So, with the time table the way it is with the overlap between the 400m and 4x400m, what do you think the line-up for qualifying will be?
Tue pm - w800m F
Wed am - w400mh Final , Wed pm - w400m SF
Thurs pm - 4x400m Hts
Fri pm w400m F
Sat pm - w4x400m F
If we assume all 3 US women make the 400m final, none of them will run in the 4x4 hts. If we also assume at least McLaughlin & Muhammad make the 400mh final, and medal, will they both want to even run the 4x4 hts the next day? I'd say no, and they would want to at least rest McLaughlin for the 4x4 final.
Could we see the heats with both Muhammad and Mu?
Note, the NED team have made a bit of a booby with selection. Marit Dopheide, who ran in their Euro 4x4 indoor gold winning team, didn't compete until the outdoor nationals due to injury. In an extremely close final, where places 2 - 6 were separated by 19/100ths, she finished 6th. Because Bol & Klaver didn't run that event, she missed making the 4x400m team and they didn't give her the opportunity to show her fitness after so close to final selections. Maureen Ellsworth, who ran brilliantly in her heat, was DQed for a lane violation, and also missed the team.
Well, 2 weeks later Dopheide runs 52.98 to be the 4th fastest Dutch woman this season, with Ellsworth running 53.17. But instead, the Dutch will choose their 4th leg runner from either Laura De Witte (53.38) Hannecke Ossterwegel (53.44) Ann Van de Wiel (53.46) or Andrea Bouma (53.52). They are losing nearly half a second by not including Dopheide, who commits during a race, something they need in the 4x4. Including Dopheide wont help them medal, but it will give them a better chance of breaking their NC, and by a bigger margin. As it stands, the following is not unreasonable:
Leg 1 Klaver 51.1
Leg 2 Lisanne De Witte 51.6
Leg 3 Whoever 53.0
Leg 4 Bol 49.5
Tue pm - w800m F
Wed am - w400mh Final , Wed pm - w400m SF
Thurs pm - 4x400m Hts
Fri pm w400m F
Sat pm - w4x400m F
If we assume all 3 US women make the 400m final, none of them will run in the 4x4 hts. If we also assume at least McLaughlin & Muhammad make the 400mh final, and medal, will they both want to even run the 4x4 hts the next day? I'd say no, and they would want to at least rest McLaughlin for the 4x4 final.
Could we see the heats with both Muhammad and Mu?
Note, the NED team have made a bit of a booby with selection. Marit Dopheide, who ran in their Euro 4x4 indoor gold winning team, didn't compete until the outdoor nationals due to injury. In an extremely close final, where places 2 - 6 were separated by 19/100ths, she finished 6th. Because Bol & Klaver didn't run that event, she missed making the 4x400m team and they didn't give her the opportunity to show her fitness after so close to final selections. Maureen Ellsworth, who ran brilliantly in her heat, was DQed for a lane violation, and also missed the team.
Well, 2 weeks later Dopheide runs 52.98 to be the 4th fastest Dutch woman this season, with Ellsworth running 53.17. But instead, the Dutch will choose their 4th leg runner from either Laura De Witte (53.38) Hannecke Ossterwegel (53.44) Ann Van de Wiel (53.46) or Andrea Bouma (53.52). They are losing nearly half a second by not including Dopheide, who commits during a race, something they need in the 4x4. Including Dopheide wont help them medal, but it will give them a better chance of breaking their NC, and by a bigger margin. As it stands, the following is not unreasonable:
Leg 1 Klaver 51.1
Leg 2 Lisanne De Witte 51.6
Leg 3 Whoever 53.0
Leg 4 Bol 49.5
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