I agree with you, she can break 47.60 if she really wants it.
I agree with you, she can break 47.60 if she really wants it.
I'd rather she break 50 in the 400h (which I think she could) before switching events. 47.6 is pretty out there for the 400m anyway, especially since Sydney would be new to the event.
Great 400m sprinters are usually would class at the 100m and 200m, Koch was a 10.8x 100m sprinter. I know Sydney is probably better at the short sprints than most of us realize, but if she and her coaches knew she could win medals in the 100m and 200m, there is no way she would not be running those events. Also, extrapolating from her 400h times and her 400m relays splits puts her in the mid-48s, which is long way off from the 47.6 WR. A more worthy goal is the Sanya Richards-Ross 400m U.S. record of 48.70. Unfortunately for Sydney and all female athletes, they have to contend with some insanely fast times from the 1980s.
TrackCoach wrote:
Great 400m sprinters are usually would class at the 100m and 200m, Koch was a 10.8x 100m sprinter. I know Sydney is probably better at the short sprints than most of us realize, but if she and her coaches knew she could win medals in the 100m and 200m, there is no way she would not be running those events. Also, extrapolating from her 400h times and her 400m relays splits puts her in the mid-48s, which is long way off from the 47.6 WR. A more worthy goal is the Sanya Richards-Ross 400m U.S. record of 48.70. Unfortunately for Sydney and all female athletes, they have to contend with some insanely fast times from the 1980s.
Agree about those times from the '80s and, unfortunately, they are more than likely tainted. State-sponsored doping was in back then. The most recent scares to those times have come from Miller-Uibo at 48.36 & Salwa Eid Naser at 48.14.
The most promise in 400 for US runners in the near future, at least IMHO, is going to come from McLaughlin & Abby Steiner. I believe that both of them can take down Sanya Richards-Ross's AR of 48.70 some day. Steiner has not run a 400 other than in a relay since high school but her 200 speed and what she did in the indoor 300 coupled with her 4x400 relay work shows her potential. I think we all know what Syd could probably do in the open 400.
TrackCoach wrote:
Great 400m sprinters are usually would class at the 100m and 200m, Koch was a 10.8x 100m sprinter. I know Sydney is probably better at the short sprints than most of us realize, but if she and her coaches knew she could win medals in the 100m and 200m, there is no way she would not be running those events.
Also, extrapolating from her 400h times and her 400m relays splits puts her in the mid-48s, which is long way off from the 47.6 WR. A more worthy goal is the Sanya Richards-Ross 400m U.S. record of 48.70.
Kersee stupidly claimed that Sydney was going to break the 400 world record soon. There was no need to put that kind of pressure on her.
How about they focus on breaking 49 seconds, then focus on breaking the American record. First things first.
Hurdlers are overrated wrote:
I would argue with such short hurdles that they add some kind of advantage ... I don’t consider track a sport, simply a competition, but yes the more barriers and technical challenges there are then it becomes closer to a sport. is her flat 400 any quicker than her 400h times? I doubt it.
Mooooorrrrrrraaaaaaannn.