Already 87.6...Throws big easily. Looks like much less effort than for the other guys.

Youtube stream should work with indian vpn. Stream starts in 15 minits.

Phantasy Star II wrote:

Nick Willis..... enjoy that CWR while it lasts. Only a couple hours to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C for Caucasian or C for Clean? If the former, then I agree. If the latter - it’s impossible to tell; calling any performance cleaner than another is a fool’s game (excepting the obvious cases of cheating such as Ma’s army)

GBohannon wrote:

Phantasy Star II wrote:

Nick Willis..... enjoy that CWR while it lasts. Only a couple hours to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C for Caucasian or C for Clean? If the former, then I agree. If the latter - it’s impossible to tell; calling any performance cleaner than another is a fool’s game (excepting the obvious cases of cheating such as Ma’s army)

I've literally had people tell me that there is no evidence about those Chinese times being doped or shortened track. I was just cynical and had an agenda apparently.

Kibet and Managoi both run 3:30

Originally, I worried about Potato Tim joining the race last minute, but I can't imagine he'd jump into a race unless he's feeling great.

Hoping to see something big!

Link to a free stream for someone in the states?

Great temps. 27C which is 80 and it looks pretty still. Perfect for sprints and 1500.

First event 400h women.

World lead.

Here we go

is the men's 1500 field less deep than in past years?

What’s wrong with kori carter

McLaughlin easily with a WL . Those close-ups of her at the start were a bit much.

According to Gjert Ingebrigtsen the African runners are not willing to go for a fast time at the 1500m.

He said this during an interview with NRK.

Will be interesting

53.32 joins a 36yo American winning a bronze at a world champs in Finland

kmaclam wrote:

McLaughlin easily with a WL . Those close-ups of her at the start were a bit much.

I'm not gonna complain... ;)

Halviking wrote:

According to Gjert Ingebrigtsen the African runners are not willing to go for a fast time at the 1500m.

I think I know why.

Halviking wrote:

According to Gjert Ingebrigtsen the African runners are not willing to go for a fast time at the 1500m.

He said this during an interview with NRK.

Will be interesting

I said on another thread that I would dog this one if I were Tim to mess with everyone since it isn't a DL event. Maybe they listened to me.

Nice run by Muir

Women’s 400 Hurdles:

Sydney McLaughlin got the Diamond League track action underway with a dominant world leading win in 53.32. It was the fifth sub-54 clocking of McLaughlin’s life and her second straight (Her pb is 52.75).

American Ashley Spencer, the 2012 and 2013 NCAA champ in the flat 400, won a crowded battle for runner-up honors as she clocked 54.47, just ahead of 2013 and 2015 world champ Zuzana Hejnova. Reigning world champ Kori Carter of the US continued to struggle as she failed to break 55 yet again, running 55.63 for 7th.

Quick Take: You gotta feel for whichever woman finishes 4th at USAs.

While the big story here was how good McLaughlin looked, the reality is America is incredible at this event with four of the top 5 women in the world. The problem is that while the US will send four to Worlds, one of them will be defending champ Kori Carter who isn’t running great, so one of the 5 fastest women in the world won’t be at Worlds. Perhaps USATF should change it rules so it’s possible to send the DL champ, not the world champ, as the 4th person.

400m Hurdles World Top 5 for 2019

1. 53.32 Sydney McLaughlin

2. 53.61 Dalilah Muhammad

3. 53.73 Shamier Little

4 54.11 Zuzana Hejnová

5. 54.46 Ashley Spencer

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