2:01-2;03 with the training she is doing now. Probably 1:57 if she trained for it.
2:01-2;03 with the training she is doing now. Probably 1:57 if she trained for it.
old ... new tricks wrote:
Eight-hundred metres is usually not an event aging 400m &/or 400mH attempt to become world class at around 30 years old. IMO, if D Muhammad had decided at age 15 to be a 400/800 athlete, I am fairly confident she could have been a sub-50/sub-1:57.5 athlete by now. That said, 800m is the Achilles destroyer. There are a lot of male and female elite 800m runners with bad Achilles. Gold medalist at 400mH and world record holder is bad ass! Every 400m race and every 400mH race D Muhammad has her own lane. She does not have to worry about getting pushed, spiked or worry about getting boxed in as is the case in a 800m race.
Have you ever seen a 400mH race where someone didn’t have their own lane?!
Anyway, based on her frame and assuming 2:06 and 5:07 are accurate, within a season of racing it does appear she could break 2:00. Whether she could beat Ajee or not is tough to predict. Very unlikely she could beat Semenya. Absolutely not going to be WR material at 800.
If she wanted to be a legend she’d move up after Tokyo. After a WR and Olympic gold you may as well try for something else. Life is short.
At this point, I don't even care about her potential over 800m. I'm curious as to her 600m potential. I'd give her an outside shot at 1:22 right about now. Indoors, 1:23.
Coahc wrote:
2:01-2;03 with the training she is doing now. Probably 1:57 if she trained for it.
I agree with this. I don't think she'd be setting world records, I think she'd be solid 1:57/1:58.
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