Retired two years ago after losing in the 2017 World Championships. Jamaica didn't even make the finals. They are going through a bit of a drought with their sprinters, shockingly.
I just watched him in a relay on tv this week and pull up lame. You telling me I thought it was live and it was 2 years old?
I don't know how to tell you this, but, yep. I think you were watching the special they had on him, though.
A sub two hour marathon. Wow! https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/12/sp...vienna-intl/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/
It's a fair question, but it's seen as an artificial construct by pacing the runner, particularly since they weren't part of the race and ran in alternating groups. There was also a pace car with a laser denoting where he needed to be to hit the record. I know, in track, if teammates run alongside runners on the track, the runner can be disqualified. It's still really damn impressive. Interestingly enough, they had two guys running with the woman who set the women's marathon record today in Chicago. But, they were also guys who started the race and simply ran with her for most of the race. They also, generally, have rabbits for races on professional circuits, which is how the 1500m record was achieved. They had a guy pace the runners for 3 laps and then he dropped out.
I’ve seen a lot of people talking about performance enhancing...shoes. And while I can totally understand the engineering of that, it was a new one for me. Also, marathon world records are a bit silly to me, since no two marathon courses are the exact same. This is like comparing lap times at an oval track and a road course in auto racing, which nobody does. That’s not to say a sub 2 hours isn’t impressive, but does it translate to every course? Doubt it.
No, if you want the record to count. The IAAF has certain guidelines an the difference in elevation between the start line and finish line have to be very minimal.
Christian Coleman, though a beloved ex-Vol, is a [uck fay]ing moron, which is why he will not be able to win a gold medal in the 100m dash he was likely to win. https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/04...ced-tokyo-olympics-100-meters-track-and-field
I’m still not entirely sure the Tokyo Olympics are even going to happen... that said, yeah. Coleman isn’t too terribly sharp. In other news, I don’t care what the circumstances are, running while averaging 13 plus miles per hour for even 5 minutes, much less almost two hours is utterly astounding to me.
My son's buddy since they were in kindergarten was just part of a team who broke the 4 x 100, 200 and 400 school records, and himself broke the school record in Individual 400 with a 53.9. 8th freaking grade.
DK Metcalf is going to run in a US track and field event this weekend, trying to qualify for the 100m dash at the Olympic Trials. I very seriously doubt he comes close to doing so.
