we need biologists, coaches & physiologists ... wrote:
Many posters on this site as soon as Karsten Warholm earned Olympic gold with world record were forecasting 42.xx or 43.xx 400m dash for Warholm. Is it not reasonable for us to expect Courtney Frerichs to at least challenge Mary Decker's 3000m U.S. record of 8:25.83?
I don't think so. Warholm is not running 43 low or sub (WR) and Frerichs is not running 8:25. Frerichs ran 9:03.77 already in 2017, so she improved 6 seconds. In 2017 she had bests of 4:18 and 8:54, in 2020/21 4:07 8:47, 14:50.
The steeple is by far her best result but this also shows that the improved more in the flat distances in the last 4 years.
Quigley ran a very fast 3k indoors but she was alway much faster in the 1500m/mile than Frerichs (in fact, after Simpson and Chepkoech Quigley is maybe the steepler with the best 1500/3000m flat times).