Me too. I hope she knows what she's doing. She did to the field what she did to the field in the final of the 400H in Paris. Destroyed them around the turn But I was expecting a 49 low to mid from her.
I would have to agree with you. I didn't think 47 was ever possible, but after what I just watched tonight, I now think that she can do it if she has something left in the tank.
I asked myself the same question. That was one of the easiest 48.2 I have ever seen.
I've seen pretty high level males (46) look less controlled when 'jogging' a low 48. Now I'm not saying she's in 46.99 shape but she looked so smooth
Agreed. I know some of it is her running mechanics, but I'm still trying to wrap my mind at what I just witnessed in the stadium. I hope she has more left in the tank and have not done a Patterson who barely scraped thru as one of the fastest losers.
The question I have is: if people weren’t suspicious when Sydney chopped 2 seconds off the 400mH WR in four years (which had just been broken in 2019), why would you now be suspicious when she’s running 48 low
Based on logic, the 50.37 is even more suspicious than a 48.29
Because people are stupid. As if a prodigy who works hard at their craft would not have the results reflected of their hard work.
Only individual US track golds to be from Dennis Mitchell and Bobby Kersee coached athletes.
Quite something indeed.
TT Terry and Richardson didn't win any medals. One didn't even make it to the final. They should sue their coaches for clearly giving them placebos, right?
How does the matchup between Chebet and Kipyegon go down? I don't think Chebet would be able to break her, and common sense says Faith should be able to outkick Chebet with her 1500 speed, but I've never seen Faith do anything like that superhuman burst of speed Chebet has with 200 to go
I’ve picked Faith earlier, and I’d love for her to do it, but I think Chebet’s kick gets it done. It’s a bit of an apples to pears comparison, since idk where they were at with relative training loads and such, but Faith’s 8:07 3000m is roughly comparable to Chebet’s 13:58. Problem is, Faith was laid out on the track and Chebet had plenty in the tank—wouldn’t surprise me if she could go low 13:50s. And you’d imagine Faith’s better at 3000 than 5000, considering her primary event’s the 1500. Standard logic says the 1500 specialist would have the kick advantage if the race goes slow, but that doesn’t apply when Chebet can drop 28 in a 13:58 race. Chebet’s also had a couple extra days since her jog in the park 10,000, so even that’s not in Faith’s favor. Faith’s certainly good enough that she may be able to tactically maneuver the last lap better if Tsegay, Ngetich, and one or two others is still involved—or maybe Chebet goes with a hard early move by one of those two and fades just enough in the heat—but it’s hard for me to see Faith winning a clean race.