Official 2019 Lausanne Diamond League Live Discussion Thread

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  • alanson
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    8 months ago 07/05/2019 4:38pm CDT
    re: rojo
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    rojo wrote:

    time for letsrun to step up wrote:

    The women's 400 was super fast but many people think we may have another Caster Semenya situation coming soon.


    I understand what you are saying but how shoudl we at letsrun approach this issue. Do we mention what we are seeing or just ignore it until it officially is a story?

    Any advice?


    I sense some hesitance after the Meza contretemps. Instead, go with it.
  • Orange
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 4:49pm CDT
    re: alanson
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    The Jakob and Filip doing some 350m reps after the meet ended.
  • TellHim
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 4:55pm CDT
    re: Hardloper
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    Hardloper wrote:

    Boom 19.50. Nobody tell Coleman


    Go ahead and tell him. The 200 is not his event. The one to worry about is Michael Norman.
  • Agreed
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 5:40pm CDT
    re: TellHim
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    100m Dash PR of every person who ran sub 19.60 in the 200m Dash:

    09.58 (200m PR: 19.19) Usain Bolt
    09.69 (200m PR: 19.26) Yohan Blake
    09.69 (200m PR: 19.58) Tyson Gay
    09.74 (200m PR: 19.57) Justin Gatlin
    09.88 (200m PR: 19.53) Walter Dix
    10.09 (200m PR: 19.32) Michael Johnson

    And now:
    09.86 (200m PR: 19.50) Noah Lyles

    Everyone knows Johnson was capable of a legit 100m just based on ability, but he was a 400 guy with form that put his hammys at risk in the 100, so he never really got to play around with the distance even to see what dabbling in it would produce. The fact is, you don't run sub 19.6 without being able to fly over 100. Wallace Spearmon (he of 19.65 ability) even clocked a sub 10 (9.96 with NO wind).

    I'm starting to believe that even if Lyles never really fixes his start, he's going to end up conquering the 100m Dash and usurp Coleman. You just don't run 19.50 without being inherently capable of a blazing 100m Dash. We've already seen a 9.86 out of him. He's probably capable of breaking 9.80 now, even with his crap start.
  • TAA
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    8 months ago 07/05/2019 5:50pm CDT
    re: Agreed
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    Insane year for US sprinters.
  • Bad Wigins
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    8 months ago 07/05/2019 5:56pm CDT
    re: TAA
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    For a moment I thought Gebrhiwet was trying an El-G type pacing gambit, and so did Kejelcha apparently.
  • zxcvxcv
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 5:58pm CDT
    re: time for letsrun to step up
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    The prediction that the always fast closing, unprecedentedly fast closing Seyni would challenge the world record may not be a reality yet but we have now seen a two second drop and once again Seyni opened very slowly. I would agree that there may be another 46xy DSD to be reckoned with. We shall see.
  • zcxzxvc
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 5:59pm CDT
    re: Coevett
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    Vazquez is Puerto Rican.
  • zcxvzxcv
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 6:06pm CDT
    re: GBohannon
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    Filip retains the family bragging rights for yet another day, though he was boxed in quite a while down the stretch and still ran 3:30.82. If Jakob takes a bit more risk at Monaco, he will go well under 3:30. That was a fantastic race for Cheruiyot. He was out in 1:49.4, held on in a 57 to 2:46, and though he didn't have it to get the world record, closing in 42, he was still able to close his last 400 in 56 despite that insane 1:49.4. World record does not seem to be in reach, as that is 54.8/400m, or 1:49.6 for 800m, but a sub 3:27 is not out of the question and I predict he goes 3:27 at Monaco.
  • Hardloper
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    8 months ago 07/05/2019 6:10pm CDT
    re: zcxvzxcv
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    He's not running Monaco
  • zxcvzxcv
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 6:18pm CDT
    re: Hardloper
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    Hardloper wrote:

    He's not running Monaco


    NO!!!!!!

    C'mon, Tim, do it! I guess he was treating this as his Monaco. Interestingly, Monaco's 1500m is not a Diamond League event, according to the website. Also, if their stats are right, this race represented an 11 second season's best for Filip and a 7 second season's best for Jakob.

    The Manangois are in the race and if they are in shape, especially the elder, they'll go fast, but so far they have not looked good. So, the likelihood of 3:28s and 3:29s goes down a lot without Tim. I still think the winner will run under 3:30, but maybe not under 3:29, since Jakob and Filip have never shown the inclination to go with the pacers and push on when they drop. They typically go for much more even splits and then a hard last 200m.
  • Hotdogeater
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 8:35pm CDT
    re: Aussiestatman
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    Aussiestatman wrote:

    six under 3.31.4 not done since 2015, only 5 times in history, 3 in monaco.


    Why can't U.S. guys run sub 3:30 regularly?
  • Mars095
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 8:52pm CDT
    re: Aussiestatman
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    We are seeing the resurgence of CLEAN sprinting in Coleman and lyles, unlike Gatlin and the Jamaicans.
  • WhatHappened
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 9:15pm CDT
    re: Mars095
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    This website has become a bitter, hateful place with the recent cyber bullying events which I know Rojo loves to stir up for just a few more clicks and a few more bucks. I'm sure this was not the original intent when LetsRun was created.
  • Armstronglivs
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    8 months ago 07/05/2019 9:27pm CDT
    re: Mars095
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    Mars095 wrote:

    We are seeing the resurgence of CLEAN sprinting in Coleman and lyles, unlike Gatlin and the Jamaicans.


    Clean is a dream anywhere in the sport.
  • Armstronglivs
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    8 months ago 07/05/2019 9:31pm CDT
    re: Coevett
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    Coevett wrote:

    He must have thought he'd broken the WR too. I couldn't believe it when I saw him take off with over a lap to go. For a moment it looked like we were back in the full throttle EPO era.


    What do you mean, you thought we "were"? We are.
  • rare
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    8 months ago 07/05/2019 9:47pm CDT
    re: Ruppolini
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    Ruppolini wrote:

    Tim ain't doing Monaco this year.


    He's got potatoes to take care of.
  • Jnl
    8 months ago 07/05/2019 10:20pm CDT
    re: Hotdogeater
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    Hotdogeater wrote:

    Aussiestatman wrote:

    six under 3.31.4 not done since 2015, only 5 times in history, 3 in monaco.


    Why can't U.S. guys run sub 3:30 regularly?


    Because no one does it regularly, and only one country does it with some semblance of frequency.
  • Aussiestatman
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    8 months ago 07/06/2019 1:12am CDT
    re: Aussiestatman
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    Aussiestatman wrote:

    six under 3.31.4 not done since 2015, only 5 times in history, 3 in monaco.


    Thanks for quoting me in the story on the site.
  • Gdhfhff
    8 months ago 07/06/2019 2:06am CDT
    re: rare
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    He takes care of the potatoes, the potatoes take care of him