Syd ran 50.68 over hurdles last year and a 47.91 carry. This was her first race of the season. She has a history of strong finishes. She could start out that hard late in the season and close in 13.5 and still run 48.3. You don't see the potential now but her history should tell you that it is there. She will not be rigging like that by the end of the season.
VIPAM wrote:
Create a username and stick with it, please stop being a coward and posting your negativity under a temporary username.
Point blank Sydney opener was one of the fastest ever and she have more to come in 2023.
This is my name. Who the hell are you? besides a stalker
cvxzcvxz wrote:
She will not be rigging like that by the end of the season.
Of course not. Because she won't be crazy enough to run the first 200 on 22.66 again.
That still doesn't mean she has the potential to run 47.7 like you claimed in a previous post. You're out of mind with your wacky calculations. They make no sense.
VIPAM wrote:
I am so glad that Sydney lost to Paulino. Now she is tasted defeat she will go back to training with point to prove and enter her races this year not wanting to lose again. It lit a fire inside Sydney and the sport this year will be better because of it when she competes.
She told you all that?
Hey no name poster
You apparently never compete in anything in which you were extremely good. When an elite athlete who used to winning like Sydney does loses, it motivates them and fuels them to show themselves, their competition, and the world that they are the best.
What I don't get is the constant "she wanted to test what it was like to go out at WR pace" nonsense. As the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. Just because Koch ran her opening 200m in 22.4 and hit 300m in 34.1, it doesn't mean McLaughlin has to go out at a similar, suicidal pace. She can go out at 22.9 pace, and believe me the difference between that and the 22.69 in Paris make a HUGE difference in the latter half of the race.
I've no doubt it provided important information for Kersee, but I echo other posters in that you cannot just compete 3 or 4 times a year and expect to execute your race perfectly in an event like the 400m.
Was it a good opener? Time-wise, yes, of course it was. Performance-wise, absolutely no it was not. You don't test WR pace in an event you haven't run competitively for years in your opening race, at a DL meet at that. This was her first serious race in 11 months (chuck that stupid 60m nonsense in the bin, that was to meet contractual obligations). Do it at a sh*tty local meet in the US, you know, the ones she usually runs in with zero competition. Don't insult the fans & DL promoters with a training test.
Kersee is off his rocker sometimes. And more fool her for blindly believing him & following him. (I've always wondered what how her faith allows her to work with such a notorious coach too, but that's another topic..)