TheRealScotty wrote:
Was not a bad effort at all. 1:46.20 after a long ten days.
Did many here think Kessler would be in the 800m Final? Really?? I knew it was possible, but given the guy's workload in Paris, never thought he would see the championship race.
I was somewhat impressed by Miller coming back the day after the Rep heat and going 1:45.79 and staying competitive to the line. Would have been easy to slide out the back with 120m to go. I half expected that given the little time Miller had between efforts.
Yeah all I was saying on it honestly was he tried the same tactic in a slow race with a strong field and you saw Tual (who is seasoned) basically said nope you will not be getting good position at the bell. A host of guys on the backstretch from 300m to go blocked any path out either. Physically he was probably too tired (understandably), but when he runs the 800m more I think he will refine his tactics as well. He's become very good in the 1500, and he may yet tactically add more in the 800m. As it stands, he's in good shape domestically to make teams in both. Unrelated, but if Shane Cohen joins the Ben Thomas stable post-grad...watch out.