read again
i said i reckon mo was only in 50-low/mid shape in rio
his 49-low/mid speed was at his career peak last year
centro probably has 47-flat/low speed but i haven't looked all that closely at his likely 400/800/1500 line-of-fit, but certainly well below 48
of course it woud be expected for a 47+ guy to beat a 50+ or even a 49+ guy in speed workouts especially if 47+ guy has the biggest gold of all
so ?
he still ran nearly as fast as centro's fastest ever last lap in a meet
this has been analysed before
( i even saw that meet from the main stands
the dirty little !"* kennster pushed him out into lane 3 to stop bernie winning !!! )
Bernie that day was probably in
~ 48.75 / 1'44.50 ->
3'27.84
7'21.93
12'48.79
he was nowhere close to 5k WR shape, but close to 3k one & some way off his '04 shape where his 3'27.4 win in zurich was probably worth 3'26-mid in ideal race of even-pace/drafting/etc
Bernie had lost huge amount of speed from '01 or '04 peak, probably '01 was peak when he looked to have 3'25-high in 3'26-low pb in ideal race, considering 53+ finish, but hicham still quicker that day
Bernie had much quicker 400/800 speed than hicham in '01 but hicham got the 1500 superiority by bringing probably ~ 7'20 endurance to table
( his 7'23pb was rubbish circumstances
terrible pace & hicham was "shooing" on pacer after a few laps
pacer then sped off on a ridiculous next lap which left hicham in a vacuum
ideal run that day, paced evenly to 2k, he wouda gone ~ 7'20 )
Bernie never had better than ~ 7'28 - 7'30 endurance back then ( '99 - '01 )
( got crushed in his then 7'30+++pb in monaco where saidi-sief ran 7'25-flat off jog to 2k & still jog to bell but put in a ~ 54+ finish which destroyed Bernie into very high final finish position )
Bernie in his 3'26+PB probably had line of fit of
46.75 / 1'42.00 ->
2'10.92
3'25.70
or
46.50 / 1'41.75 ->
2'10.71
3'25.66
or
46.25 / 1'41.25 ->
2'10.50
3'25.62
we won't know which of above 3 is closest until he publishes a book
Bernie lost helluva lot of 400 speed from '01 - '06 with equally impressive loss of likely 800 speed as well :
well over 2s for 400, but that is process of ageing & elastic leaching away from legs