'09 Athens GP m400m

[pela2]

Startlist
111 John Steffensen 82 AUS
112 Jonathan Borlee 88 BEL
113 Gary Kikaya 80 COD
114 David Neville 84 USA
115 Jamaal Torrance 83 USA
117 Lashawn Merritt 86 USA
145 Dimitris Gravalos 84 GRE

[pela2]

Best performances 2009 by entrants

• 44.50 LaShawn Merritt 1 Baie Mahault 01.05
  44.50 LaShawn Merritt 1 Eugene 27.06
  44.75 LaShawn Merritt 1 New York City 30.05
  44.78 Jonathan Borlée 1 Fayetteville 13.06
  44.83 LaShawn Merritt 1 Toronto 11.06

[Mikewats]

Time trial for Merritt and hopefully 2nd place for Borlee in a big PB

[TrackAunt]

No Jeremy Wariner? Was looking forward to him vs. Merritt.

[3]

Time trial for Merritt and hopefully 2nd place for Borlee in a big PB

Will this be his first competitive race at the distance since his 4x400m leg at NCAA Championships?

[Powell]

Apparently it is

[scottmitchell74]

I may have missed the thread stating this....is there a place online where the Athens Grand Prix is being shown? Thanks!

[Speedfirst]

No Jeremy Wariner? Was looking forward to him vs. Merritt.

He ran in Italy over the weekend.

[DCSIGMA]

LM jus seems he hasn't really run a hard 400m

[trackdug]

Another relatively slow 400 for Merritt at 44.54. Like I said, he runs only as fast as he has to. Neville ran a SB at 45.14.

[DCSIGMA]

Another relatively slow 400 for Merritt at 44.54. Like I said, he runs only as fast as he has to.

I agree...cuz he looks like he can go faster.

[Speedfirst]

Another relatively slow 400 for Merritt at 44.54. Like I said, he runs only as fast as he has to.

I agree...cuz he looks like he can go faster.

If JW ain't showing his hand, LaShawn might as well not show his either 8-)

[proofs in the pudd'in]

Another relatively slow 400 for Merritt at 44.54. Like I said, he runs only as fast as he has to.

I agree...cuz he looks like he can go faster.

If JW ain't showing his hand, LaShawn might as well not show his either 8-)

True - but a 44.5 NO-HAND-SHOW is a bit different than a 45.7 NO-HAND-SHOW :P

[Speedfirst]

Another relatively slow 400 for Merritt at 44.54. Like I said, he runs only as fast as he has to.

I agree...cuz he looks like he can go faster.

If JW ain't showing his hand, LaShawn might as well not show his either 8-)

True - but a 44.5 NO-HAND-SHOW is a bit different than a 45.7 NO-HAND-SHOW :P

We know what both of them are capable of doing, the race that matters, is Berlin. 8-)

[502CD]

Can the body just drop a full second for a race. They both have SB's in the mid 44's. I would think it would be tough to drop a mid-43 if they haven't even gone 44 low yet. I would hate to see the winning time in Berlin be a low 44 assuming favorable conditions.