I LOVE this new trend of top level athletes across diciplines challenging each other. I don't give a fuck that 600 is not an "established distance", I wanna see these two absolute legends go at it! This sport is so entrenched in it's traditions and events are often so predictible that they become boring, we need more room for fun and interesting events like this.
Back in the day, i remember a discussion of what distance would a race between Usain Bolt and Mo Farrah have been competitive. I remember 600m being the suggested distance. These kinds of races, especially for charity, would be fun to watch.
Femke has the indoor 400m & 500m records and Keely has the indoor 600m, so that would be an interesting race, specially if they could lower Mary Moraa's outdoor 600m!
I agree with the commentator. 600metres and 300metres races are treated as novelty events but I think that they are just as valid from an athletic stand point as their 200m, 400m and 800m counterparts. As track and field athletics expand maybe they will be taken more seriously.
100% agree. And These established distances are so random as well. Like why on earth is 800m and 1500m official distances but 1000m is not? I am super interested to see more cross discipline competitions! And I love the hype of the 1v1 format as it allows more personality and rivalry to emerge. It's why boxers are so insanely well paid. I say fuel the spectacle and create interesting events and people will come and watch!
@@noone-ld7pt Only problem is that Mondo was physically wrecked by the 100m race and it took time for him to physically recover -- which going all out 100% does to the body especially if you have not been racing. Pole Vaulters don't race.
Let's not forget who the World Record holder is in the women's 500m indoor short track with a time of 65.63 seconds. Femke Bol. A 600m race could be right up her alley. Let's not forget Femke Bol's PB in the 200m short track with a time of 22.64 seconds. Let's not forget who the World Record holder is in the women's 300m hurdles with a time of 36.86 seconds. Femke Bol. Let's not forget who the World Record holder is in the women's 400m indoor short track with a time of 49.17 seconds (score: 1272 points). Femke Bol. This translates to 48.3 seconds outdoors, still a little behind Paulino's PB of 48.17 outdoors (score: 1280 points) which she in August of 2024. Let's keep in mind that Femke Bol and her coach have discussed her branching out into other distances than just 400m such as the 800m.
Femke is obviously SUPER strong, but feel like that last 100 is going to be massive - she’ll have speed to burn off Hodgkinson, but from 400 to 600 Kaley will be taking ground off Femke. Really want to see it!!
Bro if someone ran a 230 meter hurdle race today that person would be the record holder. Naming these races that she’s the world record holder in is like someone running the first 100m of the year and calling himself the world leader. Technically he is because no one else has run yet.
@@kc5466 Bruh. Please learn your FACTs before you say silly things? In 2019 Sydney McLaughlin ran a 500 meter with a time of 1.09.46... And below the list of the 500 m in 2023 (in Total the 500m was run by 216 athletes in 2023). Please try to keep your knee jerk reactions under control? Rank Mark WIND Competitor DOB Nat Pos Venue Date Results Score 1 1:05.63 Femke BOL 23 FEB 2000 NEDNED 1 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1234 2 1:07.18 Natalia KACZMAREK 17 JAN 1998 POLPOL 1 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 1150 3 1:08.34 Leah ANDERSON 01 DEC 1999 JAMJAM 2 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1156 4 1:09.18 Janieve RUSSELL 14 NOV 1993 JAMJAM 3 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1133 5 1:09.87 Lisanne DE WITTE 10 SEP 1992 NEDNED 4 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1114 6 1:10.23 Victoria BOSSONG 05 MAY 2003 USAUSA 1f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1104 7 1:10.42 Sophia GORRIARAN 20 JUN 2005 USAUSA 2f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1099 8 1:10.51 Karolina ŁOZOWSKA 28 MAY 1999 POLPOL 2 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 1054 9 1:11.99 Irina GUSHCHENETS 23 OCT 2000 RUSRUS 1f2 SOK Luch, Yekaterinburg (RUS) (i) 07 JAN 2023 1056 10 1:12.11 Petja KLOJČNIK 13 NOV 2004 SLOSLO 1 Športová hala Elán, Bratislava (SVK) (i) 28 JAN 2023 1053 11 1:12.82 Kristina VERSHININA 20 APR 2000 RUSRUS 2f2 SOK Luch, Yekaterinburg (RUS) (i) 07 JAN 2023 1034 12 1:12.92 Martyna KRAWCZYŃSKA 21 NOV 2004 POLPOL 3 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 988 13 1:13.30 Małgorzata STRZEŻYSZ 02 OCT 2004 POLPOL 4 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 977 14 1:13.38 Emma GARRITY USAUSA 1f2 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 19 FEB 2023 1019 15 1:13.43 Stephanie CASSENS USAUSA 2f2 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 19 FEB 2023 1018 16 1:13.61 Mariya GOLUBYEVA 03 FEB 2001 RUSRUS 1f1 SOK Luch, Yekaterinburg (RUS) (i) 07 JAN 2023 1013 17 1:13.65 Hannah SEITZINGER USAUSA 1f2 Mackal Fieldhouse, Kingston, RI (USA) (i) 26 FEB 2023 1012 18 1:13.79 Armouré CONRADIE 27 FEB 1998 RSARSA 1f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 28 JAN 2023 1008 19 1:13.82 Sydney GOLDSON USAUSA 1f2 Ocean Breeze Athl. Complex, New York, NY (USA) (i) 03 FEB 2023 1007 20 1:14.20 Lucinda SHOTTS USAUSA 3f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 997
@@rientsdijkstra4266 216 in all 2023. You do realize that doesn’t help your case at all. 216 athletes competed in an event all season is comparable to the amount of athletes competing in an event during an NCAA weekend. Which illustrates my point these non Olympic events doesn’t say much cuz not many athletes compete in those regularly.
@@kc5466 Bruh. You said "nobody". 216 is a lot more than nobody. Even McLaughlin ran a 500m. And NOBODY says that the 500 m is a regular distance. The point that the original commenter was making is that Femke Bol is already doing experiments with longer distances and that she is good at them. Please get a life? (in stead of knee jerk reacting to anything that has to do with Femke Bol?)
Yes to more of the weird!! Track is hard to market so world athletics and diamond league should be open to this friendly challenges and the unusual. I would love to see 150m, 200m intermediate hurdles, 300mH, 600m, 1000m, 1500m steelchase, throw pentathlon or weight ladders, jump triathlons, sprint medley relays, distant medley relays and hurdle shuttle relays. Why not, right?
I saw a comment on the Mondo vs Warholm event along the lines of "what is the point of this senseless race?", and that attitude is exactly the problem. The point is literally the same as every other race; we want to know who's faster on 100m of two world record holders in other events. I can see specialists compete in their respective events 15 times a year in the Diamond league. You know what I've haven't seen? A hurdler vs a polevaulter do a 100m, or in this case; a 800m specialist race a 400m hurdler over 600m!
I disagree with the comment at 2:22 that these type matchups should be a rarity. I think Track & Field needs more of these. They draw much needed attention, excitement and a larger audience to Track & Field, which brings in more money and helps the sport grow. This is exactly what Athletics needs. This is what Noah Lyles also has been trying to do....generate excitement to get people to watch Track & Field more than once every four years.
Going to disagree with your comment, while it might generate some interest, it's not going to bring in long term fans. Outside of the Olympic year most fans especially in North America aren't interested in track. Europeans have a greater appreciation for track and field and still track struggles to generate new fans long term. Also you had Usain Bolt who was a global icon and still we are right back to the same conversation of track needing growth. These types of matchups should be a rarity as it would turn in to a gimmick. Remember they already tried this in '97. I'm all for these match-ups but honestly that's just the nature of the sport, people are more invested in team sports that they can follow on almost daily basis.
@@eds464 Usain Bolt was the only one we all watched because he was so fun to see him blaze the 100 meters effortlessly and then have fun before and after the race.
@@vlun1215I’m well aware why people were drawn to Usain. I’m not sure what your comment does but you actually prove my point. Once bolt retired the casual fans lost interest. Proving that it is a niche sport. No amount of matchups will change that.
..and Femke is the current World Record holders for Short Track/Indoor for 300, 400 & 500. Or in case for 300 & 500 they called it 'World Best' coz its not an official distance in track & field..
I would love to see a challenge, best of 3 races in each of their specialist disciplines (6 in total) between Sydney and Paulino, 3 in the 400m hurdles and 3 in the 400m flat to determine the overall 400m champion. Perhaps both of their sponsors could made this happen in 2025.
As a track fan, I would pay extra to see some of these weird head-to-heads because it puts the athletes out of their normal comfort zone, and maybe we find out that they are actually really good in another event.
Runners in the 800 tend to be either 400/800 or 800/1500 types. Both types have set world records or won gold medals in the 800, although the same person setting records or winning gold medals in the 800 and 1500 is far more common than in the 400 and 800.
I would have thought 800m runners, as part of their normal training, usually run 400m anyway. I don't think 400m runners go up a distance in training training though.
Sotto le insistenti pressioni delle novitâ che dovrebbero creare maggiore spettacolo nell'atletica si rischia di far degenerare questo meraviglioso settore sportivo che a mio avviso é decisamente più salutare, ecologico, pedagogico e avvincente di altri settori che godono ingiustamente di un interesse mediatico sproporzionato come le competizioni motoristiche e il calcio. L'atletica ha bisogno soprattutto di atleti che suscitano interesse e stupore per le loro qualità sportive e comportamentali come Femke Bol, Keely Hodgkinson, Armand Duplantis, Sifan Hassan, Ingebrigsten, Warholm e via dicendo, più che creare nuove distanze intermedie che hanno poco senso perchè finirebbero per dissolvere il concetto stesso di specialità come ambito di integrazione ottimale fra caratteristiche fisiologiche, tecniche e di approccio mentale.
Hey Bob Kersey, didn't you coach an 800 meter runner a couple years back? She was supposed to dominate on the track and in the media (you know - champion, super-model, 1000watt smile) what ever happened to her?
Athing's successful Toyko Olympic year I recall wasn't yet being coached by Kersee if I am not mistaken. She was fresh out of College Season went Pro and dominated in Olympics.
@@Ineddiblehulk I’m thinking if they race tomorrow, Sydney might have an edge. But if this was going to be done in 2 or 3 weeks or more, Mondo gonna take the win.
@@Amtcboyyes I agree with that - if he’s tired, she has the slight advantage, but rested I think he’ll have enough to win, probably comfortably, but will still be a genuine hard fought race
The quarter requires some real training & it would probably eat into his pole vault training. I reckon he could do 46x with a little work but it would likely throw off his schedule.
@@RichardIILionheart I will respect Bol when the Dutch begin to respect Sydney! Instead to admit that Sydney is stronger than Bol they always say "doping, doping, doping....." about Sydney! Are the Dutch so sure that Sydney is dirty and Bol clean?
I LOVE this new trend of top level athletes across diciplines challenging each other. I don't give a fuck that 600 is not an "established distance", I wanna see these two absolute legends go at it! This sport is so entrenched in it's traditions and events are often so predictible that they become boring, we need more room for fun and interesting events like this.
Completely agree. It’s a bit of low stakes fun that keeps everyone entertained. Hopefully we’ll see more next season!
Femke has the cutest giggle. 🧡
Would love to see Noah Lyles vs Jakob Ingebritsen in the discus throw
😂
Lyles will have covid I am sure
I would prefer Ryan Crouser and Jacob Kiplimo in the pole vault
Back in the day, i remember a discussion of what distance would a race between Usain Bolt and Mo Farrah have been competitive. I remember 600m being the suggested distance. These kinds of races, especially for charity, would be fun to watch.
In the end, sport is about entertainment, these athletes recognize this. The more entertaining, the better for the sport.
We need more of these match ups. What a great race this would be and honestly I have no idea who wins.
Femke has the indoor 400m & 500m records and Keely has the indoor 600m, so that would be an interesting race, specially if they could lower Mary Moraa's outdoor 600m!
I agree with the commentator. 600metres and 300metres races are treated as novelty events but I think that they are just as valid from an athletic stand point as their 200m, 400m and 800m counterparts. As track and field athletics expand maybe they will be taken more seriously.
100% agree. And These established distances are so random as well. Like why on earth is 800m and 1500m official distances but 1000m is not? I am super interested to see more cross discipline competitions! And I love the hype of the 1v1 format as it allows more personality and rivalry to emerge. It's why boxers are so insanely well paid. I say fuel the spectacle and create interesting events and people will come and watch!
@@noone-ld7pt Only problem is that Mondo was physically wrecked by the 100m race and it took time for him to physically recover -- which going all out 100% does to the body especially if you have not been racing. Pole Vaulters don't race.
600m and 300m are common indoors as collegiate events.
Let's not forget who the World Record holder is in the women's 500m indoor short track with a time of 65.63 seconds.
Femke Bol. A 600m race could be right up her alley.
Let's not forget Femke Bol's PB in the 200m short track with a time of 22.64 seconds.
Let's not forget who the World Record holder is in the women's 300m hurdles with a time of 36.86 seconds. Femke Bol.
Let's not forget who the World Record holder is in the women's 400m indoor short track with a time of 49.17 seconds (score: 1272 points). Femke Bol. This translates to 48.3 seconds outdoors, still a little behind Paulino's PB of 48.17 outdoors (score: 1280 points) which she in August of 2024.
Let's keep in mind that Femke Bol and her coach have discussed her branching out into other distances than just 400m such as the 800m.
Femke is obviously SUPER strong, but feel like that last 100 is going to be massive - she’ll have speed to burn off Hodgkinson, but from 400 to 600 Kaley will be taking ground off Femke. Really want to see it!!
Bro if someone ran a 230 meter hurdle race today that person would be the record holder.
Naming these races that she’s the world record holder in is like someone running the first 100m of the year and calling himself the world leader. Technically he is because no one else has run yet.
@@kc5466 Bruh. Please learn your FACTs before you say silly things? In 2019 Sydney McLaughlin ran a 500 meter with a time of 1.09.46... And below the list of the 500 m in 2023 (in Total the 500m was run by 216 athletes in 2023). Please try to keep your knee jerk reactions under control?
Rank Mark WIND Competitor DOB Nat Pos Venue Date Results Score
1 1:05.63 Femke BOL 23 FEB 2000 NEDNED 1 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1234
2 1:07.18 Natalia KACZMAREK 17 JAN 1998 POLPOL 1 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 1150
3 1:08.34 Leah ANDERSON 01 DEC 1999 JAMJAM 2 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1156
4 1:09.18 Janieve RUSSELL 14 NOV 1993 JAMJAM 3 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1133
5 1:09.87 Lisanne DE WITTE 10 SEP 1992 NEDNED 4 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1114
6 1:10.23 Victoria BOSSONG 05 MAY 2003 USAUSA 1f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1104
7 1:10.42 Sophia GORRIARAN 20 JUN 2005 USAUSA 2f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 1099
8 1:10.51 Karolina ŁOZOWSKA 28 MAY 1999 POLPOL 2 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 1054
9 1:11.99 Irina GUSHCHENETS 23 OCT 2000 RUSRUS 1f2 SOK Luch, Yekaterinburg (RUS) (i) 07 JAN 2023 1056
10 1:12.11 Petja KLOJČNIK 13 NOV 2004 SLOSLO 1 Športová hala Elán, Bratislava (SVK) (i) 28 JAN 2023 1053
11 1:12.82 Kristina VERSHININA 20 APR 2000 RUSRUS 2f2 SOK Luch, Yekaterinburg (RUS) (i) 07 JAN 2023 1034
12 1:12.92 Martyna KRAWCZYŃSKA 21 NOV 2004 POLPOL 3 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 988
13 1:13.30 Małgorzata STRZEŻYSZ 02 OCT 2004 POLPOL 4 Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, Olsztyn (POL) 03 SEP 2023 977
14 1:13.38 Emma GARRITY USAUSA 1f2 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 19 FEB 2023 1019
15 1:13.43 Stephanie CASSENS USAUSA 2f2 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 19 FEB 2023 1018
16 1:13.61 Mariya GOLUBYEVA 03 FEB 2001 RUSRUS 1f1 SOK Luch, Yekaterinburg (RUS) (i) 07 JAN 2023 1013
17 1:13.65 Hannah SEITZINGER USAUSA 1f2 Mackal Fieldhouse, Kingston, RI (USA) (i) 26 FEB 2023 1012
18 1:13.79 Armouré CONRADIE 27 FEB 1998 RSARSA 1f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 28 JAN 2023 1008
19 1:13.82 Sydney GOLDSON USAUSA 1f2 Ocean Breeze Athl. Complex, New York, NY (USA) (i) 03 FEB 2023 1007
20 1:14.20 Lucinda SHOTTS USAUSA 3f1 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) 04 FEB 2023 997
@@rientsdijkstra4266 216 in all 2023. You do realize that doesn’t help your case at all.
216 athletes competed in an event all season is comparable to the amount of athletes competing in an event during an NCAA weekend. Which illustrates my point these non Olympic events doesn’t say much cuz not many athletes compete in those regularly.
@@kc5466 Bruh. You said "nobody". 216 is a lot more than nobody. Even McLaughlin ran a 500m. And NOBODY says that the 500 m is a regular distance. The point that the original commenter was making is that Femke Bol is already doing experiments with longer distances and that she is good at them. Please get a life? (in stead of knee jerk reacting to anything that has to do with Femke Bol?)
Keely v Femke in the pole vault.
Femke has past experience in various Track and Field events including throwing. Femke Bol is currently dating the Belgian pole vaulter, Ben Broeders.
Hahhahaha i see you
Femke and Sydney should run a flat 400 against each other. I think it would be closer than the 400m Hurdles.
I agree. Femke has to try more flat 400s
Paulino will beat both.
Femke wins 400m Indoors, Sydney wins 400m Outdoors based on technique and experience.
Steve Cram said a few years ago he’d like to see Femke in the 800 eventually
I think Femke would be a really strong 800 runner.
Yes to more of the weird!! Track is hard to market so world athletics and diamond league should be open to this friendly challenges and the unusual. I would love to see 150m, 200m intermediate hurdles, 300mH, 600m, 1000m, 1500m steelchase, throw pentathlon or weight ladders, jump triathlons, sprint medley relays, distant medley relays and hurdle shuttle relays. Why not, right?
I saw a comment on the Mondo vs Warholm event along the lines of "what is the point of this senseless race?", and that attitude is exactly the problem. The point is literally the same as every other race; we want to know who's faster on 100m of two world record holders in other events. I can see specialists compete in their respective events 15 times a year in the Diamond league. You know what I've haven't seen? A hurdler vs a polevaulter do a 100m, or in this case; a 800m specialist race a 400m hurdler over 600m!
Mondo /Warholm was fun to watch - my only complaint is that there should have been more trash talking.
@@billdek Wasn't the look back at the finish line enough?
Bingo!
I disagree with the comment at 2:22 that these type matchups should be a rarity. I think Track & Field needs more of these. They draw much needed attention, excitement and a larger audience to Track & Field, which brings in more money and helps the sport grow. This is exactly what Athletics needs. This is what Noah Lyles also has been trying to do....generate excitement to get people to watch Track & Field more than once every four years.
Going to disagree with your comment, while it might generate some interest, it's not going to bring in long term fans. Outside of the Olympic year most fans especially in North America aren't interested in track. Europeans have a greater appreciation for track and field and still track struggles to generate new fans long term. Also you had Usain Bolt who was a global icon and still we are right back to the same conversation of track needing growth. These types of matchups should be a rarity as it would turn in to a gimmick. Remember they already tried this in '97. I'm all for these match-ups but honestly that's just the nature of the sport, people are more invested in team sports that they can follow on almost daily basis.
@@eds464 Usain Bolt was the only one we all watched because he was so fun to see him blaze the 100 meters effortlessly and then have fun before and after the race.
@@vlun1215I’m well aware why people were drawn to Usain.
I’m not sure what your comment does but you actually prove my point. Once bolt retired the casual fans lost interest. Proving that it is a niche sport. No amount of matchups will change that.
..and Femke is the current World Record holders for Short Track/Indoor for 300, 400 & 500. Or in case for 300 & 500 they called it 'World Best' coz its not an official distance in track & field..
Should have challenged Faith Kipyegon for 800m.
This is definitely a way to spice up track and field and I think it would actually bring in new fans matching up stars from different events
These types of things are good for the sport.
How about Nina Kennedy versus Yaroslava Mahucih in the long jump?
I know she's capable of 'a good' 600'. 😁 personally feel she really would be a good 800m runner.👌🏾
Interesting. Would def watch that
That would be a lot of fun! Femke relies a more on endurance than speed than most elite 400/400 hurdles specialists. I think it would be a great race.
It’s great to see these amazing athletes giving their admirers a little more entertaining sports.
Femke and Keely my favorite runners only way I would like to see them race is if it is a tie
I would love to see a challenge, best of 3 races in each of their specialist disciplines (6 in total) between Sydney and Paulino, 3 in the 400m hurdles and 3 in the 400m flat to determine the overall 400m champion. Perhaps both of their sponsors could made this happen in 2025.
As a track fan, I would pay extra to see some of these weird head-to-heads because it puts the athletes out of their normal comfort zone, and maybe we find out that they are actually really good in another event.
Runners in the 800 tend to be either 400/800 or 800/1500 types. Both types have set world records or won gold medals in the 800, although the same person setting records or winning gold medals in the 800 and 1500 is far more common than in the 400 and 800.
I think a handicap is necessary for a good spectacle gabby Thomas v tebogo. She gets 20 m start?
Femke VS me in a jet pack let's gooooooo
I would have thought 800m runners, as part of their normal training, usually run 400m anyway.
I don't think 400m runners go up a distance in training training though.
400m hurdlers work on running more than hurdling typically. Conditioning is key. Run Run Run.
Yes let’s have this epic race! We need amazing female match ups and hype :)
Why dont Ryan Crouser and Arshad Nadeem have a throw off with a rugby ball because its sort of the middle of a shot and a javelin.
Sotto le insistenti pressioni delle novitâ che dovrebbero creare maggiore spettacolo nell'atletica si rischia di far degenerare questo meraviglioso settore sportivo che a mio avviso é decisamente più salutare, ecologico, pedagogico e avvincente di altri settori che godono ingiustamente di un interesse mediatico sproporzionato come le competizioni motoristiche e il calcio. L'atletica ha bisogno soprattutto di atleti che suscitano interesse e stupore per le loro qualità sportive e comportamentali come Femke Bol, Keely Hodgkinson, Armand Duplantis, Sifan Hassan, Ingebrigsten, Warholm e via dicendo, più che creare nuove distanze intermedie che hanno poco senso perchè finirebbero per dissolvere il concetto stesso di specialità come ambito di integrazione ottimale fra caratteristiche fisiologiche, tecniche e di approccio mentale.
100%
Hey Bob Kersey, didn't you coach an 800 meter runner a couple years back? She was supposed to dominate on the track and in the media (you know - champion, super-model, 1000watt smile) what ever happened to her?
Athing's successful Toyko Olympic year I recall wasn't yet being coached by Kersee if I am not mistaken. She was fresh out of College Season went Pro and dominated in Olympics.
I think Mondo could easily pull a 48second 400m with minimal training. There were Seniors in my HS who couldn't run a sub 11 100m running 48 seconds.
Mondo vs Sydney, 400m.
Feel like Mondo’s 10.3 implies he’s got a lot of margin against Sydney, even though her strength is going to be superior.
Still want to see it!!
@@Ineddiblehulk
I’m thinking if they race tomorrow, Sydney might have an edge. But if this was going to be done in 2 or 3 weeks or more, Mondo gonna take the win.
@@Amtcboyyes I agree with that - if he’s tired, she has the slight advantage, but rested I think he’ll have enough to win, probably comfortably, but will still be a genuine hard fought race
@@Ineddiblehulk
He’ll have time to train.
With Sydney, she’s at her peak. A week or two won’t add significant speed.
The quarter requires some real training & it would probably eat into his pole vault training. I reckon he could do 46x with a little work but it would likely throw off his schedule.
their just the best and are a bit bored i think, especially mondo
Hodgekinson will win hands down
Femke Bol is the World Record holder 65.63 seconds over 500m. 600m could be very interesting.
add Athing Mu to the race and that would be sumthin, wouldn't it?
Doesn't matter. They're mates. ❤
Bol’s coach has suggested that she may compete in 800m in the future, so…
@@dcartier1692 I've been saying this a while. I did opposite 4/800 then 400H and 8's 🤪
Bol, never able to win against Sydney, not able to win the silver medal at Paris in 400hs!
Don’t disrespect Bol.
@@RichardIILionheart I will respect Bol when the Dutch begin to respect Sydney! Instead to admit that Sydney is stronger than Bol they always say "doping, doping, doping....." about Sydney! Are the Dutch so sure that Sydney is dirty and Bol clean?
Respect. 🤨
Are you an athlete? I personally Respect the committment needed to train and continually compete at high standards. 👏🏾
@@jospinthompson4294I Say again, when the Dutch Will start to respect Sydney I start to respect Bol!
@@flaviopolli9402
Rather petty of you.
I think 600 won't be close as it is closer to 800... maybe 550
Femke wins 550 easy. She is WR 500m Indoor holder.
Femke already has the 500 record. And she’s developed a habit of running down elite runners as a 4x4 anchor.
I would like femke compete against the female high jump olympic champion at the long jump.
This is definitely a way to spice up track and field and I think it would actually bring in new fans matching up stars from different events