Liddell knew the 100 heat was on a Sunday many months before the 1924 Games began. So he decided to run the 200-400 double instead of the 100-200 and adjusted his training accordingly. This myth of him discovering, at almost the last minute, that the 100 heats were on a Sunday was simply an invention of the movie Chariots of Fire to make for greater drama.
Yes it was a while beforehand, but still an amazing achievement, imagine telling one of today's best 100m specialists in the last few months he's got to change events! Even kerley had more time to transition than this and he wanted to change for a while beforehand anyway
@@martintownsend6694 What I find amazing is the speed he did it in with running on those kinds of tracks with those kinds of shoes. What would they have done if they'd had these tracks we have today along with our high tech shoes?
1. Abebe Bikila's barefoot gold medal and world record in the marathon at the Rome Olympic Games of 1960. 2. Abebe Bikila's gold medal and world record marathon at the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964. 3. Kip Keino's gold medal and Olympic record setting 1500m at the Mexico City Olympic Games of 1968
I remember watching a documentary, I think it was called the 'Olympiad'. During Bikila's segment, the narrator said, "You must run the marathon alone." Not sure why, but that line always stuck with me.
To win a gold medal at the Olympics running barefoot for a little over 26 miles???......second only to Beamon's jump as one of the greatest Olympic moments...
@@JackFlandersI’m a barefoot runner. Sometimes I feel like the last of my species. It can be literally a 100 degrees out and I’m often the only one at the group runs showing any skin. Like take your shirts off at least people and stop making me feel like the chimp that escaped the zoo. I know it’s just superficial appearances, but I feel like I have nothing in common with anyone sometimes. Very lonely journey I’ve been on recently, but there’s no going back. Wish I could just leave society behind sometimes, but “happiness is only real when shared.”
More Iconic Olympic moments: 1. 1964 gymnast Shun Fujimoto of host Japan broke his kneecap during the floor exercise but finished two more events to get his team the gold. 2. 1952 Helsinki Olympics Emil Zátopek had already won 5,000 10,000 so he asked if he could run the marathon, which he had never done. While running, he asked leader Jim Peters if the pace was too slow. Peters said yes to make Zátopek burn himself out, so he ran faster and won it. 3. At Munich, 1972, Israeli athletes were killed, and Jewish USA athlete Mark Spitz won 7 golds 4. No one had gotten a perfect ten in gymnastics until Nadia Comaneci got seven of them in 1976. 5. Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists in protest on the medal stand in 1968
Roger Black's Silver in 1996 was special for us Brits considering he came 2nd to the Superman Michael Johnson. Hopefully MHS goes one better in Paris as like you say that would be so special after exactly 100 years!!
Two performances that stand out for me in addition to what's been mentioned - Jonathan Edwards triple jump WR at the 1995 world championships, & David Rudisha basically solo time-trailing an 800m world record in the 2012 Olympic final. I was watching both live on TV at the time, and they were truly stunning. I still don't think Rudisha gets the respect he deserves for it - absolutely amazing. I'd add Sotomayor's high jump record as well, but I never saw that until ages after.
Eric Liddell lead an exemplary life. To get a real feel for this incredible champion, I read Complete Surrender. A phenomenal read,especially in the times we are living in.
Historically NCAA winners don't do run their best times at global championships, because after such a long season with so many races they are burnt out. The fact that Nickisha is still setting PB's this far into the season, I think that was her 13th race, is already crazy. Who knows, maybe she's the exception to the rule. It would certainly be nice to know it can be done. As a Brit, it would be nice to have a Men's 400m Gold after 100 years and it would be great for Matthew after a career plagued with injury. If he can stay fit, he is in with a better chance than any Brit for the past 100 years, so hopefully things go well for him.
@1:49 * In that era, most British and American tracks were 440 yards. It wasn't "just over" then, it was exactly 4 laps. Many tracks constructed in that ere without having their curb modified remain 440 yards and others who did modify it, still have the shape of the original 440 yards scarred into their stadium.
Nickeisha Pryce has the gold once she's healthy 🇯🇲, I think she's hungry and she's going for it, and whilst I love MHS he has a tough road to the gold, it's one thing to win a single race but another thing to run the rounds against the best in the world. The Men's 400m semis are going to be on 🔥.
I would say every event from the 100m up to the 1500m, both Men and Women, will be exceptional and the most heavily contested in history. Can't wait...
men and woman 400mH, men and woman 800m, men and woman 1500, men triple jump and of course both in the 400m. Paris is going to be FIRE! I don't think there has ever been a time when the 100m/200m were not the most anticipated races of the games.
Agree with your opening...I thought "Bob Beamon's long jump at the Mexico City Olympics." I had my own personal "Bob Beamon" moment at age 16 when I competed in the city finals of the long jump in L.A. decades ago and improved my personal best by 3 feet in one jump. Somehow, absolutely everything came together at the instant I hit the takeoff board, and that sort of "perfection" seemed to take on a higher dimension. That's the only way I can explain it. I always wanted to look up Bob Beamon and ask him if he felt something like that. I had other "highs" but not like that. I was also a high jumper. It it was really exhilirating to be able to throw yourself over a bar that is higher than the top of your head. I even competed against Dwight Stones when he was the world record holder but as cool as that was, what happened on the long jump was something beyond my understanding.
Good for you! Yes jumping over a bar higher than your head astounds me! I remember watching Beamon do it! He was so overcome with emotion it was a sight to behold!
Thanks for commenting! I remember it too, I was pretty young, but hearing that he broke the world record by 2 FEET was incredible even to my young psyche!
Pryce, Polino and then Kaz outleaning Adeleke for the bronze. All PRs! With all the amazing 400 rinners, thenrelays will be crazy! Throw syd and Femke in the mix and its gonna be a sub48 split festival!
Paulino not running quickly as usual this season, Adeleke SB is quicker so can't be ruled out of the medals. Adeleke has a quicker 200m than most of the other contenders, if she goes out hard and can hold her form she has a chance.
I don’t know how they manage to bring out athletes when they are the host of the competition, happens all the time! I remember that long jumper in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, against Ivan Pedroso!
You mentioned the men's and women's 400 taking place in the same hour in 2024. You also mentioned Beamon's jump in 1968. Lee Evans' 43.86 was set in the same hour in Mexico City almost 56 years ago. Evans' mark was the world record for almost 20 years, just 3 years less than Beamon's world record. Hudson-Smith just beat that by .12
As a former 400 meter runner myself on a university level track team in the late 1970s, who never even got to crack 50 seconds, I know how hard it is to run that grueling, thankless lap that pushes one's heart rate to the absolute maximum. So I am always impressed when I hear of any female runner who is able to crack the 48 second barrier, to say nothing of any male runner who is able to crack the 44 second mark (that's four 11 second 100 meter runs back to back). Most people have absolutely no idea just how hard it is to run that fast over that distance. Nor the amount of grueling training it takes to do it. Even when I ponder Eric Liddle's time of 47 seconds and change back in 1924 and on a loose cinder track unlike today, and going up from 100 meters to do it, that just completely blows my mind. One of the greatest athletic feats in world track and field history.
I can't say who will win either 400m race, just too many good runners. But how about a little press to 'Mr. Reliable' Vernon Norwood? Once again, he finishes in the top 3 in a race loaded with world class competition.
@@Blimzio It's crazy , he does not have the speed for 200m. Track bosses here want him to do 200, so he would be eligible for 4 × 100 relay. Or something like that. They reckon we have a better chance in relay. Stupid idea, anyway. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
I missed the days when athletes continued to push hard across the line before showboating. So many great times are left off the table because of this new age practice.
Please keep in mind that the other athletes had to travel to England, so I'll say jetlag may be a factor. We'll see after the rounds in Paris. Good luck to these awesome runners 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️.
@@robertdaniels3029I don’t think so. I feel like he did what a lot of people do these days. 🙄 he wouldn’t have gained much anyway. He shut down at like 390m so 😏
Bob Beamon’s improvement on the previous World Record was 6.59% NOT 6.37. Facts matter especially if your gonna quote numerical Stats. And the 6.59 % percentage improvement is very important because it show that Beamon’s jump was the greatest athletic achievement in American history.
Salwa on the Women's side and Kirani on the men's side have been hitting new season's bests with virtually every race. Being the seasoned competitors they are it's best not to write them off.
Beamon's world long jump record (8.90m)was broken in 1991, twenty-three years after it was set. Oddly enough, the record breaker, Mike Powell has held the record (8.95m) for twenty three years. If no-one beats it at this year's Olympic Games he will have held the record even longer than Beamon.
Long jump is an odd event where WR jumps last a long time. Peter O'Connor's record in 1901 lasted until 1921, Jesse Owens' 1935 record lasted until 1960, Beamon's 1968 record lasted until 1991 and now Mike Powell's record from 1991 still stands. Not sure if any other event has that odd history of really long standing records
It seems like the individuals who break the WR are just unique for their time, plus for every long jumper, things are happening so fast at the moment of take-off, just a tiny difference in timing and take-off position make the difference between a good and a great jump. Mike Powell’s WR is 8.95, but his second longest jump is 8.70. Both great jumps, but 8.70 is almost 10 inches shorter. That’s quite a bit less than his WR jump.
If only ..... Wayde had not played a silly game of touch " rugby ". Probably a bit under 43 sec by now. At altitude in South africa sprinters fly. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
For me it would be Derrick Redmond his hamstring went and his Father left the crowd went on to the track and help his son over the final 250 meters to finish the race.
Morales-Williams just finished a gruelling NCAA season. Very difficult to keep going, so he should just enjoy the Olympic experience and not sweat the rest.
The championship Cleavin Little is of all of the country champions could take 5 times as many victories on the clock when looking at times and running back and forth.
For me the races im most looking forward to men and women 400m hurdles the 400m men as this is the first time Hudson has been injury free over the past few years he has been looking good then always his body would let him down i would love for him to get a medal after all the set backs he has had especially after the dark places he went
Matt Hudson-Smith hasn't got the Achilles tendonitis that plagued him last season so he's running well however imo he has a tougher task to get gold than Nickisha Pryce.
It will all depend on how well Pryce and Hudson-Smith stand up to the preliminary rounds. Also, how mentally tough are they? Another thing: Who ends up in lane 8 (or 9, depending) in the finals will make a difference, too. The last world record in the men's 400 was set by Van Niekirk from that lane. The winner of the US Olympic trials in the men's 400m won it from lane 8 or 9. Runners in that lane often go out faster than usual because they cannot see their competitors for so much of the race.
I must be hard to be a long sprinter those days... I hope Michael Norman gets it. He had bad luck and i think he deserve it. I hope it wont be Gardiner because he already had his moment in Tokyo.
@roybean7166 Probably. The new tracks are made with different layers. Different recipes of the top layers. Some are more rigid and some are bouncey. No matter what, the people that make the tracks will tell you they make them more advanced to enable faster speeds. Like the difference between a tarmac and a public road. Both are concrete but have totally different tolerances.
Smith's Diamond League run was especially impressive because he seriously let up in the last 10 meters. Had he pushed, he would have been close to the world record!
. What about Kirzenstein, great polish sprinter of 60 and 70s. ? 100, 200, 400, maybe greatest of all. Do a program about her if possible. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
@@Number1Centre but you won’t. And You won’t comment on those other runners videos. 5 years from now you’ll still be making comments about Matt🤣…and then wonder why he’s so popular.
@dbx1233 ok, !! Thanks. But maybe you know the brush spikes that were used for a short time before they were banned. Late 60s or early 70s. That's a true one, if you don't know it, Google it. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
I generally love your videos, but please for the love of God have someone check your math on the percentages of increase or decrease of records as you get them wrong so often. As an example Beamon's jump of 8.90 meters is an increase of 6.59% you can literally just divide 8.90 by 8.35 and get 1.06586. Please explain how you got 6.37%
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Liddell knew the 100 heat was on a Sunday many months before the 1924 Games began. So he decided to run the 200-400 double instead of the 100-200 and adjusted his training accordingly. This myth of him discovering, at almost the last minute, that the 100 heats were on a Sunday was simply an invention of the movie Chariots of Fire to make for greater drama.
Yes it was a while beforehand, but still an amazing achievement, imagine telling one of today's best 100m specialists in the last few months he's got to change events! Even kerley had more time to transition than this and he wanted to change for a while beforehand anyway
@@martintownsend6694 What I find amazing is the speed he did it in with running on those kinds of tracks with those kinds of shoes. What would they have done if they'd had these tracks we have today along with our high tech shoes?
@@martintownsend6694
Anyone who can be a serious challenger as best in the world at 100, 200, and 400 is a prodigious talent.
@RichardIILionheart I don't think linford would be too happy running 400m and I also don't think Roger black would be that good at 100m
@@RichardIILionheart The man of this era with this capacity is called Letsile Tebogo
1. Abebe Bikila's barefoot gold medal and world record in the marathon at the Rome Olympic Games of 1960.
2. Abebe Bikila's gold medal and world record marathon at the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964.
3. Kip Keino's gold medal and Olympic record setting 1500m at the Mexico City Olympic Games of 1968
I remember watching a documentary, I think it was called the 'Olympiad'. During Bikila's segment, the narrator said, "You must run the marathon alone." Not sure why, but that line always stuck with me.
To win a gold medal at the Olympics running barefoot for a little over 26 miles???......second only to Beamon's jump as one of the greatest Olympic moments...
@@JackFlandersI’m a barefoot runner. Sometimes I feel like the last of my species. It can be literally a 100 degrees out and I’m often the only one at the group runs showing any skin. Like take your shirts off at least people and stop making me feel like the chimp that escaped the zoo. I know it’s just superficial appearances, but I feel like I have nothing in common with anyone sometimes. Very lonely journey I’ve been on recently, but there’s no going back. Wish I could just leave society behind sometimes, but “happiness is only real when shared.”
More Iconic Olympic moments:
1. 1964 gymnast Shun Fujimoto of host Japan broke his kneecap during the floor exercise but finished two more events to get his team the gold.
2. 1952 Helsinki Olympics Emil Zátopek had already won 5,000 10,000 so he asked if he could run the marathon, which he had never done. While running, he asked leader Jim Peters if the pace was too slow. Peters said yes to make Zátopek burn himself out, so he ran faster and won it.
3. At Munich, 1972, Israeli athletes were killed, and Jewish USA athlete Mark Spitz won 7 golds
4. No one had gotten a perfect ten in gymnastics until Nadia Comaneci got seven of them in 1976.
5. Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists in protest on the medal stand in 1968
The win from Cathy Freeman in Sydney, as a aboriginal woman in her home country still brings tears in my eyes.
That was a beautiful moment. I cried tears of pure joy.
that's my first vivid memory of watching athletics on tv at 9 years old. The speed suit was so cool!
Do you abore the original ? If not stop using that word. You’re native Australian
@@Deontelewis846 Ok, makes sense. Sorry.
Roger Black's Silver in 1996 was special for us Brits considering he came 2nd to the Superman Michael Johnson.
Hopefully MHS goes one better in Paris as like you say that would be so special after exactly 100 years!!
Two performances that stand out for me in addition to what's been mentioned - Jonathan Edwards triple jump WR at the 1995 world championships, & David Rudisha basically solo time-trailing an 800m world record in the 2012 Olympic final. I was watching both live on TV at the time, and they were truly stunning. I still don't think Rudisha gets the respect he deserves for it - absolutely amazing. I'd add Sotomayor's high jump record as well, but I never saw that until ages after.
Chariots of Fire - I cut practice to see that movie. I was a broke student and wanted to catch the matinee pricing. lol
it's too bad Norwood didn't make the Olympic team. He's been running really well the last few weeks.
He will be running on the relays so yes, he did make the team, just not in the open 400.
@@robertdaniels3029 yep, meant the open 400
Thanks for all the great information you provide. It really makes track even more exciting.
Eric Liddell lead an exemplary life. To get a real feel for this incredible champion, I read Complete Surrender. A phenomenal read,especially in the times we are living in.
And Hudson-Smith eased off before the line. He gould've gone well into the 43.6 range if he'd powered through the line.
Historically NCAA winners don't do run their best times at global championships, because after such a long season with so many races they are burnt out. The fact that Nickisha is still setting PB's this far into the season, I think that was her 13th race, is already crazy. Who knows, maybe she's the exception to the rule. It would certainly be nice to know it can be done.
As a Brit, it would be nice to have a Men's 400m Gold after 100 years and it would be great for Matthew after a career plagued with injury. If he can stay fit, he is in with a better chance than any Brit for the past 100 years, so hopefully things go well for him.
Good vid, champ! Glad the click bait stopped. Thank you
@1:49 * In that era, most British and American tracks were 440 yards. It wasn't "just over" then, it was exactly 4 laps. Many tracks constructed in that ere without having their curb modified remain 440 yards and others who did modify it, still have the shape of the original 440 yards scarred into their stadium.
Nickeisha Pryce has the gold once she's healthy 🇯🇲, I think she's hungry and she's going for it, and whilst I love MHS he has a tough road to the gold, it's one thing to win a single race but another thing to run the rounds against the best in the world. The Men's 400m semis are going to be on 🔥.
I would say every event from the 100m up to the 1500m, both Men and Women, will be exceptional and the most heavily contested in history.
Can't wait...
400m is by far the most interesting race in my opinion
men and woman 400mH, men and woman 800m, men and woman 1500, men triple jump and of course both in the 400m. Paris is going to be FIRE! I don't think there has ever been a time when the 100m/200m were not the most anticipated races of the games.
@@ForestFan74 the 100 will be interesting .....nontheless
both 100m will also be good
Can you please preview the women's long distance running for the Olympics? I saw that Sifan Hassan was entered into all four events!
Mate, this video is just nuts
I can’t wait for the T&F events of this Olympics… I just can’t help myself 😮💨
Agree with your opening...I thought "Bob Beamon's long jump at the Mexico City Olympics." I had my own personal "Bob Beamon" moment at age 16 when I competed in the city finals of the long jump in L.A. decades ago and improved my personal best by 3 feet in one jump. Somehow, absolutely everything came together at the instant I hit the takeoff board, and that sort of "perfection" seemed to take on a higher dimension. That's the only way I can explain it. I always wanted to look up Bob Beamon and ask him if he felt something like that. I had other "highs" but not like that. I was also a high jumper. It it was really exhilirating to be able to throw yourself over a bar that is higher than the top of your head. I even competed against Dwight Stones when he was the world record holder but as cool as that was, what happened on the long jump was something beyond my understanding.
Good for you! Yes jumping over a bar higher than your head astounds me! I remember watching Beamon do it! He was so overcome with emotion it was a sight to behold!
Thanks for commenting! I remember it too, I was pretty young, but hearing that he broke the world record by 2 FEET was incredible even to my young psyche!
Nostradamus that was a timeless commentary.
Thanks for giving us a glimpse of immortality ❤
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Pryce, Polino and then Kaz outleaning Adeleke for the bronze. All PRs! With all the amazing 400 rinners, thenrelays will be crazy! Throw syd and Femke in the mix and its gonna be a sub48 split festival!
Paulino not running quickly as usual this season, Adeleke SB is quicker so can't be ruled out of the medals. Adeleke has a quicker 200m than most of the other contenders, if she goes out hard and can hold her form she has a chance.
I don’t know how they manage to bring out athletes when they are the host of the competition, happens all the time! I remember that long jumper in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, against Ivan Pedroso!
Serious history guarranteed to go down!
One of the greatest videos you did TRP👏👏👏 Clever point you Just raised👍
You forgot Cathy Freeman’s 400m run at Sydney in 2000. ICONIC!!
Hudson-Smith and Pryce are my picks for the 400.
You mentioned the men's and women's 400 taking place in the same hour in 2024. You also mentioned Beamon's jump in 1968. Lee Evans' 43.86 was set in the same hour in Mexico City almost 56 years ago. Evans' mark was the world record for almost 20 years, just 3 years less than Beamon's world record. Hudson-Smith just beat that by .12
Mexico city at a high altitude. Sprinters, jumpers all benefitted, Greatly. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
I see you here often, what is Cape Town like my friend? @@roybean7166
great video, as a Brit I'm definitely excited for this
As a former 400 meter runner myself on a university level track team in the late 1970s, who never even got to crack 50 seconds, I know how hard it is to run that grueling, thankless lap that pushes one's heart rate to the absolute maximum. So I am always impressed when I hear of any female runner who is able to crack the 48 second barrier, to say nothing of any male runner who is able to crack the 44 second mark (that's four 11 second 100 meter runs back to back). Most people have absolutely no idea just how hard it is to run that fast over that distance. Nor the amount of grueling training it takes to do it. Even when I ponder Eric Liddle's time of 47 seconds and change back in 1924 and on a loose cinder track unlike today, and going up from 100 meters to do it, that just completely blows my mind. One of the greatest athletic feats in world track and field history.
My favorite track and field channel!
100 years since Team GB won the mens 400m and the race is in the same city. Its destiny! Come on MHS you can do this! Let Go TEAM GB!!
I can't say who will win either 400m race, just too many good runners. But how about a little press to 'Mr. Reliable' Vernon Norwood? Once again, he finishes in the top 3 in a race loaded with world class competition.
wild that he always misses out on an individual spot on the US team. mans peaks just a little too late
Yes, indeed! Vernon Norwood, Karani James, and Butch Reynolds are pillars of perseverance!
Whoopsie
Quincy Hall, dreamcrusher
Wayde van Niekerk's 400m world record in lane 8 at the Olympics, taking down Michael Johnson's record, has to be in the top 3.
Most definitely. Maybe no 1. By the way, Wayde not running the 400 in Paris. He is doing the 200m. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
@@roybean7166ja I saw, it's a pity. not sure why he is bothering, can't see him medaling. he should retire as the GOAT.
@@Blimzio It's crazy , he does not have the speed for 200m. Track bosses here want him to do 200, so he would be eligible for 4 × 100 relay. Or something like that. They reckon we have a better chance in relay. Stupid idea, anyway. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
@@roybean7166 ah okay, thanks for the info. ja Athletics South Africa, another gravy train 🫣
I missed the days when athletes continued to push hard across the line before showboating. So many great times are left off the table because of this new age practice.
Please keep in mind that the other athletes had to travel to England, so I'll say jetlag may be a factor. We'll see after the rounds in Paris. Good luck to these awesome runners 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️.
That's the same for all international athletes all the time. Not just this race.
Oooh I’m pumped for these Olympics.
And he let off the gas!!! 🥶🤯
He ran out of gas I think
Cause he was running out of gas...
@@robertdaniels3029I don’t think so. I feel like he did what a lot of people do these days. 🙄 he wouldn’t have gained much anyway. He shut down at like 390m so 😏
@@JSwell24 I listened to his post run interview . Maybe it’s still on RUclips somewhere
@@David_7171 I’ll try to find it 😅 He must have been bent over lol
Eric Liddell is THE MAN
Bob Beamon’s improvement on the previous World Record was 6.59% NOT 6.37. Facts matter especially if your gonna quote numerical Stats. And the 6.59 % percentage improvement is very important because it show that Beamon’s jump was the greatest athletic achievement in American history.
Salwa on the Women's side and Kirani on the men's side have been hitting new season's bests with virtually every race. Being the seasoned competitors they are it's best not to write them off.
1:22 the shade towards Yohan is kind of crazy
Beamon's world long jump record (8.90m)was broken in 1991, twenty-three years after it was set. Oddly enough, the record breaker, Mike Powell has held the record (8.95m) for twenty three years. If no-one beats it at this year's Olympic Games he will have held the record even longer than Beamon.
Long jump is an odd event where WR jumps last a long time. Peter O'Connor's record in 1901 lasted until 1921, Jesse Owens' 1935 record lasted until 1960, Beamon's 1968 record lasted until 1991 and now Mike Powell's record from 1991 still stands. Not sure if any other event has that odd history of really long standing records
It seems like the individuals who break the WR are just unique for their time, plus for every long jumper, things are happening so fast at the moment of take-off, just a tiny difference in timing and take-off position make the difference between a good and a great jump. Mike Powell’s WR is 8.95, but his second longest jump is 8.70. Both great jumps, but 8.70 is almost 10 inches shorter. That’s quite a bit less than his WR jump.
@@orwellknew9112 Was it also at altitude, like Beamon ? Roy b Cape town, south africa 🇿🇦
Bad math, 1991 was 33 years ago.
6 bots in 2 minutes is crazy
The slow up over the last 20 metres by Hudson-Smith was absolutely crazy 😮
No one is touching Wayde's Record soon...
Thats what we thought about Wayne's 300m record but it was demolished recently
Unfortunately Wayde not running g 400 in Paris. He is doing the 200m. But I agree, his 400 record safe for some time. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
@bloodspartan300 400m not 300m... no one since wayde has run has done a sub 43.40...
If only ..... Wayde had not played a silly game of touch " rugby ". Probably a bit under 43 sec by now. At altitude in South africa sprinters fly. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
That would be great to see a Brit win the 400M, 100 years later!
u were right about parker, she made the olympic teams! can you make a vid about the womens olympic trials 5k and 10k
For me it would be Derrick Redmond his hamstring went and his Father left the crowd went on to the track and help his son over the final 250 meters to finish the race.
This Olympics may set a record for the number of records set! Except the first one, of course.
I’m rooting for Chidi, hopefully he believes in himself.
Morales-Williams just finished a gruelling NCAA season. Very difficult to keep going, so he should just enjoy the Olympic experience and not sweat the rest.
Other than the Athens games in 2004, these are the games I've been most looking forward to.
The championship Cleavin Little is of all of the country champions could take 5 times as many victories on the clock when looking at times and running back and forth.
If the weather is cool and still, Pryce in 48,22, Kazzie the bronze.
I haven't seen Chariots of Fire in years.
2:56 who shot my man
Dakarieii its also joy to see a woman winning like nikesha an no paul from dominick lina is a man
Masterpiece.. Eric liddel is a legend in the Christian world.. God opened every door and gave him supernatural strength to win gold..
Or maybe it was the countless hours of effort on the training ground
Just like Jonathan Edwards was a Christian legend
All that training with Zharnell
For me the races im most looking forward to men and women 400m hurdles the 400m men as this is the first time Hudson has been injury free over the past few years he has been looking good then always his body would let him down i would love for him to get a medal after all the set backs he has had especially after the dark places he went
Matt Hudson-Smith hasn't got the Achilles tendonitis that plagued him last season so he's running well however imo he has a tougher task to get gold than Nickisha Pryce.
Quincy might have something to say about that. Also unchallenged
your 400m odds go way up if your name is Quincy
Puma athletes are on the prowl in the 400 meter dash! 🏃♂️
Winning time in the 400m for the men and women will be 43.5 and 48.3 respectively!!!!!!
Why's no one talking about Quincy Wilson????
It will all depend on how well Pryce and Hudson-Smith stand up to the preliminary rounds. Also, how mentally tough are they?
Another thing: Who ends up in lane 8 (or 9, depending) in the finals will make a difference, too. The last world record in the men's 400 was set by Van Niekirk from that lane. The winner of the US Olympic trials in the men's 400m won it from lane 8 or 9. Runners in that lane often go out faster than usual because they cannot see their competitors for so much of the race.
How does this change everything? Clickbait 👑 strikes again.
Your videos are a true masterpiece looking forward to watch more
I must be hard to be a long sprinter those days...
I hope Michael Norman gets it. He had bad luck and i think he deserve it.
I hope it wont be Gardiner because he already had his moment in Tokyo.
Smith is getting the silver or bronze. the gold is going to a wild card called Muzala Samukonga. the women's gold is going to Paulino
Bolt’s 200 record should’ve been broken by Blake but he had the worst start in the history of track
When it said Great Britain I was expecting a white man... honestly I don't think its that HUGE...
Another athlete not running through the finish. Smith's PB is half a second slower than it should be
Cinder tracks are much slower than the ones they use now too.
I ran on cinder, then on tartan as well. Early tartan traks I found about same speed as a good cinder track. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
@roybean7166 Probably. The new tracks are made with different layers. Different recipes of the top layers. Some are more rigid and some are bouncey.
No matter what, the people that make the tracks will tell you they make them more advanced to enable faster speeds.
Like the difference between a tarmac and a public road. Both are concrete but have totally different tolerances.
Ran that time shutting down over the last 3-5 meters. Could have gotten closer to 43.6 if he ran it all the way out.
Certainly Eric was, and is, in Christ.
He chose and started training for the 400m months in advance of Paris. Not all that is Hollywood is accurate.
Epic
43.74 compared to Wayde Van Niekerk's 43.03 is NOT historical.
I think you completely missed the point of the video
Straight in to criticise without really listening to what was said.
Smith's Diamond League run was especially impressive because he seriously let up in the last 10 meters. Had he pushed, he would have been close to the world record!
no 43.74 even with slowing down is so far away from 43.03
😂😂😂 no
lol, not even close. Maybe 43.6.
No, but I think it will take 43.4 to win in paris
@@chazdavis1644 Only 2 people have ran under 43 this year. 43,80s and 43,74s.
Still think paulino is the favorite on the women’s side and mike Norman will be the winner on the men’s side.
Pryce is my favourite over paulino based on how she closes
Until the day I see an asian get a world record in running, I am gonna have to continue studying hard...
Check the world record history of 1500m for women and 110m hurdles.
Make a video on Nikisha Pryce (48.57)
We talk about her in this video
. What about Kirzenstein, great polish sprinter of 60 and 70s. ? 100, 200, 400, maybe greatest of all. Do a program about her if possible. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
just now realizing pryce pushed mclaughlin out of the all-time top 10.
bob beamans record was broken by carl lewis AND mike powell in the 90's i believe
Beamon's record has only legally been surpassed by Mike Powell at the 1991 world championships.
kerley needs to get back his respect
@@iuseyoutubealot he threw it away with his world record nonsense, then quitting in his first race after claiming he'd break the world record
@@veganpottertheveganit was long before this honestly but the icing on the cake for sure
me like your vids
No more MATTHEW BOLING videos bro???
What will you do with your time now? You have so many Boling comments😂
Yeah man he fell off. Hasn’t improved since college
@@quarantinetheater5612 I'll have to watch all the Black dudes who've been clowning him :)
@@Number1Centre but you won’t. And
You won’t comment on those other runners videos. 5 years from now you’ll still be making comments about Matt🤣…and then wonder why he’s so popular.
W
I know runners get tired but why slow down at the end.. its only so much
Neikirk
Some of the athletes had injected helium into their shoes. This is not to be made light of.
What yrs did they do this ? Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
@@roybean7166 Come on man. You can't put helium in shoes.
@dbx1233 ok, !! Thanks. But maybe you know the brush spikes that were used for a short time before they were banned. Late 60s or early 70s. That's a true one, if you don't know it, Google it. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
43.4 and 48.4 by the same athletes.
women top sprinter is still Miller Uibo
Irina Kirzenstein, polish sprinter from 60 and 70s. Look it up. Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦
I generally love your videos, but please for the love of God have someone check your math on the percentages of increase or decrease of records as you get them wrong so often. As an example Beamon's jump of 8.90 meters is an increase of 6.59% you can literally just divide 8.90 by 8.35 and get 1.06586. Please explain how you got 6.37%
www.omnicalculator.com/math/percentage-difference - unless this calculator is wrong the % difference increase was 6.37%
Alexander Doom kin to Viktor Von?
Wayde van Niekerk … do your research