WTF Four Polish dudes broke the 4x400 world record

American Unexceptionalism wrote:

mark054 wrote:

I still can't believe that Poland has the 4x400 world record.

Say what you want about it being indoors but they have the world record and the world title and America doesn't.

If Poland can run that we should be running 2-3 seconds faster.

You live in a country that elected a special-needs adult to the presidency , where such a shocking fraction of the people are the by-products of sexual congress between first-degree relatives.

What is most amazing is that your country ever wins a damn thing in anything.

300 million people and it's still rare you can get 4 guys or 4 ladies together who won't fumble a relay baton in a major championship.

Poland, pound for pound, is a better country than the United States in every way.

Poland probably won't even be an independent nation 25 years from now

Lane8 wrote:

The Polish team had great hand-offs with even splits..

Splits For Poland & USA In Men's 4x4

(thanks to Mark Butler & Seiko)

Poland: 45.73, 45.17, 45.87, 45.00

USA: 44.85, 45.34, 46.11, 45.68

Thanks to T&F News for the splits..

Thanks for the splits!

Kerley ran the type of race that he should have ran at USA (and the type that would've got him the world record).

Christ did the U.S. guys other than Kerley spend a lot of time in lane 2. That was the difference.

Does anybody find it funny how people don't notice Poland. Centrowitz is clearly a Polish name(Poles love putting 'witz' into their names). So Poland is stronger than you think. Centrowitz is not from our country. Not only do they dominate the 4X400m, but they embarrassed the Kenyans with the 1,500m in the Olympics.

Poland have form. In the 1974 Soccer World Cup they knocked out England in the qualifying group. They proved it was no fluke by finishing 3rd in the tournament. Yes, Poland finished 3rd in the world's most popular sport

As I recently observed at the Boston Celtics arena, they have several "World Championship" banners hanging. No wonder they elected someone viewed by the rest of the world as an idiot, but considered a "stable genius" in the US.

fancy that wrote:

Poland have form. In the 1974 Soccer World Cup they knocked out England in the qualifying group. They proved it was no fluke by finishing 3rd in the tournament. Yes, Poland finished 3rd in the world's most popular sport

There are few things more entertaining in the world of sport than England suffering an embarrassing loss in an international football tourney. Iceland in Euro 2016 was amazing.

Hello Russia.

American Unexceptionalism wrote:

mark054 wrote:

I still can't believe that Poland has the 4x400 world record.

Say what you want about it being indoors but they have the world record and the world title and America doesn't.

If Poland can run that we should be running 2-3 seconds faster.

You live in a country that elected a special-needs adult to the presidency , where such a shocking fraction of the people are the by-products of sexual congress between first-degree relatives.

What is most amazing is that your country ever wins a damn thing in anything.

300 million people and it's still rare you can get 4 guys or 4 ladies together who won't fumble a relay baton in a major championship.

Poland, pound for pound, is a better country than the United States in every way.

3 of the 4 Poles ran the finals in Rio in 2016. They finished 7th in 3:00.50 (US won in 2:57.3)

None of the US men were in the 4x400 finals in Rio. (Were any of them even there?)

Clearly a difference here is that the Poles sent their best and the US did not.

But hey you can only beat who shows up.

Great run by the Poles.

And it was pretty funny that Bolden counted them out and almost immediately the Pole anchor leg started cutting into the gap.

The inexperience of the US runners showed a bit as it looked like they were running wide almost the entire race.

Congratulations to the Poles.

There's a fair amount of ignorance on this board...Poland has a proud sprint history. One of the first guys to ever run 10.00 seconds FAT in the 100 was Polish. The great sprint coach Gerard Mach, you know, the creator of the Mach drills; the A and B skip sprint drills that virtually every sprinter in the world learns how to do now, was from Poland. Ewa Swoboda from Poland set the world junior record in the women's 60 meter dash last year. I could go on but I hope you guys are getting the idea.

As my brother young Armstrong would say. Poland 4x4 not normal. Count down for failed test 3.2.1....

OA

When they fail the DT the US will get back their golds.

Have you ever even run a 4x400m?

They have run dozens, if not hundreds, of them.

You always run wide on indoor tracks in the sprint relays.

Who cares about indoor records. Seriously.

Good luck to them on breaking 2:54.29, they're gonna need it.

I was just surprised that the Polish dude closed the gap so quickly and suddenly. I mean, Norwood had a decent lead and didn't appear to be struggling. I did not expect things to change that fast and Norwood looked completely shocked when he realized what was happening.

One thing here is that the Poles were fast enough to get major drafting aid, allowing the anchor to stay fresh and well above his previous best, which enabled the kick.

CO Coach wrote:

There's a fair amount of ignorance on this board...Poland has a proud sprint history. One of the first guys to ever run 10.00 seconds FAT in the 100 was Polish. The great sprint coach Gerard Mach, you know, the creator of the Mach drills; the A and B skip sprint drills that virtually every sprinter in the world learns how to do now, was from Poland. Ewa Swoboda from Poland set the world junior record in the women's 60 meter dash last year. I could go on but I hope you guys are getting the idea.

Don't forget about the Pole Vault! That's Poland's greatest gift to the world of track and field!

ACL Thief wrote:

Who cares about indoor records. Seriously.

Good luck to them on breaking 2:54.29, they're gonna need it.

We care about winning. They needed to run faster to set the record and win. It is simple. They failed to get the job done.

One of the all-time greats in sprinting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Szewi%C5%84ska

WRs in both the 200 and 400m, three Olympic golds.

ACL Thief wrote:

Who cares about indoor records. Seriously.

Good luck to them on breaking 2:54.29, they're gonna need it.

The US couldn't put a team together to break that record now, it was set in 1993! It's not unreasonable to expect this Polish team to drop another 3-4 seconds outdoors which would certainly put them in the running for a medal, if not a gold at any recent major outdoor championship. The outdoor world record? No one is going to touch the outdoor 4x400 meter relay record anytime soon, it was set in a different time in athletics.