I want to believe this Fred Kerley thing but I just can't.

Maybe he was working on his speed in practice and just realized he was doing better in shorter work than longer and decided to switch.

Maybe with Bolt retired, Gatlin old, and Coleman banned he thought he had a better medal shot in the 100 than he did against Norman, Kirani, Gardner, WVN, etc

for anyone who has sprinted its pretty simple

the speed strength and endurance needed to run a fast 400 allows a person to come down to the 100 and utilize the speed endurance and proper sprinting form.

look at colemans form in the 100, its garbage and destine to blow a hammy.

43 speed means 10.9 minimum relaxed sprinting the whole way. doesnt take much of a genious to see that hmm im going 10.9 average, which means i can prob hit 10.2 without any changes if i was to go all out for a 100. so he was a basic 10.2 guy who then worked on it, and im sure in a few running start practices he hit 9.7-8 and thats when it was like "oh sh*t!"

a 45 mid guy is averaging 11.25, so they are a basic 10.7 so it doesnt make sense for them to drop down

Cory McGee is like 35 and is having a break through season. Focus your doubt on her.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

The OP wrote:

Ever since I'd watch him run the 400 in college I just never thought he was clean. He seemed to accelerate the entire 400.

I mean I watched him too and I never had that thought watching him. Norman looked more ridiculous to me in college. If you want to talk about looking like you’re flat out all race in a 400m race then Warholm is the king of that.

He trains with a suspect coach that is the most suspicious part, but he has been a massive and raw talent since his Juco career.

Can you expand on the Warholm suspect coach???

Bro you missed some sarcasm

He said his ankle hurt every time he ran the curve. Also said he was going to switch back to the 400

Kerley was right that the 100m final was a bunch of nobodies, relatively speaking. He chose well. And he still may end up with the gold, pending competent drug testing. Now Matt Boling needs to go in the opposite direction... move from the 100/200 up to the 400.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

400 sucks. Sprinters who aren’t fast enough in the 1 do the 2 , and those who aren’t fast enough in the 2 do the 4.

And those who aren’t fast enough in the 4 do the 8. And so on and so on, until we get to marathon and ultra-marathon.

Bolt started off as a 400/200 runner and won a bunch of juniors medals at the 400. Kerley went a bit further professionally at the 400 than Bolt, but it really isn't that unprecedented.

You have to note too that Kerley actually looks a lot leaner to me than he did in college in the 400m. I recall thinking that it was hard to believe he could run the last 100m so well at that weight. I want to believe because he is a tremendous athlete. And he always has that look on his face because he runs on pure hate. I recall the angry posts and interview he had a few years ago when people were wondering why he had dropped off a bit early season after a great last college year, then he went out and medaled in World's with Norman falling off. I'll bet he was wondering how Jacobs could improve so much after years and years of doing the 100m at nowhere near this level. As for why going to 100m, he said it was in part because his ankle was hurting and wasn't handling the turns. It also became something to try for the best 400m guys, Wayde ran the sub 10, 20, 44 combination, as did Norman. That showed they could be competitive in the 100m, especially Norman's 9.86 last year. I would love to see Kerley go after the 400m world record this year after this.

Kobbs Hessler wrote:

Kerley was right that the 100m final was a bunch of nobodies, relatively speaking. He chose well. And he still may end up with the gold, pending competent drug testing. Now Matt Boling needs to go in the opposite direction... move from the 100/200 up to the 400.

Yup.

His 400 is worth 9.80 basic, but he would be hard-pressed to medal against the current crop of 400 guys.

Donovan Bailey came back in his mid twenties after being a stock broker, I think. Won the WC and then Olympic Gold.

highhoppingworm wrote:

I kind of assumed one of three reasons…

1) He is working on basic speed before returning to the 400 and going after the WR

2) He viewed the competition in the shorter sprints as “easier”

3) He didn’t feel like running the 400. Let’s face it… the 400 is just harder

It could be a combo of all of these

I think 1 is likely. He was so close to Norman, a switch in events to up his leg speed may be what he thought he needed. I am also in the same boat as another poster above, the 200m has got to be the mans best event at this point right? Oly Silver in the 100m and what is he, 8th ALL TIME in the 400m? Nuts. Really nuts.

Give me the T wrote:

Can you expand on the Warholm suspect coach???

Sorry was referring to Kerley's coach.

I don't find Warholm suspicious but for the "he looks like he's running all-out the whole way in a 400 guy" I was just noting that Karsten appears to be going hard as he can the whole way in the 400.

everyday I come in here and I see nothing but doping accusations for any runner that breathes, talks or walks..do u people not get tired of accusing every single person of doping? because I get tired of reading it. unless someone has tested positive then who are any of we to say that about someone? done with this website and all these bitter ass people.

T. Leary wrote:

Cory McGee is like 35 and is having a break through season. Focus your doubt on her.

Lol So you aren't allowed to think anyone is a doper unless you think Cory McGee is a doper? Is that the criterion? Some of you people on here I swear...

If he is really using peds, what’s his stack?

And in the end.. innocent until he actually fails a drug test.

Precious Roy wrote:

Bolt started off as a 400/200 runner and won a bunch of juniors medals at the 400. Kerley went a bit further professionally at the 400 than Bolt, but it really isn't that unprecedented.

Bolt moved down when he was like 16, Kerley is 26, that's a massive difference.

Hardloper wrote:

The OP wrote:

Ever since I'd watch him run the 400 in college I just never thought he was clean. He seemed to accelerate the entire 400. Now he drops down to the 100 and wins a silver medal? What is going on?!

Is it crazy to think this is unbelievable? I sure hope it's not and it's awesome to watch, but this just seems questionable at the very least.

Not sure who is more suspicious, him or the gold medalist. Both suddenly world class 100 meter runners at age 26. They both switched their focus to the 100m this year but since when does someone focus on long jump or 400 and somehow overlook their 9.8 talent until age 26?

You have to be fast to run fast. He’s said it all year. He’s coming back to the 4 after this