¶2019 wWC 400: Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain) 48.14 (WL)

[trackCanuck]

FWIW, here are PJ's splits for the race, minor differences:

Salwa Eid Naser
12.1 - 23.2 - 35.1 - 48.14
12.1 + 11.1 + 11.9 + 13.1 (+25.0)

I wonder where the extra 0.06 doesn't belong.

[The Flying Pigdog]

I wonder where the extra 0.06 doesn't belong.

All his splits are rounded up to the tenth.

[trackCanuck]

Maybe her first 200 was 23.14. There was a time when the TFN issues included 200 splits in 400 results. Like LA 84. So my grandfather tells me.

[KevinR]

Maybe her first 200 was 23.14. There was a time when the TFN issues included 200 splits in 400 results. Like LA 84. So my grandfather tells me.

Ouch!!!

[KevinR]

naser seems to be used to being over-used by the bahrain federation. at the asian games in 2018, she ran all 3 relays, in addition to the 400! at the 2019 asian champs, she doubled in the 200/400, plus all 3 relays again!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_A..._Championships

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlet...18_Asian_Games

Don't you love to see an athlete step up for her team like that? That shows a lot of character, from my perspective.

[DentyCracker]

Approximate splits for all 3 rounds. Round progression from left to right, 100m split progression from top to bottom.

Salwa Eid Naser
12.0 (12.0) - 12.0 (12.0) - 12.0 (12.0)
23.3 (11.3) - 23.3 (11.3) - 23.1 (11.1)
36.0 (12.7) - 35.8 (12.5) - 35.0 (11.9)
50.7 (14.7) - 49.7 (13.9) - 48.1 (13.1)

Shaunae Miller-Uibo
12.0 (12.0) - 12.0 (12.0) - 11.7 (11.7)
23.9 (11.9) - 23.7 (11.7) - 23.6 (11.5)
37.6 (13.7) - 35.9 (12.2) - 35.6 (12.0)
51.3 (13.7) - 49.6 (13.7) - 48.3 (12.7)

Naser ran a very smart tactical race along with a simply astounding display of sprint endurance. Who would have ever thought Naser would lead SMU by 0.5 at 200m, and 0.6 at 300m. Naser’s Backstretch was simply out of this world!

SMU needed to be at about 23.2-23.3 then 35.0-35.2 to have a chance at running her optimal performance (little did she know, her optimal performance is what it would have taken to win or even seriously challenge Naser’s run). It would have been a different race had SMU been inside Naser or even lane 5 or 6 instead of 3 lanes outside. But, as much as I believe SMU could have run 48.0 and won this race, she needs to learn from this and not sleep on Naser ever again. Naser absolutely deserves this for being brave, smart, tactical and unbelievably fit. True world record!

This is what I believe

[26mi235]

This is what I believe

11.7 (11.7)
23.6 (11.5)+0.4
35.6 (12.0)
48.3 (12.7)

:Note that 11.7 and 11.5 do not add up to 23.6; what part is right and what part is wrong. It takes

[jazzcyclist]

11.7 (11.7)
23.6 (11.5)+0.4
35.6 (12.0)
48.3 (12.7)

:Note that 11.7 and 11.5 do not add up to 23.6; what part is right and what part is wrong. It takes

I have a program in which I'm able to timestamp every frame of a race video, and I have her going through 100m at 12.0s and Naser at 12.07s. Note that in the live video you can't see the 100m marks and the running TV clock is off by 0.3-0.4s throughout the race, but in the video played two minutes after the race, you can see all the marks.

I would be curious for the folks who believe Miller could have run 48.0 or faster to explain which part of the race she could have run 0.37s faster without giving most of it back in the other parts of the race. After all, Miller didn't run a negative split, she had a split differential of +1.2s, which indicates a pretty efficient use of her energy based on conventional wisdom.

[Atticus]

Spot on, Jazz.

[trackCanuck]

I would be curious for the folks who believe Miller could have run 48.0 or faster to explain which part of the race she could have run 0.37s faster without giving most of it back in the other parts of the race. After all, Miller didn't run a negative split, she had a split differential of +1.2s, which indicates a pretty efficient use of her energy based on conventional wisdom.

You have a stronger stomach than I for nonsense.