There's no question Rose has the strategic edge over the two Stanford girls. I posted that a couple of weeks ago. The recent results don't mean much in comparison to the fact that Rose will inevitably get stronger and therefore be able to sustain that front running style. At that point the closers are stuck. They expect the speed to come back. It does not.
However, the loose speed is always stuck with the predicament of when to unleash. Rose made the classic mistake here of pushing too hard during that third 200. That myth needs to be eliminated from 800 conventional wisdom, especially from broadcasters like Dwight Stones. It is the worst possible move for the typical frontrunner to burn that third 200. You've already done the work and established lead and advantage. Why give it away with a suicidal acceleration so far from home?
Ultra elite freaks like Athing Mu can push very early on the second lap. For the typical 800 frontrunner and even at Rose's level you need to save energy early on the backstretch. The big jumbo boards make it easier. Relax and look up there. Allow the field to come back to you a little bit. Then take off again late on the backstretch. You'll stun the trailers by separating from them again, just as they think they are about to swallow you up. And with only 220+ to go you'll have plenty left.
As soon as I saw where Rose accelerated I knew she would be vulnerable. She needed to wait another 50 meters minimum. Kipyegon is a 1500 specialist but Rose should watch clips of her. Kipyegon is a master of relaxing on the backstretch then accelerating just before the 200 mark, leaving no doubt by the top of the stretch.
All very true from a tactical standpoint, but the fact is that the way she ran this race squeezed the best possible time in an un-paced race. She clearly is in solid 1:58 shape in a paced affair, and who knows by this summer? She may be the one to snag that critical fourth spot in the World's team.
Horrible. DQ. If you are not good enough to pass legally, you are not good enough. But since they don’t usually call it, will never stop.
That's just a snapshot in time at the very end but if you look 40 meters back (on the video Rojo put up), Hiltz had a clear opening and as they got closer to the line, Rose veered in towards the rail to close it off.
Hiltz edges Rose by a 1:59.03 to 1:59.08 margin, the latter mark good for No. 2 in collegiate 800 history; Fay prevails against Prakel and Lumb in men’s 5,000, with Utah Valley’s Kemboi securing women’s victory and Angelo Sta...
Not really. That pic was taken from the right side of Rose which makes it look more overlapped between the two runners than reality. Again, Rose veered left and sealed up the alley that was available just 10 strides from the finish. You can see it clearly on the video.
Horrible. DQ. If you are not good enough to pass legally, you are not good enough. But since they don’t usually call it, will never stop.
That's just a snapshot in time at the very end but if you look 40 meters back (on the video Rojo put up), Hiltz had a clear opening and as they got closer to the line, Rose veered in towards the rail to close it off.
Baloney. She never had a "clear" opening. I've seen all of the videos and pictures.
If you can't finish between the rail and another runner without causing what happened then you should be DQ'ed.
Rose is not on the outside white line of lane one, hardly. She's in front, she's not at fault.
If Rose is in front in the middle of lane one 40 meters back, that has nothing to do with the last several meters. In the last 5 meters she's in her lane, in the middle and Hiltz tried to ram in between her and the rail.
Collective noun for the Hiltzes is a “woke of Hiltzes.“
A woke of Hiltzes should not be DQed for this maneuver. However, as a woman of color, the second place runner should have prevented the woke of Hiltzes for making a power move of white privilege for lane one.
The major point is to force others to conform to their "rules", in a way similar to inflicting mask mandates when it was proven for decades that masks didn't stop the spread of aerosol viruses. Your discomfort and frustration is the goal, not a bug. Otherwise they don't feel they are "making a difference". Inflicting the political into every sphere is the key to societal control, and sports must be part of that, in their way of thinking.
When someone tells you their pronouns, they aren’t trying to force you to conform to rules. They just want you to use the word that they identify with.
If I wanted you to call me “T-Bone,” and you instead called me “Koko the Monkey,” that would be disrespectful. Referring to someone as he, she, they or anything else is a very low bar of courtesy to clear, dude.
Pronouns are used to indicate gender. If not a high majority then definitely a significant percentage of people feel that, for humans, biological sex determines gender. To insist that others use pronouns that correspond not to the gender consequent to the apparent biology effectively compels them to lie - to lie not just in the sense of saying a falsehood but to do so knowingly - to lie in the more severe sense of the word. To insist that others express what they feel is a lie is far worse than a "very low bar for courtesy," pal.
Pronouns are used to indicate gender. If not a high majority then definitely a significant percentage of people feel that, for humans, biological sex determines gender. To insist that others use pronouns that correspond not to the gender consequent to the apparent biology effectively compels them to lie - to lie not just in the sense of saying a falsehood but to do so knowingly - to lie in the more severe sense of the word. To insist that others express what they feel is a lie is far worse than a "very low bar for courtesy," pal.
So you never lie to anyone? Lying is a vital part of human social interaction. When you a cashier asks you “how has your day been?”, generally you lie to them. You don’t tell them you had violent diarrhea that morning or that you’re ecstatic about getting laid last night. You just say “pretty good”
I would not have thought Hiltz was going to pop 1:59 low like this at present. Great bit of running. Probably worth a DQ, but yes it is valuable to have this as a legit mark going forward this season.
Too bad some LR posters use this as an opportunity to vent irrational hate, thinly disguised as cultural commentary. Why not just focus on the footrace?
The Frenchman Robert last year was unjustly dq-ed last year in an 800m for plowing his way between two runners for the win. You make your own lane if you need one. I'll post the vid if I can find it
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