Look at her musculature, physique, stride, arm carry, foot speed, etc etc.
She's a middle distance runner. 400 meters is her floor, not ceiling. Jogged the 500 WR indoors. We're looking at someone who could drop a 1:54 flat in her first 800 attempt.
Look at her musculature, physique, stride, arm carry, foot speed, etc etc.
She's a middle distance runner. 400 meters is her floor, not ceiling. Jogged the 500 WR indoors. We're looking at someone who could drop a 1:54 flat in her first 800 attempt.
I agree that Chef has some “issues.” BUT, I am intrigued by this idea of how fast Bol could run an 800m. She has stamina as shown in her relay performances (doubling back), I could see her going 1:58sh which is pretty darn competitive for most fields.
Obviously you’re just throwing out BS and know nothing about the sport. Close to 50 flat??? She won’t break 52 seconds the rest of the year. If she does, it’ll be 51-high … and can’t wait for her to move up to the 800/1500? She’s never run the 800/1500 in her life and has never indicated, one, she’s moving up, and, two, any potential at the 800/1500. With zero mid-distance background what a ludicrous statement to make …
You know she has run 50.95, 51.30 and 51.46, right?
Look at her musculature, physique, stride, arm carry, foot speed, etc etc.
She's a middle distance runner. 400 meters is her floor, not ceiling. Jogged the 500 WR indoors. We're looking at someone who could drop a 1:54 flat in her first 800 attempt.
You need to quit simping so hard for Bol and sharpen those knives, Chef.
I like Bol and believe she’s a tremendous talent but she’s not dropping a 1:54 in her first 800 or ever, actually. She could more than likely be in the range of where Wiley is not but the 400h & 400 is still her bailiwick.
That said, she won’t beat Syd in the 400, 400h or any sprint or hurdling event less than that. Likewise she will not beat Keely in the 800.
Look at her musculature, physique, stride, arm carry, foot speed, etc etc.
She's a middle distance runner. 400 meters is her floor, not ceiling. Jogged the 500 WR indoors. We're looking at someone who could drop a 1:54 flat in her first 800 attempt.
You need to quit simping so hard for Bol and sharpen those knives, Chef.
I like Bol and believe she’s a tremendous talent but she’s not dropping a 1:54 in her first 800 or ever, actually. She could more than likely be in the range of where Wiley is not but the 400h & 400 is still her bailiwick.
That said, she won’t beat Syd in the 400, 400h or any sprint or hurdling event less than that. Likewise she will not beat Keely in the 800.
Agreed. As long as Kersee’s athletes are protected by officials it will be difficult for others to beat his chemically enhanced troopers like Syd.
She'll be around 50-flat come Worlds. Should be glorious.
This guy is unhinged.
She has a 400h PB of 50.95; basically 51-flat.
Last four seasons: 52.03, 52.27, 51.45, 50.95.
Graph that, and explain why you think she will suddenly lop off a full second in one year. 🤡
Come on. Her OPEN 400 PB is closer to 50.00 than her 400 hurdles PB! (49.19 vs 50.95.)
Her 49.19 is indoors, which is the fastest anyone has ever run the 400m indoors. She's split in the 47s in the relay, outdoors with a flying start multiple times. Its unclear what her outdoor 400 open PB would be if she took it seriously, but surely it would start with 48, and I think Sydney's open 400m PB would start with 47 if she trained for it and ran it in peak form, eventhough she's only ran 48.74 outdoors compared to Femke's 49.19 indoors.
I'm very happy for Femke and this was a fantastic opener. But, when SML is that much better than everyone else, it's kind of hard to call a field world class when SML isn't there.
lol why Bol fans always like to compare indoors to outdoors? For track, they are totally different. i should remind you that Bol NEVER runs Outdoor 400m under 49s while Syd runs 48.75. And her split speed at Paris 47.71 is the 3rd FASTEST all time history for women’s 4*4 relay. She’s a FAR better 400m runner than Bol. Don’t be delusional.
Bol has freckles full face. That’s indication shows she took A LOT medicines PEDs etc. And that’s the reason why why she dare not come to US to compete. It will expose her lol.
I agree that Chef has some “issues.” BUT, I am intrigued by this idea of how fast Bol could run an 800m. She has stamina as shown in her relay performances (doubling back), I could see her going 1:58sh which is pretty darn competitive for most fields.
Yeah I think Bol would do very well at 800, much lower than I estimated a couple of years ago. By all accounts she dominates the group stamina sessions, especially the rare 800s. Several of her teammates raved on social media about one block of 800s, with Ajla del Ponte writing, "Bambi was awesome today." That's Bol's nickname within the group.
Eveline Saalberg of the Meuwly 400 group has experimented with longer distances in recent weeks. She ran 1:26 for 600 and 2:03 at 800. That was indication to me how well Bol would fare. She could jog an opening 54. At that point it's going to be a low number even if she falls apart.
Regardless, it was interesting in Rabat that Bol continues to tinker with her strategy in determination to improve. She now has her right foot back in the blocks after years of left foot back. She is using her weaker right lead on hurdles 1-3-5 instead of 2-4-6 like the past two years.
It means Bol now takes one additional step. She is using 14 steps through hurdle 6 instead of hurdle 7. I thought it was very ambitious in 2023 that Bol went immediately to 14 through 7, instead of easing into the transition. Now she'll get her weaker right lead out of the way at hurdle 5, instead of hurdle 6. That should enable her to be more fresh and relaxed late in the race.
The 14 steps to hurdle 6 shifts Bol back to her preferred left lead. Then she'll switch to 15 steps on 7 and remain 15/left lead for the remainder.
I was going to mention Saalberg's outings over 800m this year, but Awsi Dooger beat me to it. Purely based off their PBs and training together, if Saalberg can run a 2:03 then Bol is already sub 2:00.
I don't think there is any doubt in Bol's ability & potential in the longer distances (600, 800). Her coach has seen this, as have others close to the group (notably, 1992 Olympic 800m Champion Ellen van Langen, who's now the meet director of the FBK Games). The problem is Bol doesn't currently want to run 800m, and they also heavily rely on her in the 4x4 relays, so focus on the 400m distance is paramount.
There are some theoretical possibilities though. Already this season Meuwly has been 'experimenting' with some of his athletes: we've mentioned Saalberg's outings over 600 & 800, but he has also moved youngster Britt de Blaauw back down to 100/200, with a view to concentrating on the 200m at the European Under 23s, and a place in the 4x1 team in Tokyo (she ran the last leg on the 4x1 at the World Relays). In 2026 there are no global championships; I tweeted to Meuwly it would be a good opportunity for Klaver to have a season of 100/200 to see what she could do (current PBs 11.33/ 22.46) and he simply replied with a 'like'. But I could envisage some experimenting going on next year, for Bol as well. Either more 400m flats....or an 800m.
Back to her opener in Rabat. All trolling aside, the facts are the facts: her fastest opener by 0.61. Also, intriguingly, over the last 3 seasons the difference between her 400m opener and her SB has been 1.77 (24) 1.67 (23) 1.67 (22) (that is discounting her near-altitude 50.95 from last season and using the 51.30 instead). If she has the same improvement, then in takes her down to between 50.60 - 50.79 at sea level.
Theoretical, but based off real statistics. Regardless of SML and her out-of-his-world WR, this is still absolutely amazing in it's own right and highlights SML would need to be at her best when they race in Tokyo.
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Look at her musculature, physique, stride, arm carry, foot speed, etc etc.
She's a middle distance runner. 400 meters is her floor, not ceiling. Jogged the 500 WR indoors. We're looking at someone who could drop a 1:54 flat in her first 800 attempt.
You need to quit simping so hard for Bol and sharpen those knives, Chef.
I like Bol and believe she’s a tremendous talent but she’s not dropping a 1:54 in her first 800 or ever, actually. She could more than likely be in the range of where Wiley is not but the 400h & 400 is still her bailiwick.
That said, she won’t beat Syd in the 400, 400h or any sprint or hurdling event less than that. Likewise she will not beat Keely in the 800.
lol why Bol fans always like to compare indoors to outdoors? For track, they are totally different. i should remind you that Bol NEVER runs Outdoor 400m under 49s while Syd runs 48.75. And her split speed at Paris 47.71 is the 3rd FASTEST all time history for women’s 4*4 relay. She’s a FAR better 400m runner than Bol. Don’t be delusional.