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Originally posted by gm View Post
When you have a chance at the WR, you go for it. If you don't, just make sure you win. Simple as that.
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Originally posted by jazzcyclist View Post
Okay, I see where you're coming from. FWIW, 49.57 is the equivalent to 44.38 according to the IAAF scoring tables. I would have never commented on Jonathas if she had run that fast.
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Originally posted by gm View Post
I do wonder what the splits would have been if McLaughlin and Jonathas switched positions!
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Originally posted by jazzcyclist View Post
Do you really think she just put it on cruise control? I'm inclined to believe she didn't have it that day or maybe she went out too hard as someone suggested. I just don't think athletes at her level who came up through the American high school and collegiate system are wired to hold back in global finals. I think they have too much pride to do that.
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I just booted my "Olympic" disc to my DVR for the next fortnight and the '19 championships were still there. Watching the race again, Jonathas didn't seem to go out particularly hard, and while she didn't seem to be running easily at the end, neither was she tying up. It looked like a very controlled run.
In the first hundred meters of her leg, some random section of my brain said to me "she reminds me of Antonio McKay". Something about her arm action and her back-kick, I think.
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Originally posted by cigar95 View PostI just booted my "Olympic" disc to my DVR for the next fortnight and the '19 championships were still there. Watching the race again, Jonathas didn't seem to go out particularly hard, and while she didn't seem to be running easily at the end, neither was she tying up. It looked like a very controlled run.
In the first hundred meters of her leg, some random section of my brain said to me "she reminds me of Antonio McKay". Something about her arm action and her back-kick, I think.
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Originally posted by cigar95 View PostI just booted my "Olympic" disc to my DVR for the next fortnight and the '19 championships were still there. Watching the race again, Jonathas didn't seem to go out particularly hard, and while she didn't seem to be running easily at the end, neither was she tying up. It looked like a very controlled run.
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Originally posted by ATK View Post
Not tying up doesn't mean your not pushing it and giving it your all.
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So how are we defining tying up in the case of Jonathas? By her facial expressions? Her arm action and knee drive? how long she kneeled down after the race?
We will never actually know (unless she has said it) but I just watch her anchor leg and it looks like she was giving it her all and just couldnt run 49.x like she did in the open.
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Originally posted by ATK View PostSo how are we defining tying up in the case of Jonathas? By her facial expressions? Her arm action and knee drive? how long she kneeled down after the race?
We will never actually know (unless she has said it) but I just watch her anchor leg and it looks like she was giving it her all and just couldnt run 49.x like she did in the open.
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Originally posted by cigar95 View PostWhat is a typical opening 200 for WJ? In Doha, with a running start she looks to be high-23s, which looks to be rather conservative.
Her first 200 in the 4x4 final was 23.9ish.Last edited by gm; 07-23-2021, 11:57 PM.
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