Chef Gordon Ramzi wrote:
Just anchored the women's 4x400. Silky smooth, always in control, utterly convincing win. She's so awesome bros.
Her utter relaxation - and the others allowing her to dictate at her chosen pace - was mind blowing. Anning tried to pass twice, but Bol simply extended slightly, and said "nah, not happening".
When you look at Bol's relay legs from Paris (mixed and single sex) and her w4x4 leg here at the Europeans, she is clearly much better than Amber Anning. When we consider that Anning ran 49.29 to finish a marginal 5th in the Paris flat 400m, and Bukowiecka nee Kaczmarek who was 3rd in Paris, has only beaten Bol once, (back in 2017 when Bol was 17 and the Pole was 19) clearly Bol could have been fighting for the silver in the flat 400m had she chosen that path.
I know this is not breaking news, but seeing her head-to-head with Anning again, and wiping the floor with her, again, just underlined what we already knew: Bol is better than Anning in the flat 400m.
And again, not breaking news, but the top two in the 400mh, McLaughlin & Bol, are easily in the top 4 in the flat 400m, along with Paulino & Naser.