BLACK PAGE for Sydney, please. It's the real world record.
I am not so sure - Koch ran on slower track surfaces and wore primitive Adidas spikes in comparison and so under today's condition I would imagine that Koch would be closer to 47 secs ...
Could you explain the logic that leads you to believe that DDR's women were dirty and Kersee's trainee is clean and the formers' WR are to be forgotten while the latter one's are ok?
Seriously guys. Everyone is on something. Stop whinging. Watch it, don't watch it but for your own well being let it go. It's now a professional sport (money money money) and theatre. Take it or leave it.
Sure, but it's not a world record from McLaughlin. Either one erases all highly probable dopers or none from the historical tables. There's no middle ground.
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The most important question is where does this put McLaughlin-Levrone on the list of ALL-TIME American women's sprinters? Of course she is unquestionably the greatest 400 meter hurdler, but I think everyone has a little bit more respect for the flat events. Well, now she has just demolished the American record and won perhaps the greatest women's 400 meter race of all time. With this run, she has now arguably taken the baton from the legendary Alison Felix as the most versatile sprinter ever. She needs a few more medals to pass Felix on the GOAT list, but with a world record (which I think may be inevitable at this point) and an Olympic gold in the 400, not only would she pass Felix, she'd be in FloJo territory.
I don't see how it's possible to make a case for any other female American sprinter
Felix doesn't have WRs/CRs or individual dominance in events like Sydney, her medal haul is amazing of course but a lot of them are from relays
Felix doesn't even have any American records
Flo Jo is Flo Jo but she will always have an asterisk and she didn't have the longevity Sydney has displayed
And then you have to factor in Sydney is far from done
By the time she retires I think Bolt will be the only sprinter you can make a case for in terms of being greater than Sydney
This topic, and in particular this record by Koch, has been the subject of debate and discussion for decades. For example, see this article from the New York Times:
BLACK PAGE for Sydney, please. It's the real world record.
I am not so sure - Koch ran on slower track surfaces and wore primitive Adidas spikes in comparison and so under today's condition I would imagine that Koch would be closer to 47 secs ...
queue the 21 year old haters in denial of today's cheater tech.
The most important question is where does this put McLaughlin-Levrone on the list of ALL-TIME American women's sprinters? Of course she is unquestionably the greatest 400 meter hurdler, but I think everyone has a little bit more respect for the flat events. Well, now she has just demolished the American record and won perhaps the greatest women's 400 meter race of all time. With this run, she has now arguably taken the baton from the legendary Alison Felix as the most versatile sprinter ever. She needs a few more medals to pass Felix on the GOAT list, but with a world record (which I think may be inevitable at this point) and an Olympic gold in the 400, not only would she pass Felix, she'd be in FloJo territory.
I think she has already passed Felix. Great runner, but no world records and the majority of her medals were on relays. Sydney clears