Man I wish she’d raced through the line. Probably ~21.80, maybe even faster.
Haven’t seen the race, but…nah. Why bother? This could have been a good race to work on some things. You don’t need to blast a huge time, every time. Real sprints have real consequences.
Save yourself for the big ones, when it counts. Stay within yourself. Don’t break form. Train through meets. IMO Kerley, ADG, and a few others are great at this, maybe SCR now, too.
It would be smart. Maybe this is Gatlin’s advice showing through. Hats off to SCR, 👍 , especially since the 200 isn’t her real event 👍👍
As for SAFP, I get the whole prize fighter matchup thing, but I question the logic. Actual fighters actually get beat up, but track is different. We want to see them run, as often as possible—and in sprints, the suspense is there every single time, no matter what.
👎 for SAFP. Never thought I would say that.
Nonsense from the self-appointed resident sprints expert. As if it would have a lasting impact on her season racing through the line instead of running with her arms raised for 20 meters.
Why bother? A significant personal best and breaking the all time U.S. top-10 performers seems worth it to me.
Omanyala clearly a class above Bednarek and Bracy. 9.84 (Official World Lead)
Nice run and win by Omanyala but it's till early days. He promised a 9.66 and chased the time, even dipping.... 9.84 (-0.5) is still solid, even at altitude. It remains to be seen if he can hold this form through to Budapest, which would place him firmly in medal contention.
Is there a working link to see results from this meet? Whatever is posted on the LR front page doesn't work. World Athletics doesn't have results up yet, and googling the meet's home page reveals no results, only start lists...that I can find anyway.
Is there a working link to see results from this meet? Whatever is posted on the LR front page doesn't work. World Athletics doesn't have results up yet, and googling the meet's home page reveals no results, only start lists...that I can find anyway.
This works pretty well. Men's steeple isn't official yet and I think it was more like 8:18 rather than 8:08 for Kirui. Also thinking in the men's 5000 2nd place Ismael Rokitto might be WXC U20 champ Ismael Kipkurui
Unsponsored athlete in the women's 1500m going from a PR of 4:15 to running 4:01 with a 59s last lap at 4000ft of altitude.
Either an astonishing breakthrough and instant contender for a top 8 finish at Worlds or a soon to be featured in a tweet from the AIU.
She ran 15:39 at 3900 feet altitude Pre super-spikes in 2018 it appears. Still a large performance increase and I wonder what group she is.
Just watched the meet on delay and some takeaways:
-No Emmanuel Korir? Disappointing. The Zambian did what he does.
-Wanyonyi and Kinyamal looked great. 1:43.3 and 1:43.6 laying off the pace. Kinyamal needs to time his finish better to win a medal.
-Good effort from Tim. He got out too slow and then made a big move to bridge the gap. Despite getting swallowed up, he kicked well to win the second group. I think he will break 3:30 early this season.
-Kipsang and Reynold Cheruiyot also looked very good. A 54 type last lap with each 100 getting faster.
-Beatrice Chepkoech looks like she’s getting back to it. She could get to 8:50-8:55 type shape and then it gets interesting if she can break the field.
-Sha’Carri is running on pure hate in a good way. That was a 21.7 if she wanted, and the best bend I’ve seen from her. She should double.
-Omanyala backed up the hype. Bednarek ran a good race and it wasn’t close.
-Mary Moraa will be a real gold medal threat. Even going something like 26/56/1:28, she kicked looking well within herself.
-Very impressive steeple by the youngster Kirui. Looks like a bronze medal contender for sure. He was flying the last 300.
Wow, Ugandan Janat Chemusto lowers her PB from 4:15 to 4:01 with a 59.84 last lap to win big. Only 2:13 through 800. Super impressive at altitude, even if it doesn’t affect athletes born, raised and training at altitude that much over 1500.
In a way that’s the performance of the meet so far. I mean Richardson, Cheruiyot and Wanyonyi were all great but not surprising, whereas with Chemusto we just discovered a new Worlds and Olympic finalist.
Yeah. I'd say she's the big discovery. Could very well drop a 3:56 in a competitive race.
Hopefully a comparable time in the June 2 Rome/Florence DL 1500 confirms today’s result. From her WA page, seems Chemusto didn’t race at all in 2019 & 2020 and has slowly worked herself back into shape since then. Optimistically, I’d like to think her current progress is a fruit bearing from Cheptegei’s commitment to enhancing Athletics infrastructure (facilities, training, funding) in Uganda. We’ll see.
I still think Omanyala has peaked too early and is perhaps doing too many races .Its going to be a big challenge to maintain the shape all the way to world championships.Perhaps this year he could have focused on improving in the 200m in the year before Olympic games then compete in both at Olympics. However he seems to have fixed his starting issues this season.His start has really improved compared to last season.
Man I wish she’d raced through the line. Probably ~21.80, maybe even faster.
Yep, u never know what is around corner, say injuries, so I never understand why one never runs distance right out. I suppose we all have different personalities.
A significant personal best and breaking the all time U.S. top-10 performers seems worth it to me.
That’s because you’re obviously not a top sprinter, or any sprinter at all.
YES every maximal effort comes with the possibility of injury, which will sure affect your season. Dialing it back even just a little bit can make a huge difference. FYI
She did the smart thing here. Hats off to her, well done👍
I still think Omanyala has peaked too early and is perhaps doing too many races .Its going to be a big challenge to maintain the shape all the way to world championships.Perhaps this year he could have focused on improving in the 200m in the year before Olympic games then compete in both at Olympics. However he seems to have fixed his starting issues this season.His start has really improved compared to last season.
yes, it is hard to sustain, but possible. I remember Michael Johnson running some great times in season and still peaking for global champs every time, bar 1992.
Will be interesting to see what happens come WC time.
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