Donavan Brazier goes home devastated - Brazier is out of the world championships

Do you think he’s all there in the head?

Wait what?! wrote:

He’s one of the most fluid runners I’ve ever seen. He does this “over striding thing” in every race because that’s his actual stride. You might think Edwin Moses overstrides as well.

The bit about Steve Holman is totally classless.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Brazier does this over striding thing in some of his poorer races. Rather than fast and quick the stride pattern appears long and slow. He also hunches over instead of running tall. Doesn’t look fluid at all.

Your view on the form, I see him as choppy the last 150 meters.

I made no comment about Steve Holman, so next time check your source before you post.

Thank you.

Igy

Wait what?! wrote:

He’s one of the most fluid runners I’ve ever seen. He does this “over striding thing” in every race because that’s his actual stride. You might think Edwin Moses overstrides as well.

The bit about Steve Holman is totally classless.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Brazier does this over striding thing in some of his poorer races. Rather than fast and quick the stride pattern appears long and slow. He also hunches over instead of running tall. Doesn’t look fluid at all.

Edwin Moses is 6ft2inch and his hips are 4ft from the ground. He also ran the 400m hurdles where over striding to 13 steps is preferably to chopping a stride down to 15. Most 400m hurdles over stride at some point during their run.

Braizer runs the 800m where a quick turn over is much preferably to a long stride. Speed is easier to maintain when one is fatigued by focusing on foot speed than stride length. Braizer clearly is lacking this basic information. His overstriding is also means he has to check his stride when runners pass, and costs him a lot of speed (see his world indoors race). Braizer is still very inexperienced and his technique needs a lot of work to be at a level worthy of professional races.

Boost.Boston wrote:

How is this a DQ while in the 10k last year Farah took 2 or 3 steps on the inside of the track?

Officials British in both scenarios....also 2 DQs in the womens' 400 semis that just happened to advance both British athletes to the finals....

Brazier needs a experienced middle distance coach, he’s far to talented to be running like this come world championships.

mustbetough wrote:

Guess I never realized how hard it was to stay in your lane or on the track. These guys making dumb mistakes should have a clause in their contracts that makes them lose out on pay or something. Chelimo and now Brazier....just a pathetic lack of focus...sad.

Well this joke of a track and how athletes are not being given time to adapt to the unique weirdness of the curves has a lot to do with it. It seems to me that this facility should never have been awarded the meet.

I noticed that Brazier was very passive, even deferential, to Kszchot when he passed just after 600m. It appears that once he knew he would be DQ'd anyway, he just caved in mentally. He was just going through the motions. A true competitor would have been mad at himself for the mistake, and probably run a PR on pure self-hate.

I'm not sure we will see the "killer instinct" with this kid, even as he matures. When you cave in at a major performance like this, it leaves damage. A great coach can help an athlete through this, but I am not sure that Brazier has that situation.

Dfij wrote:

the Brazier psychophants.

10/10

I agree, and find it interesting that it is not discussed more. It is evident that there is something there in the mechanics and fairly obvious something isn’t right. Almost a pace lock.

Earl was involved in an auto accident that ruined a knee. Plus he ran more college than DB, helped his team's chances. They are similar in speed & strength. And from the same state!

He needs to train with Rudisha in Kenya, given they have the similar form, height and weight.

You people/person/bots are insane. And instigatory. Things happen. Everybody's getting dqed. Move on. Good luck to him.

How tall do you suppose Brazier is?

iggy poppa wrote:

How tall do you suppose Brazier is?

SalmonRice wrote:

Edwin Moses is 6ft2inch and his hips are 4ft from the ground. He also ran the 400m hurdles where over striding to 13 steps is preferably to chopping a stride down to 15. Most 400m hurdles over stride at some point during their run.

Braizer runs the 800m where a quick turn over is much preferably to a long stride. Speed is easier to maintain when one is fatigued by focusing on foot speed than stride length. Braizer clearly is lacking this basic information. His overstriding is also means he has to check his stride when runners pass, and costs him a lot of speed (see his world indoors race). Braizer is still very inexperienced and his technique needs a lot of work to be at a level worthy of professional races.

6’2 but 6’4 on the track

He's 6'2, he's 6'4", he's 6' 8", he's growing as I type!!

omg omg he's so tall wrote:

He's 6'2, he's 6'4", he's 6' 8", he's growing as I type!!

He's aprox 5'11" according to folks that have actually met him. Mid size

THE TROOTH wrote:

He's aprox 5'11" according to folks that have actually met him. Mid size

Uh, no. As a guy that's actually met him - my daughter was a high school teammate - he's every bit of 6'2".

InToen wrote:

I read earlier this week that the coach he's training with at A&M got fired. I know he’s no longer part of the team but wonder if that had played a factor on his performance?

If he's not fired, why was Francique at the outdoor track ceremony Friday?

**correction** If he's fired, why was Francique at the outdoor track ceremony Friday?

you sure? wrote:

InToen wrote:

I read earlier this week that the coach he's training with at A&M got fired. I know he’s no longer part of the team but wonder if that had played a factor on his performance?

If he's not fired, why was Francique at the outdoor track ceremony Friday?

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