Innes Fitzgerald of UK runs 14:39. Five months older than Hedengren 18 seconds faster.
14:38, and this is going massively under the radar. She's 19 and already 14 seconds faster than the NCAA record. I thought she'd go sub-14:30 in her career, but it will probably happen next year. A great talent
It is very shameful that some people choose to go this route of bigotry, and racism! Only people with lesser mental capabilities are excused to do so!
Everyone should be given a benefit of doubt, considered innocent until proven guilty, and be treated based on facts and facts only.
Wanyonyi emerged in 2021, winning world juniors ( 1'43"9x ).
In 2022, he barely missed the medals when he finished 4th at the World championships in Eugene, Oregon. He ran 1'44"00.
In 2023, he was in contention for a win in most races and won some. He ended 2023 with a silver at the World championship behind Marco Arop. 2023 PB was 1'42"8.
2024: There were faster times across the board in the 800m with as many as 5 running 1'41. That group included USA's Brice Hoppel ( 1'41"67 ). Wanyonyi ran 1'41 at least 5 times including his current PB ( 1'41"11 ). If we are to argue that faster times equates to doping, then no less than 10 athletes in the 800m were doping last year! That includes Brice Hoppel. If that be the case, that reasoning should apply to other events.
Nicole Young, Beatrice Chebet, Grant Fisher, Quincy Wilson, Faith Kipyegon etc Would all be guilty of doping!
Every athlete needs to be treated individually with their history given weight. For example Faith Kipyegon has been dominant in her event for more than 8 years now and anyone who has followed her progress saw her World records even before she broke them.
The case of Ruth Chepngetich is unfortunate. I do not believe she has been doping all along. She has been one of the top marathon runners at least since 2019 when she won the world championships in Doha. She competed in Chicago for at least 2 times before last year when she broke the world record.
In both cases, she went out in like 2:10 pace which she tried to maintain upto 30Km then her wheels came off! Still, in one of her races, she ran 2:14:18, which was only 14 seconds slower than Bridgid Kosgei's then world record 2:14'04). So if we are to argue that she was doping for all these 6 years, it means WADA and AIU are incapable of their job which then means even your favorite athlete could be doping! Who do we believe? Experts or keyboard warriors?
It's crazy seeing Mills always being involved in these. Haven't seen a replay of the fall yet, so not sure whose fault this one is, but he either has the worst luck or consistently terrible position/form. Looked to me like he tried fighting off the pacer during the break, so an excess of scrappiness could be the root.
he's a pit bull in appearance and demeanor. dad was a footballer i think so i think he approaches racing with that same kind of overly aggressive approach best left for the soggy pitch
It's crazy seeing Mills always being involved in these. Haven't seen a replay of the fall yet, so not sure whose fault this one is, but he either has the worst luck or consistently terrible position/form. Looked to me like he tried fighting off the pacer during the break, so an excess of scrappiness could be the root.
he's a pit bull in appearance and demeanor. dad was a footballer i think so i think he approaches racing with that same kind of overly aggressive approach best left for the soggy pitch
He is an aggressive racer, but in this particular instance I don’t think it was his fault.
Myers tried to take him on the inside, moved out and clipped Mills legs. That’s not on Mills.
he's a pit bull in appearance and demeanor. dad was a footballer i think so i think he approaches racing with that same kind of overly aggressive approach best left for the soggy pitch
He is an aggressive racer, but in this particular instance I don’t think it was his fault.
Myers tried to take him on the inside, moved out and clipped Mills legs. That’s not on Mills.
just pulled up the race after work and you're so right. i think just bad luck today. other thoughts still stand though. honestly he kind of flew into the infield lmao.
as for the person asking about Olli, I think he just doesn't quite have it right now... but the replay didn't show if he was involved in the fall in any way. maybe he finished last of those who weren't impacted??? i know he was the defending champ at this one too which is kind of crazy when you think about it.
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He is an aggressive racer, but in this particular instance I don’t think it was his fault.
Myers tried to take him on the inside, moved out and clipped Mills legs. That’s not on Mills.
Definitely wasn’t his fault…I think drifting into the middle of lane 1 to facilitate getting passed on both sides was a mental mistake. I also don’t think he should’ve been the one to take it on after the pacer. That’s not hindsight analysis either, I said it before the race. Kerr was the one talking times and records, let him take that burden. But anyhow maybe this will be the kick in the ass to give up on the 1500 and go all-in on the 5,000. He doesn’t have the twitchiness for the 1500.
Lyles would be better off focusing on the 200 at this point. But he's a great one, so maybe he'll prove me wrong.
If he can make the finals in the 100m (which he should), why not keep at the double? Do 3 heats of the 100m really take that much out of you?
i think the intense focus on the 100 takes away from his ability in the 200. Tebogo isn't looking great though, so maybe he doesn't need to be his very best there. Hope Kenny B is doing well, don't want to overlook him.
He is an aggressive racer, but in this particular instance I don’t think it was his fault.
Myers tried to take him on the inside, moved out and clipped Mills legs. That’s not on Mills.
Definitely wasn’t his fault…I think drifting into the middle of lane 1 to facilitate getting passed on both sides was a mental mistake. I also don’t think he should’ve been the one to take it on after the pacer. That’s not hindsight analysis either, I said it before the race. Kerr was the one talking times and records, let him take that burden. But anyhow maybe this will be the kick in the ass to give up on the 1500 and go all-in on the 5,000. He doesn’t have the twitchiness for the 1500.
I disagree on the matter of taking onto he third lap. Mills has been talking records all season. He might not have explicitly said he was going for it in London, but you could tell from previous races that it was where his head was at. And he knows he can't do it like Kerr with a big final lap. Mills needs to push early because of his lack of a kick, it's the only way he'll ever pick up records. Kerr was always hoping to be towed for 1350m and counting on his finish being there.
He is an aggressive racer, but in this particular instance I don’t think it was his fault.
Myers tried to take him on the inside, moved out and clipped Mills legs. That’s not on Mills.
Hmmm, I'm not sure that analysis is deep enough. I do think that carnage was his fault and here is why.
He's leading the race with 300m to go and he's right on the inside rail where he should be - but as Kerr passes him down the back straight he obviously and kind of unnecessarily tries to hold Kerr off by pushing out to the outside of lane one. We know this because Koech all of a sudden has space to cleanly go through on the inside with 220m to go.
Both those guys getting past him shuffles him back towards Myers and he's still on the outside of lane 1. He hit's 200m to go and what does he do? He tries to get back on the pole line and he does that by running ever so slightly across the front of Myers who is simply holding his position on the rail and beginning his push. I mean if you cut in front of someone running fast than you, what do you expect to happen?
I don't think it's anything deliberate or sinister, but it is a pattern of bizarre and to be honest downright bad racing acumen and awareness from Mills. He seems to do what he wants subconsciously without thinking about what could happen - I don't know how else it's possible to explain why he invariably seems to get caught up in falls and carnage. Today was his fault, 100%.
