Holy shi*: Bryce Hoppel we have a problem. Sedjati 1:41.56 leads three under 1:42 in Paris DL 800!!

Dont need to read this thread any further. Same fantasy bs goes on here all the time.

Time trial meets dont mean squat in the Olympics or WC. Passing through rounds and being in a position to score a medal does matter. LRC promotes this crazy mindset that running a fast time means sure medals. Reality is sometimes different. The 800 is usually a crapshoot in terms of advancing through rounds compared to 1500, 5000m.

Its good to get excited for Team USA. Bottom line is ithers are getting better as well. Posters here dont want to hear that and automatically assume others are drugging but not their hometown heros who are just trying to keep up. They are already building dissapointment in guys like Hoppel and will be fully ready with all the criticism if it doesnt work out. Eck!!!

I 100% agree, times meaning nothing for medals. However, I do see value in running fast for personal achievement!

What does this mean for reigning world champ Arop - can he beat these guys?

does he run 1:41.5 today? Is he better off that he didn’t, and will bring his best in Paris?

That race looked closer to a sprint race than any 800m I've ever watched.

Does rojo have a 10 year old write his threads?

Obviously it's good to be in great shape in the Summer of an Olympic year, but Round 1 for the men is August 7th. Is it good or bad to be having heroic-level races 30 days before the rounds start? Genuinely asking.

100 seconds of "sprinting"(obviously sub maximal) still takes incredible aerobic power

Yep, racing is a form of practice and getting in with guys faster than you before the big dance can be helpful. However, not traveling all over the world and getting in proper training and rest is also most beneficial. It's definitelt a timing matter. A stiff race a couple weeks prior would probably be a good indicator but not the same as running rounds and advancing to medal 8 race. The big personal time performance comes after in a one off event like last year's DL final. All out efforts resulting in multiple national records.

Did I say that it didn't bro? Is this Reddit???

Lol

1:41.56 - Sedjatp - drug cheat 100%, I thought this when he ran a 1:43 a few weeks ago.

1:41.58 - Wanyoni - unreal talent, I think he is legit

1:41.61 - Tual - dirty as they come look at his back muscles cleanly on roids. 3 sec pr during an Olympic year in France... I'm sure the drug tester are doing a good job with him... Ya right.

Meet record is rudisha’s the same year he won Olympic gold and ran a WR record to do it

No. Hopefully everybody is at their best for the Olympics.

The white and clean noose got a bit blooded?
No worry, there will be another chance.

They say the home of a pirate is the sea, but the home of an Algerian is to shut the big mouths.

well i was on about the 139, how it was very possible, with half a dozen 141 guys in the perfect race..

did not expect what so ever to see the scenario play out like one week later.

that was very strange none the less.

140 is right there right now.

I don’t know about what has happened to Tual this year, but probably worth noting his PB entering the season has kinda been a joke. He ran it in the Semis in Tokyo which was his 2nd race in 2 days. He has run in the low-1:44s a lot but to make 2 world finals he’s shown more like 1:43-mid ability. To be clear at a crazy new level this year to be about 2s faster.
Kinda crazy Kemei ran 1:42.05 and won’t even make the Olympics.

A slight correction - Tual's PB before this year was at the 2022 Paris DL of 1:44.23 - 4th in a 1:43.75 race won by Robert. Also Tual was crushed by Sedjati in Ostrava in late May then he's clearly found something winning Euros, French champs and now this performance, hard to comprehend tbh

I'm wondering if we'll see any more of Koitatoi Kidali before the Olympics, somehow I'm not as confident of him making then final as Kemei and Ngeno both have looked good after the trials but then again maybe Kidali would have been right up there today too

French athletes have clearly been given the green light to dope in an Olympics they are hosting. Same thing happened with the UK in the London Olympics. Jessica Ennis heptathlon gold? One of the most doped up performances ever.

So are we still on cloud nine about Kessler's 1:43 now?