Reekie runs better when Keely is in the race. She knows Keely and just reacts to what she does. Her best times are when Keely is in the race.
Yep completely agree. See the London DL a few years ago when she went sub 1.56 with Keely winning.
I don't like to say it, but it's because Reekie's race craft is appalling. She has no idea when to push it how hard to take it out. She basically gave away a medal in 2021 because she couldn't stay patient. Keely just takes all her thinking away because she has a better innate sense of pace
Yeah I love the commentators trying to pretend that Warholm was the favorite. Talk about no clue what you are looking at. I emphasized after the 300 outcome that it meant absolutely nothing toward Sunday.
Warholm is past his prime and can longer defeat Benjamin at 400 hurdles unless Benjamin makes a mistake. The large gap between Benjamin and Warholm was very logical, exactly what it figured to be. Just less than a second. But the overwhelming story of the race was Dos Santos. That is the best he has looked since Eugene 2022.
300 hurdles is a vastly different race than 400 hurdles. It worked out well that fans were enlightened very quickly, after scoffing at the addition of 300 hurdles 6 months ago. Warholm fits perfectly at 300 hurdles because he can sprint the entire way. But at 400 hurdles he's like a swimmer who specialized in the 100 meter freestyle his entire career but now is better suited to the 50.
I don't believe Rai had ever run a 300H before, while Warholm had run several and therefore understood the required pacing. You will note Rai ran the distance as if he was running just a 200M. Or perhaps his strategy was to run the first 200M hard and hold on for the remaining 100M. Given that he is substantially faster than Warholm at 200M/400M I suspect he could do a lot better in another 300H race. His run at 300MH reminded me of SML's first professional 400M.
I do not believe Warholm is past his prime. I think it is more a situation that Rai now knows how to beat him and employs the strategy to do so.
British woman in 3rd in the 3000m, Innes Fitzgerald is only 19. Wow that is impressive.
This has gone massively under the radar. 8:32 at age 19 is excellent. She was a great junior, winning Euro Cross, but she's now posting competitive times on the track at such a young age. This would be the number one time in the NCAA, right?
No- Lemengole ran 8:58 and LHL ran 9:08 just last week
British woman in 3rd in the 3000m, Innes Fitzgerald is only 19. Wow that is impressive.
This has gone massively under the radar. 8:32 at age 19 is excellent. She was a great junior, winning Euro Cross, but she's now posting competitive times on the track at such a young age. This would be the number one time in the NCAA, right?
Right . . . and more than just the "number one" time this year in NCAAs.
The overall NCAA women's 3000 record is Katelyn Tuohy's 8:35.20 indoor record from 2023.
The outdoor record remains Vicky Huber's 8:37.25 from the 1988 Seoul Olympics (pre-5000 age for women).
Both Tuohy & Huber had turned 20 by then.
Just for comparison's sake, 18-year-old Jane Hedengren split 8:40.99/3000 en route to her recent 9:17.75/2-mile US hs record. She races the USATF U-20 3000 this weekend @ NON.
Both Fitzgerald & Hedengren turn 20 next year, so this is their final year of U-20 racing.
This has gone massively under the radar. 8:32 at age 19 is excellent. She was a great junior, winning Euro Cross, but she's now posting competitive times on the track at such a young age. This would be the number one time in the NCAA, right?
No- Lemengole ran 8:58 and LHL ran 9:08 just last week
Yeah I love the commentators trying to pretend that Warholm was the favorite. Talk about no clue what you are looking at. I emphasized after the 300 outcome that it meant absolutely nothing toward Sunday.
Warholm is past his prime and can longer defeat Benjamin at 400 hurdles unless Benjamin makes a mistake. The large gap between Benjamin and Warholm was very logical, exactly what it figured to be. Just less than a second. But the overwhelming story of the race was Dos Santos. That is the best he has looked since Eugene 2022.
300 hurdles is a vastly different race than 400 hurdles. It worked out well that fans were enlightened very quickly, after scoffing at the addition of 300 hurdles 6 months ago. Warholm fits perfectly at 300 hurdles because he can sprint the entire way. But at 400 hurdles he's like a swimmer who specialized in the 100 meter freestyle his entire career but now is better suited to the 50.
I don't believe Rai had ever run a 300H before, while Warholm had run several and therefore understood the required pacing. You will note Rai ran the distance as if he was running just a 200M. Or perhaps his strategy was to run the first 200M hard and hold on for the remaining 100M. Given that he is substantially faster than Warholm at 200M/400M I suspect he could do a lot better in another 300H race. His run at 300MH reminded me of SML's first professional 400M.
I do not believe Warholm is past his prime. I think it is more a situation that Rai now knows how to beat him and employs the strategy to do so.