Her pace for the last 2195m was 5.8% slower than Kipchoge's average during his WR and 7.1% slower than Kipchoge's average in Vienna.
Her average pace for the Marathon was 8.9% slower than Kipchoge's average during his WR and 10.2% slower than Kipchoge's in Vienna.
Why don't you use those numbers? Not extreme enough?
The new WR is in line with the other distance records, while looking on the new shoe technology, maybe still little behind the others. No need to bring male comparisons into the equation.
Faster than Bikila! - What a nonsensical point. Either Bikila was just an average Ethiopian or today he easily would run 2:05.
Finished as strong as Kipchoge - just wrong.
What a stupid deflection. The comparison being made in this thread is not between Kipchoge and Assefa for the full distance - that is a complete red-herring - but over the last kilometre, where she was running at virtually the same speed as the winner of the male race while she was also well under the women's world record. That you cannot see the absurdity in that shows you are blinded by your partiality, that if an African woman sets a world mark - no matter how ludicrous - it must be clean. Your further comments about the great Bikila show how little you understand the sport and that you probably have no experience of anything before this century.
Yes, the thread is about Assefa's extremely strong finish. For you it was at "virtually the same speed as the winner of the male race". She was slower, but it sounds crazy. It sounds not anymore THAT crazy, when we put it in perspective:
Her pace for the LAST 2195m was 5.8% slower than Kipchoge's AVERAGE for 42195m during his WR and 7.1% slower than Kipchoge's AVERAGE for 42195m in Vienna. Do you just understand this? I now you struggle extremely with any kind of numbers, but give it a try. Her average pace for the Marathon was 8.9% slower than Kipchoge's average during his WR and 10.2% slower than Kipchoge's in Vienna.
To compare an extreme in one direction with an extreme in the opposite direction is pure Armstronglevel.
Carl Lewis has had jumps shorter 7.52m.
xemptyzAssefa (women's WR holder) at her best is just as much slower than Kipchoge (men's WR holder) as some might expect. As I tried to explain now several times to you (and always failed badly) her fast finish for sure is some indication that she was capable to run faster than 2:11:53. How much faster, this could be discussed.
You have shown so often that you can't understand the most easy posts (often you don't even want to understand). I have said I'm sceptical towards Assefa's performance, OK? I've never said her record "must be clean".
The new record now is more in line to the other women's distance records - I don't say this to illustrate it must be clean, you non-understander. Just to underline it's not this extreme outlier you and some others want to portray it. For sure all the record setters could be doped. Or not. We (this includes you) don't know it.
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