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Mboma (18yrs) - 48.54 (withdrawn from 400 in Tokyo?
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Originally posted by Atticus View PostI think SMU's initial choice looks good now. 21.5 is more doable than 48.3.
Mboma also looks like she won't have to expend much energy in the rounds. She does run like Mu. THAT will be a good race.Apparently Ignorance is bliss
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Originally posted by aaronkhttps://twitter.com/TigazTheo/status...485297154?s=20
Listen to the announcer (Katherine Merry??) as she came off the final curve way ahead of everyone else!
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Originally posted by MDelano View PostBolt-esque. I can see her run 46 in a few years.
47s may already be on the cards this year.
As Powell pointed out conditions not ideal with strong headwind. Swiety ran 51.91 today, and 51.04 just 10 days ago.
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Originally posted by proofs in the pudd'in View Post
In 400 that could easily mean strong tailwind too. So it evens out.
And yes, I also believe we will see her run a sub-48 this year. Even a WR wouldn't shock me at this point.Było smaszno, a jaszmije smukwijne...
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Originally posted by proofs in the pudd'in View Post
In 400 that could easily mean strong tailwind too. So it evens out.
Saying that, no or negligible wind is probably best of all. Extremely rare here in the UK outside of the occasional summer evening.Last edited by Trickstat; 06-30-2021, 08:36 PM.
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Originally posted by proofs in the pudd'in View Post
In 400 that could easily mean strong tailwind too. So it evens out.
"The extra energy expended against the wind (say) in the back straight will not be compensated by an equal gain in the home straight."
http://staps.nantes.free.fr/L3/entra...a%20runner.pdf
And I agree (mostly) with what Powell said. You will fight that wind the first bend, down the back straight (say), and for at least half the second bend, so at least 250 meters. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but at some point (half way?) on the second bend, the wind becomes helpful because you are no longer at a disadvantageous angle. This is assuming a wind more or less parallel to one of the straights.
Last edited by 1.609; 06-30-2021, 08:48 PM.
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Does she even know how to run a controlled race?
By controlled, I mean running as fast as you have to, to advance from heat to semi to final--but no faster!!
Hope her coach instructs her to stay calm during the prelim races, and save something for the final!
That's the big question with her---can she make it through the rounds in Tokyo?
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