Stop changing the goal posts. I made no comparison to Cruz. The point I made was highlighting yet another of your many inaccuracies. You said Coe ran 1:44.95 when he was 21, I merely said that you were wrong.
Cruz had many attempts at world record and failed. He got quicker as he entered more races. He did not have flu just before running 1:41.77. So stop with the exaggeration.
Shows total lack of knowledge of the period.
Peter Coe sought out Gandy for specific reasons to improve core strength, weights, gym work etc. Gandy helped, but Coe snr was always the driving force in all Coe's training. Coe joined Loughborough in 76, so his progression came over 2 or 3 seasons.
No, I was referring to someone's question about Coe training at high altitude. You claimed he did. I explained it was for short periods at relatively low altitude compared to the heights elite train at today.
This is another example of you having no answer to an original point, because you are wrong, and then going off at another tangent.
Anyone who has been to altitude or not can do things 'in addition to training!'So again, a moot point.
You have a poor grasp on English. I said that Coe 'qualified' to run in the Olympics. He did. He achieved the qualifying times and was the first choice to be granted the 3rd discretionary place for the team over 800m.
'Selection' is a different meaning. Ultimately the BAAB Executive over-turned his selection and he was not on the team. That is completely different to not qualifying.
What!? Coe was narrowly beaten by Bile, the world's best miler in 87 and 89, in late June by 2m. That was more than 3 months before the Olympic final, so it has limited relevance. Coe beat Ereng there by some distance.
He then beat Ereng 2 weeks later in London, again by some considerable margin. It seems that everyone you refer to running great times against Coe in person or time wise had some great illness just prior to their performances, and then use it as some kind of get out clause! Ryun, Cruz, Ereng, all had flu or were severely ill just before their greatest 2 lap race.
Well Coe was ill in 88 for the Trials, so surely we can justify his below par performances after that?
What are you on about? Most top times over 2 laps are aided by a pacer to 400m! Being 'dragged' to a fast time implies that the athlete was beaten but they ran above themselves because someone was in front 'dragging' them to a super fast time. E.g. Koskei's 1:42.28 behind Cruz or Amos's 1:41.73 behind Rudisha in 2012.
Coe ran most of the 2nd lap in front in Berne and front ran a 1:43.3.
It made him the = 2nd fastest man of the year, behind Ereng's 1:43.16.
He won that race by 1.69 secs. The competition were hardly has beens.
He beat Kiprotich (=2nd fastest of the year, WR No. 3 in 89), Kibet (6th fastest of the year, WR No. 7 in 89), Niang and Sammy Koskei, both younger than Coe.
Eh? 1989 was Bile's best year. He had run the fastest 1500m of the year (3:30.55) and was World Ranked no 1. The only year that was comparable was 87, but he was only ranked World No. 2. Bile was at the very height of his powers in 89.
Coe was obstructed at the top of the last straight, so to come 2nd to athletes 6 -10 years younger was a considerable achievement.