Sprint Round-Up: 2014

didn't know Magel was white, either way good show by Kilty. what happened to Lalonde Gordon in the 400m? Seems like he really had a strong indoor season up to this point.

Maybe Gordon didn't handle the rounds well? He's very good at 200m and maybe he doesn't have strength in proportion to his speed? (just a guess)

Let's not forget who wasn't there: Merritt and James. And Don Lendore and Arman Hall are getting ready for NCAAs. If those guys were there, none of the 400 people in Poland would have medaled.

And BTW, what the hell ever happened to Justin Gatlin, the defending world champ in the 60? I think the answer is he got a sponsor.

Interview with Kilty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peDvkw2ePMQ

Guy seems to have a real chip on his shoulder! (not necessarily a bad thing!)

Can't find one for Bracy

Here's Bracy from Flotrack:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251439-2014-IAAF-World-Indoor-Track-and-Field-Championships/video/738409-Bracy-wins-silver-pleased-but-hungry-for-more#.UxvXCfldXhA

Disappointed but looking forward to outdoors. I know it's not an original observation but this guy is gonna be gooooooooood

Also, coach d, respectfully, I think you give Maslak too little credit. Of course he isn't on the same level as James and Merritt (yet) but he did beat Brown, Gordon and Santos, so I would say that he wouldn't be an easy target for the NCAA guys. This indoor season seems like a bit of a breakthrough, IMO. He's young, has strength (ER in the 500m) and quickness (he ran a 6.6x 60m earlier at his national champs) and, barring injury, he could be up for some big things this season!

Looks like the chip on his shoulder is for the people in the UK that didn't think he deserved to be there. He he definitely deserves to be able to give them "the business" as far as I can see.

Deon Lendore has the fastest indoor 400m time. But he will be running in the NCAAs, not WIC. That's the guy to worry about come next year (he's from Trinidad like Gordon).

4x400m video

I apologize the above was heat 1, not the final. The final video is not up yet

Hear is heat two for completeness sake:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L0RtpBfB3U

Women's 60m final with Fraser-Pryce winning in sub-7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYkC1f24Wao

Wow, Fraser-Pryce looked pretty beastly there, very smooth (especially compared to the others). I believe it was her that said she didn't even alter her preparation for the shorter distance?

Also, I found a video of Lemaitre's 200m indoor PR from this year. I'm hoping this indicates a return to form this year (though his 60m efforts were mediocre at best):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgQbX0g8fvQ

Flo'da boy wrote:

Here's Bracy from Flotrack:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251439-2014-IAAF-World-Indoor-Track-and-Field-Championships/video/738409-Bracy-wins-silver-pleased-but-hungry-for-more#.UxvXCfldXhA

Disappointed but looking forward to outdoors. I know it's not an original observation but this guy is gonna be gooooooooood

Bracy will be a solid 9.8 guy. No low 9.7's and 9.6's there. Thos US trials time once again prove to be something else than racing overseas...as usual I might say.

In general; US athletes tend to look like bigger freaks every next year. Tats, dumb*ass hair, sleeves, gloves, etc. Just freakin'train and run, and save your energy for just that.

Take a close look at Ashton Eaton....about the only US athlete I can look at for longer than 1 minute without getting sick and ashamed.

I haven't found any good videos of NCAA's so I apologize for my neglect of those events. If anyone can find some please post!

Meanwhile here's some random training videos! (all from French athletes who I have found a surprising number of videos for):

Jimmy Vicault:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnw_CoM-2zs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAL-v8IAa3c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUYczjNS9_s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqWUkp_iD4

(can't wait for world relays!)

Here's an oldish video of Lemaitre doing some weird exercises:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNhBm1d5vo

Toyo University is going to construct a downhill track to help prepare Kiryu to go sub-10

http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/toyo-university-spends-50000-on-new.html

Wow

Yohan Blake runs his first 200m of the year in 20.49 (-0.1).

Warren Weir runs 10.31 (-0.7).

via RunBlogRun

http://www.runblogrun.com/

Good result from Blake. Hopefully his injury problems are behind him. Hopefully him and Bolt can race each other in the circuit this year or at the Commonwealth Games.

Idk 20.49, even with a headwind seems kind of like a poor result from a 19.28 man. Then again, healthy and sluggish, is better than fast from the gun and injured!

Weir's time is quite promising. This was his second fastest 100m ever (I would like to see the wind conditions of his best to compare their intrinsic values) so it looks like he's ready for another year well under 20.00

Yikes, I just checked, apparently his 100m PR is 10.02 so this result is fine I guess (considering it seems he won easily) but is not really indicative of anything, other than that he's healthy

I know this is on the homepage but I thought it was relevant to put here