She did it finally ! 48.29 . Syd !!!!

I hope she has something left in the tank, coz I don't understand what I just watched. Did she misjudge the effort? I am blown away. She better have something left in the tank.

Only if you are ignorant of what a prodigy can deliver when they focus on their craft.

If she wins gold in just as fast a time or even faster, she can give as much glory as she likes to the father, son and holy ghost.

Sydney is VERY relevant outside the sport. She even gets a lot of mainstream media attention. She has one of those GQ "10 things I can't live without" videos they give to famous actors and celebrities, and the "Sydney answers popular searches off the internet" videos. The only other runners I have seen get this are Kipchoge and Lyles, both of whom have wild relevance to people not closely following running.

Do you think Jakob is clean? Or how about y'all's 16 year old phenom that just bombed? Nobody goes from 1:46-1:47 to 1:42 in a matter of months. Didn't even look tired either. That's a major doper. And Jakob runs 3:26 and not breathing hard ....those two are perfect examples of dopers. But since they're a different shade there's never any questions.

Exactly. Its not like she hasn't always been on top of her game. We've been hearing about her for a decade now. She has always stepped up and delivered. Wasn't any surprise times, she just trains hard.

2025: Could barely break 49, missed the AR again....then hides herself away after Pre with just the nationals - that's just one meet in the TEN WEEKS between Pre & Tokyo - and prepares behind closed doors at home. Comes out, and barely breaks sweat running 48.29. You couldn't make it up.

Anyone That thinks that was a clean run has a screw loose or has no concept of the sport, what it takes for a woman to run that, or its history. Not even Koch could run a 48 2 so easily.

I just prey she's shot her bolt in the semi and doesn't break the WR in the final.

Prelim.

Rounds have literally never been an issue for SML. Look at her, she wasn't even gassed. We're in for something special in the final.

I’ll put Tommie Smith in there. 12 WRs,held both 200/400 records at same time.He would have been doing back then what Bolt did if Track was professional business at the time.Also MJ right up there.

7th fastest of all time.

Recent very fast times:

48.14 by Eid Naser (3rd all time fastest) of Bahrain in 2019

48.17 by Paulino (4th fastest all time) of Dominican Republic in 2024.

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No, she didn't "give glory to God." And even if she did, so what?

You clowns and your narratives. The "giving glory to God" narrative is almost as trite as "she never races." If she has a kid you can that other trite & tired expression, "she's a mom," to your list of overused and not funny expressions.

Skip to the end. You'll see her interview.

LOL.

Might be the worst take I’ve ever read on these boards - and that’s really saying something. Bol would have been smashed again by a fatigued SML.

You don't remember the "good old days". They've come back again.

It is also what a prodigy who dopes looks like.

Seems like she is doing just fine. and…..she’s done just fine in the past.

Yea, we do. We also know certain athletes are protected, basically most American sprinters and African distance runners when it comes to the top of the list. Sad, really.

Probably not. She has 1.5M followers on Instagram to Shacarrie's 4.1M. Shacarrie's notoriety off the track has brought her more fans than anything she's done on the track. It's not fair, but that's the way it is. Plus the 400 hurdles her main event until she moved to the flat 400 is not considered a marquee event.