Relay Records in Jeopardy

[Guest]

Re: Relay Records in Jeopardy

Not sure I would go with Regina Jacobs right now.

[dl]

Re: Relay Records in Jeopardy

The men's 4x1 and 4x4 are always in jeopardy when the U.S. lines up a solid team, but does anyone really believe that the women's 4x4 is in danger of falling? That's a heckuva record.

[Guest]

Re: Relay Records in Jeopardy

Dont forget the weightmans 4x50m

[Guest]

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To break the w4x4, 'all' you have to do is have 4 women from the same country who can run 49 flat all on the same day. The running starts will fix the rest. How tough can that be with cloning?

[michael lewis]

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"To break the w4x4, 'all' you have to do is have 4 women from the same country who can run 49 flat all on the same day. The running starts will fix the rest. How tough can that be with cloning?"

They're already assembling the droids in Taiwan. They'll even have blood, sweat and tears and nobody will suspect they aren't human. Unless they put a camera overhead the athlete's toilets.

[Guest]

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Once a year there should be a meet for relay WR challenges. Only problem is $$ incentive for peak performances. Someone put up the bucks for a 3 or 4-nation race for a sub-7: 4x8, or whatever. Medley relays would be just as good, nation-vs-nation (US would do well). Maybe AFTER OlyG, with money making it worth it to best runners?

[stevehj197]

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as good as the men's 400R is ( 37.40 twice ) it is always in jeopardy, as a huge variable in this event is the quality of the passes. You throw 4 super US sprinters on the track, and the then make 3 super risky but perfect passes, and they can be down close to 37 flat. This can even happen by accident as passes planned to be conservative can end up on the ragged edge if the outgoing runners get a bit more eager than they intended.

[michael lewis]

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"as good as the men's 400R is ( 37.40 twice ) it is always in jeopardy"

I'm also surprised the women's has lasted as long as it has, given how deep US talent goes. The 4 East Germans who went 41.37 (with, as GH has pointed out on another thread, a bit of altitude helping) just were NOT anywhere near as fast as several teams the US has put together since 1985. (certainly not on paper)

[michael lewis]

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"as good as the men's 400R is ( 37.40 twice ) it is always in jeopardy"

I'm also surprised the women's has lasted as long as it has, given how deep US talent goes. The 4 East Germans who went 41.37 (with, as GH has pointed out on another thread, a bit of altitude helping) just were NOT anywhere near as fast as several teams the US has put together since 1985. (certainly not on paper)

[Guest]

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It's all about handoffs. The USA has such a dynamic lineup, you're never quite sure who's going to be running the relay, let alone on which leg.

Teams like East Germany have a more static lineup, and know each other's approaches and nuances down to the last detail.

[DentyCracker]

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I thought Jamaica and the US would have done it in '92 (women's 4x100m). Look at the 100 final, both had two women under 10.90 and the other two were no slouches

[Pego]

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<I'm also surprised the women's has lasted as long as it has>

A small observation here. Since the women run 100 pretty much 1 second slower than the men, 37.4 and 41.37 seems just about equal.