Retire as 47.93 doesn't cut it anymore?
Retire as 47.93 doesn't cut it anymore?
I know that the hurdles are quite low in the women’s 400H, though I do find it striking that SML, Cockrell, and Jones all have excellent 100H speed (12.6). This is one area where Bol is a clear outlier, and I do wonder if that’s an area she might look at a bit more closely moving forward. Has she ever run a 100H? Would she?
And more generally - are we seeing a shift in the event where athletes now need 100H speed + 400 strength? If yes, I think there’s an argument to be made that Bol should switch to open 400. She doesn’t have the raw foot speed that the others have.
Femke plans wrote:
Can't run the Michael Johnson league because she will always lose as Syd will be there.
Does she keep running Diamond League meetings where Americans won't go?
Will they pay her good money from now on? Now that Syd exposed her.
Does she retire and build a family?
Does she get New Balance to pay Syd to move to 400m flat?
She bombed at the Olympics. Big deal. Plenty of the world’s best have had sub par performances at the Olympics in Paris and in previous games. She’s got an incredible career ahead of her. I expect her focus will remain the same.
She'll have to switch to the 800. The training is very similar. Her kick would be devastating.
With Bol she enjoys racing. For her winning the gold or money is not the only motivating factor. She will continue running for fun and improve her PB like marathoners.
agip wrote:
I sure hope she'll run the 4 x 4
that lady loves relays more than the hurdles - she comes alive in them.
She loves running so much more than Syd in general.
Would be a great olympics to get three medals, that's for sure
not sure how competitive NED is in the W4x4 though.
Well they won it last year in Budapest so I would say they are definitely in medal contention.
Bob Sack wrote:
Bol would beat Keely in the 800. Heck, she would beat Paulino in the 400. She just isn’t going to beat Sydney at any distance, so she should stop racing her.
Of course. That’s the way it went for Jeremy Wariner, right? When you can run fast 400’s, you can easily run elite-level 800’s. That’s just science!