none ran as hard as cruz did in games & subsequent number of sub-1'43s & even a 2'14
apart from kip, none of the others had body of work post games of cruz - these were 1 wr & at most a coupla good performances - NOT quality of 3 sub-1'43s & a 2'14
even kip, had 1 less heat to run in '97 & he didn't blast 2 prelims & the weather was far less sapping - all far less taxing than for cruz
try again idiot
experience of watching races for decades & not making up crap about races you watched as a kid
moron
kip ran 1'42.67i in MARCH
as for cruz, he ran 3'53pb in May & rest were ncaa & pac-10 races & NO euro circuit races - the 3'53 which he never beat shows he was in top form early season
learn to read
all he is saying is that the most important races were later on, not that his peak woud be then
find one where he says "i was in best shape of season in august"
eh ??
where do you come up with that ?
find some link ?
i recall no "several month" build up to this
it was 1st diamond league race - that's all
drivel
"reasonable shape" ??
rudy had run 1'42.01 & kaki's best was 1'42.69 from nearly 2y before
how on earth does a 1'42.69 guy from nearly 2y ago expect to beat a recent 1'42.01 guy with just "reasonable shape" ???
kaki was in top shape - shape of his life & it was in JUNE
nonsense
perfect drafting for 800 is like coe limpet-like attached to konchellah
kaki was for most parts of the race 2+m behind rudy, especially from bell to homestretch & even when he was catching him, he ran on outside of his shoulder & not directly behind
he was getting practically no drafting benefit & to all intents was unaided
drivel
even his best form of his career from previous years woudn't have got him close
he ran it with no proper drafting aid & he smashed his pb by 0.46s
nonsense
he ran 1'43.10, 1'43.48, 1'43.50, 1'43.84 afterwards
you don't run those with any significant injury
moron
he faced rudy again in august & rudy had just broken the wr 5/7 before & beat kaki by 1'43.50 to 1'43.84
moron
only an idiot woud compare sammy or johnny's efforts in the ganes to cruz's titme-trial like 1'45/1'44/1'43
there is no comparison
& they never ran the body of work post gmaes of a 1'41, 2 1'42s & a 2'14
like i told you kid, those games races shouda finished cruz for the year & no 1/52 of rest woud make any difference
he had to be superhuman to run anything of note afterwards
no
the peak is for the games with 2 or 3 week training camp for it
there was no such camp for euro circuit after
he was running on virtual fumes after & still went 1'41.77
like i said, you were a 7y ole kid with a 7y ole's brain watching it
too stoopid to understand concept of
"once in a lifetime run"
moron
it was the last open 400 he ran in his career & it was in '80 when he was 16 or 17y
you are a complete moron
zurich woud pay him only for an 800 & to turn up in shape to run a damn fast one, not wasted from a 1k 2/7 before & sag to a 1'45 which might not even get him in top 3
you are a complete & utter moron
not even such a moron coud believe running a 1k 2/7 before a 800wr attempt is the way to prepare for latter
all races post-games were labelled "wr attempts"
it doesn't mean they were genuine attempts
do you even think before you post ??
he went thru in mid-1'46
that is jogging for a guy who went 1'41.77 soon after
are you so stoopid you can't see that ??
clearly for whatever reason, after 600m he lost interest in the clocking - perharps he thought the effort to keep going hard to a 2'13 or even dip into the 2'12s woud be too much considering zurich was main focus, or he just didn't feel "right" at 600m - 1'19 is a nothing split for a guy who went 1'16 in numerous races that year
no
it shows nothing of the sort
kip is unique as is coe & no such inference can be made
learn to read moron :
"once in a lifetime effort"
& if that needs embellishing,
coe never even broke 1'43 for the remaining 8y of his career