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2012 400 Meter Rankings – Men/Women
While the short sprints have been on fire since 2008, the 400 has struggled a bit. The previous two men’s Olympic champions – and sub 44 performers – have suffered injuries at the wrong times. While several emerging stars have been up and down, and injury prone. on the women’s side, we seem to have difficulty getting out of the 49 second zone – a barrier broken back in 1976! There was good news on the men’s side in 2012 however, as we saw the first non American run under 44.00. We also had several youngsters emerge from the Caribbean running in the 44.50 range. Now we just need to…
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On The Fly Update
Like I said in my last post, things are happening fast, with the Games literally around the corner. Had surgery earlier today (gall bladder removal) and as I lay here at 3:00am unable to sleep it’s me and the tablet and track and field catching up on a few things I missed this weekend. Let’s start with the Russian champs which rank up there with the US, Kenya, and Jamaican meets for Games’ impact. Especially on the women’s side where we finally get some Europeans everything serious sprint consideration. Let’s start with Aleksandra Fedoriva’s PR 22.19 victory in the 200 – moving get into US/Jamaica territory! Fedoriva was a member…