Faith’s last 400m is a joy to watch.
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For the steeple, the barrier frequency is different for the first km so the pace is different at the beginning. I think the lights don't know that.
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10/13 women ran PBs in that 1500, and 12/13 broke 4. I was wondering if McGee would stick at a new level or if she’d revert to being unable to break 4, and today’s race must be tough for her (13th/13 in 4:01).
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John Wesley Harding wrote:
10/13 women ran PBs in that 1500, and 12/13 broke 4. I was wondering if McGee would stick at a new level or if she’d revert to being unable to break 4, and today’s race must be tough for her (13th/13 in 4:01).
After seeing the M800m and the W1,500m times today I wonder if the track is a fast track for middle distance notwithstanding all other factors.
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Sprintgeezer wrote:
If I was a billionaire, I would build my own 400m Mondo track, WITH WAVELIGHT
I would PB every week of the season😂
Yeah, it's only the pacing holding you back.
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Sprintgeezer wrote:
If I was a billionaire, I would build my own 400m Mondo track, WITH WAVELIGHT
I would PB every week of the season😂
It's still funny to me that people truly believe it is spikes with slightly more cushioning than the past are the reason for this new evolution and plateau of performance, and not wavelight. Comical.
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John Wesley Harding wrote:
Yes I suppose we’re judging Muir by slightly different standards. Chances are she won’t medal at a global outdoor championships again, since this sport is cutthroat and waits for no one. It’s not such a bad thing to be beaten by “the likes of Mageean and Nelly Chepchirchir” though (both 3:55/3:56 women in their own right).
Here are her finishes in global championship 1500s since 2015:
2015 - 5th
2016 - 7th
2017 - 4th
2019 - 5th
2021 - 2nd
2022 - 3rd
2023 - 6th
So sure, turning 32 later this year she’s probably moving away from her peak, I’m just saying that as long as she’s still running 3:55/3:56 SBs, placing top-8 at championships and winning the occasional DL race, she’s still “showing form” and doing pretty freaking well.
Look at how bunched her 2nd through 5th best times are. This looks like the mark of a highly professional, likely clean athlete:
1. 3:54.50 - 2021
2. 3:55.16 - 2023
3. 3:55.22 - 2016
4. 3:55.28 - 2022
5. 3:55.34 - 2023
6. 3:55.59 - 2021
7. 3:55.76 - 2019
8. 3:56.35 - 2024
Ok @ rojo, please re-title this the official Laura Muir appreciation thread, thanks
I think your suggestion that Muir is probably past her peak pissed her off. 🙂
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Roger meyers wrote:
MidHobbyJogger wrote:
WTF FAITH 3:49.04!
Hull 5 second PB in 1,500m. I will say, shock aside, she was up for it today.
Def a surprise, but in line with what we've seen in women's 1500m running all year. Hiltz and a group of young Ethiopians pulled to a 4 sec prs; numerous 4:06--4:07 collegians (Kazimierska, Ramsden, Congdon) dropping 4:01--4:02 marks in fast fields and great conditions.
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Roger meyers wrote:
John Wesley Harding wrote:
10/13 women ran PBs in that 1500, and 12/13 broke 4. I was wondering if McGee would stick at a new level or if she’d revert to being unable to break 4, and today’s race must be tough for her (13th/13 in 4:01).
After seeing the M800m and the W1,500m times today I wonder if the track is a fast track notwithstanding all other factors.
The 100 and 200m were pretty meh and the 400m times not incredible.
For the 800m I think some of the guys completely shut their brain down and just followed the guy in front without any regards for pain.
But I must say...there are so many events where it looks like the medal gates are heavily locked.
100m M and W, 200m M and W, 400mh W and M, 1500m M and W, 5000m M and W, 10 000m M and W...
I would just leave out the 400m and the 800m because history shows it s always so unpredictable (but is there really any space with Sedjati and Wanyony on the men side)?
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I like Hull but that was the most suspicious performance of the day. And that is saying something with the 800m results. Sorry. I just don't believe it.
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TheTortoise wrote:
Paris is the new Monaco
Yeah, I thought Monaco was the fast one. I'll have to look at start lists for next week. Am thinking it's a bit too close to Day 1 of the Olympics to see a slew of world bests, but after today, who knows? I know M1500 and M800 (esp. after today's race, now we add Arop!) are stacked
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henrik wrote:
Winthorpe53 wrote:
6th place ran 1.42.33.
1 SEDJATI Djamel ALG 3 MAY 1999 8-2 1:41.56 NR WL PB
2 WANYONYI Emmanuel KEN 1 AUG 2004 5 1:41.58 PB
3 TUAL Gabriel FRA 9 APR 1998 7 1:41.61 NR PB
4 CHEMININGWA Aaron Kemei KEN 21 JUN 1998 2-1 1:42.08 (.071) PB
5 KINYAMAL Wyclife KEN 2 JUL 1997 6-2 1:42.08 (.074) PB
6 CRESTAN Eliott BEL 22 FEB 1999 3 1:42.43 NR PB
7 KRAMER Andreas SWE 13 APR 1997 4-1 1:43.66 NR PB
8 HABZ Azeddine FRA 19 JUL 1993 1 1:43.79 PB
9 ROBERT Benjamin FRA 4 JAN 1998 6-1 1:44.30 SB
10 MASALELA Tshepiso BOT 25 MAY 1999 4-2 1:44.96Fast track. Faster than Hayward.
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You know olive oil?
Sedjati got that extra virgin cold pressed light pressure prima juice.
Wanyonyi doesn't know the right people so he only gets the second round high pressure high temperature extraction. Still works, but not as good.
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McRunnin wrote:
John Wesley Harding wrote:
Yes I suppose we’re judging Muir by slightly different standards. Chances are she won’t medal at a global outdoor championships again, since this sport is cutthroat and waits for no one. It’s not such a bad thing to be beaten by “the likes of Mageean and Nelly Chepchirchir” though (both 3:55/3:56 women in their own right).
Here are her finishes in global championship 1500s since 2015:
2015 - 5th
2016 - 7th
2017 - 4th
2019 - 5th
2021 - 2nd
2022 - 3rd
2023 - 6th
So sure, turning 32 later this year she’s probably moving away from her peak, I’m just saying that as long as she’s still running 3:55/3:56 SBs, placing top-8 at championships and winning the occasional DL race, she’s still “showing form” and doing pretty freaking well.
Look at how bunched her 2nd through 5th best times are. This looks like the mark of a highly professional, likely clean athlete:
1. 3:54.50 - 2021
2. 3:55.16 - 2023
3. 3:55.22 - 2016
4. 3:55.28 - 2022
5. 3:55.34 - 2023
6. 3:55.59 - 2021
7. 3:55.76 - 2019
8. 3:56.35 - 2024
Ok @ rojo, please re-title this the official Laura Muir appreciation thread, thanks
I think your suggestion that Muir is probably past her peak pissed her off. 🙂
Hey, JWH is rarely off... had an off day like Cory..
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Get downvoted again by keyboard warriors. You guys really think Jakob wouldn't run 3:26-3:27 in the final, where he continually says is the main goal in the season? Obviously he would never get paced but if he did by Mcsweyn he for sure would run that.
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I hope that Sedjati belives and works in his chances to beat the 800m world record.
This will be an unique exploit for the region.
In these days where I'm encouraging the rise of new talents like Osama ER-Radouani and
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Hurdles400m wrote:
henrik wrote:
1 SEDJATI Djamel ALG 3 MAY 1999 8-2 1:41.56 NR WL PB
2 WANYONYI Emmanuel KEN 1 AUG 2004 5 1:41.58 PB
3 TUAL Gabriel FRA 9 APR 1998 7 1:41.61 NR PB
4 CHEMININGWA Aaron Kemei KEN 21 JUN 1998 2-1 1:42.08 (.071) PB
5 KINYAMAL Wyclife KEN 2 JUL 1997 6-2 1:42.08 (.074) PB
6 CRESTAN Eliott BEL 22 FEB 1999 3 1:42.43 NR PB
7 KRAMER Andreas SWE 13 APR 1997 4-1 1:43.66 NR PB
8 HABZ Azeddine FRA 19 JUL 1993 1 1:43.79 PB
9 ROBERT Benjamin FRA 4 JAN 1998 6-1 1:44.30 SB
10 MASALELA Tshepiso BOT 25 MAY 1999 4-2 1:44.96Fast track. Faster than Hayward.
Lack of drug testing too. Sedjati and Tual are some of the clearest examples of dopers I have ever seen.
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AnActualBrit wrote:
THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
She did get 6th at Worlds though and was passed by the likes of Mageean and Nelly Chepchirchir to be fair. So today if Mageean, Hull or Bell beat her there’d be some rightful concern that her medal-winning days are in the past. She’s obviously still good.
No Westerner can touch Muir's consistency of elite performance: 7 seasons of sub-3:57.50, reaching this level in the year she turned 23, younger than any recent Westerner.
From today's race:
Georgia Bell enters world class (or indeed any class) at an "old" age.
Susan Ejore enters world class at an "old" age (for an East African).
Sarah Healy is the new Laura Muir (sub-3:57.50 at 23).
Jess Hull is the first recent Westerner sub-3:53.75 (Laura misses by .05 seconds).
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In that one afternoon in Paris, all hopes of US medals in the Mens 800m and Womens 1500m evaporated!
That's super exciting!
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Diamant wrote:
wannabepro25 wrote:
His career has been over since 2021 sadly.
Ever since he betrayed his father. This is his comeuppance.
1. He didn´t betray his father. Their father allegedly beat their younger sister
2. It happened in the late 2022.
3. Filip hasn´t been himself since he gor a bad reaction to the vaccine in early 2022 (as far as I rember).
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