Probably never - they have the travelling team doctor to monitor that. Contact in Stockholm just sent me a pic of him doing a post race workout on the warmup track. Running 1.43.3 is no biggie huh.
Juicing aside, he'll be hard to beat in Paris. Predicting 1:42 or faster for Gold. Arop will need to rise to another level if he wants the win.
Not as annoying as missing Chebet last week, surely?
The BBC broadcasts the two hour DL package. I'd imagine that to show other pre-DL events requires negotiation with the local rights holder. It's understandable that they can't be arsed, given they're already having to chop/change their regular schedule to accommodate DL meetings that take place on random days/times.
I don’t understand then why the women’s 800m was a pre-DL event. That the rest of the world managed to watch but we couldn’t here in the UK. I just want to be able to watch the whole thing. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.
TBF for people doubting Femke, this is her fastest season opener in the 400mH by 0.05s. She opened last year in 53.12. Plus, she still won this race by 0.71 seconds.
Well, he acknowledged these errors, for what it’s worth. The question now is if he will be a threat to Jakob in both the 1500 and 5000m in Euros (starting on Friday)..?
If you are talking about Wightman...He is not racing the European Championships.
TBF for people doubting Femke, this is her fastest season opener in the 400mH by 0.05s. She opened last year in 53.12. Plus, she still won this race by 0.71 seconds.
So what? Sydney did not run the event in two years and ran 52.7 in her opener on a slow track and won the race by over 3 seconds. If she was in Bol's race today, she would have beaten Bol by 0.42 seconds and if Bol was not in the race Sydney would have beaten the field by over 1 second. I don't understand what point you are trying to make.
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I don’t understand then why the women’s 800m was a pre-DL event. That the rest of the world managed to watch but we couldn’t here in the UK. I just want to be able to watch the whole thing. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.
Well, he acknowledged these errors, for what it’s worth. The question now is if he will be a threat to Jakob in both the 1500 and 5000m in Euros (starting on Friday)..?
Should be a threat, but if he runs tactically dumb Jakob will handle him. Like his chances better in the 1500. In the 5,000 I could see him spotting Jakob 10-15m.
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Sydney, who will get the 400 WL in NY next week,>>>>>>>>>>>Femke. it’s not close.
Is Sydney running the 400 in NYC? I don't understand this strategy. Her hurdling is clearly rusty. Is Bobby hedging his bet to see what she runs in a 400M and if it is sub 49 enters her to run the 400 in Paris instead of the 400H? Would think she would use every opportunity to fine tune her hurdling technique.
It’s quite good, no question. But this guy is historically good. He went under 2:14 has a 1:43.06 800m PB and should be hitting 1:42s. The 800 is catching up to the 1500 and people are looking at performances in a sub-1:43.5 is great sort of perspective.
Sydney, who will get the 400 WL in NY next week,>>>>>>>>>>>Femke. it’s not close.
Is Sydney running the 400 in NYC? I don't understand this strategy. Her hurdling is clearly rusty. Is Bobby hedging his bet to see what she runs in a 400M and if it is sub 49 enters her to run the 400 in Paris instead of the 400H? Would think she would use every opportunity to fine tune her hurdling technique.
Kersee has talked about his runners doing time trials in practice. So even though it looks like Sydney won't run another official 400H race before the Olympic Trials, she could be doing a 400H time trial in practice.
In any case, Sydney is now planning on doing the 400 and 400h double at the Olympic Trials, not just the 400h.
McGee is 200m away from being a 3:55 runner, what she is missing is the range.
she trains at altitude but why doesn’t she have the 3k/5k chops like st Pierre? If McGee put a focus on racing a 14:40 5k in her early season she would have what it takes to go 3:55. Even Centro ran 13:00 and I’m sure the last thing he wanted to do was race a 5k.
Is Sydney running the 400 in NYC? I don't understand this strategy. Her hurdling is clearly rusty. Is Bobby hedging his bet to see what she runs in a 400M and if it is sub 49 enters her to run the 400 in Paris instead of the 400H? Would think she would use every opportunity to fine tune her hurdling technique.
Kersee has talked about his runners doing time trials in practice. So even though it looks like Sydney won't run another official 400H race before the Olympic Trials, she could be doing a 400H time trial in practice.
In any case, Sydney is now planning on doing the 400 and 400h double at the Olympic Trials, not just the 400h.
You can only really say that once both entries say "confirmed" - the 400 might change to scratched right before.
Sydney, who will get the 400 WL in NY next week,>>>>>>>>>>>Femke. it’s not close.
Is Sydney running the 400 in NYC? I don't understand this strategy. Her hurdling is clearly rusty. Is Bobby hedging his bet to see what she runs in a 400M and if it is sub 49 enters her to run the 400 in Paris instead of the 400H? Would think she would use every opportunity to fine tune her hurdling technique.
Watch Bobby's interview on Citius Mag. He says they're focused on sprinting and staying healthy right now so he doesn't want her to exert herself over the 400 hurdles. He asked her to run 15 strides in her opener and treat it as a "practice run" but when you've been running 14s for a while, it's even harder to switch back to 15s smoothly. So it's probably not that her hurdling is rusty but just that the 15 stride pattern threw her off. Once she goes back to 14s, she'll be back to normal...and with the increased turnover and speed from running 200/400s, she should be faster than ever at the Olympics.