no
a 1'46.9 is into 1'46s
it is not a 1'47
drafting argument is nonsense
bernie leads into the 1st lap of that last 800 & takes inner route
he doesn't get any drafting until ~ 350m in as hicham is running outside of him
this makes hicham's run highly impressive, but that's probably because bernie left his best race in zurich
bernie also ran last bend wide, in lane 2 line at nearing end of bend, so probably 2.5m extra run
the last lap for hicham was 51.91 & bernie was behind him at start, so probably 51.7+ for him
therefore bernie split
55.1+ / 51.7+ for 802.5m
or corrected for 800m
55.1+ / 51.5+
for 1'46.6
that is huge -ve split in a 800
corrected for 2s +ve splits ->
1'44.7
the flying start at those slow paces probably worth 1/2s
therefore, after 700m running in his legs, bernie put in an intrinsic
~ 1'45.2
effort !!!
& i'd estimate hicham's as 1'44-high solo as last 800 for intrinsic effort
nonsense
see above
incomplete utter nonsense
how many times do you have to be told that bernie never ran an 800 in his 3'26 year
his 1'46pb was in a year where he was in 3'30 shape not 3'26 & even that 800 was very poor race by whole field with slow pace thruout & just a big sprint which bernie was always going to struggle in with guys with 45/46 speed, especially in 3'30 shape
try more like 1'41/'1'42
this is nonsense
where is your evidence for epo use & effect on different distances for cheaters like ramzi ???
ramzi won 800/1500 double in wc but never chased a serious 800
what 800 shape do you think ramzi was in peking ???
utter nonsense
all we need is a good solid rested flat-out 400 time when in 3'26 shape to predict 800/1k