men 400m

2011 Daegu World Champships
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400 Metres - M Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1
28 August 2011 - 11:15
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 3 524 Rondell Bartholomew GRN 44.82 Q . 0.183
2 1 1013 Renny Quow TRI 44.84 Q (SB) 0.168
3 4 1106 Greg Nixon USA 45.16 Q . 0.193
4 5 565 Tabarie Henry ISV 45.22 Q . 0.146
5 2 596 Riker Hylton JAM 45.54 . 0.212
6 6 178 Mathieu Gnanligo BEN 47.01 . 0.202
7 7 822 Nelson Stone PNG 47.86 . 0.202
8 8 527 Kerfalla Camara GUI 49.74 (PB) 0.192

Heat 2
28 August 2011 - 11:23
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 7 594 Jermaine Gonzales JAM 45.12 Q . 0.177
2 5 1131 Jamaal Torrance USA 45.44 Q . 0.161
3 6 840 Marcin Marciniszyn POL 45.51 Q . 0.183
4 2 160 Demetrius Pinder BAH 45.53 Q . 0.154
5 1 303 Erison Hurtault DMA 46.10 . 0.168
6 4 110 Nicolau Palanca ANG 49.37 (SB) 0.300
7 8 211 Ak. Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi BRU 50.12 . 0.173

Heat 3
28 August 2011 - 11:31
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 7 1099 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.35 Q (WL) 0.267
2 2 171 Kévin Borlée BEL 44.77 Q . 0.177
3 3 963 Rabah Yousif SUD 45.20 Q . 0.149
4 4 618 Yuzo Kanemaru JPN 45.51 Q . 0.154
5 5 934 Pavel Trenikhin RUS 45.55 (PB) 0.190
6 1 1140 Arnold Sorina VAN 48.76 (SB) 0.247
. 8 260 Gary Kikaya COD DNS .
. 6 305 Arismendy Peguero DOM DNS .

Heat 4
28 August 2011 - 11:39
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 7 525 Kirani James GRN 45.12 Q . 0.164
2 8 170 Jonathan Borlée BEL 45.16 Q . 0.168
3 3 158 Ramon Miller BAH 45.31 Q (SB) 0.156
4 2 278 William Collazo CUB 45.89 Q . 0.183
5 4 696 Bonggo Park KOR 46.42 (SB) 0.162
6 6 190 Pako Seribe BOT 46.97 . 0.196
7 5 815 Augusto Stanley PAR 47.31 . 0.179
8 1 820 Bahaa Al Farra PLE 49.04 (PB) 0.232

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Heat 528 August 2011 - 11:47Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 154 Chris Brown BAH 45.29 Q 0.166
2 3 456 Martyn Rooney GBR 45.30 Q (SB) 0.178
3 8 896 Oscar Pistorius RSA 45.39 Q 0.212
4 7 874 Femi Ogunode QAT 45.42 Q (SB) 0.196
5 1 271 Nery Brenes CRC 45.47 q 0.183
6 6 1097 Tony McQuay USA 46.76 0.175
7 4 811 Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi OMA 47.99 0.174
5 794 Abdou Razack Rabo Samma NIG DQ 0.214

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Goddamn Merritt wasn’t messing around was he?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79brt8ayLYI

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Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 525 Kirani James GRN 44.60 (PB) 0.137
2 4 1099 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.63 0.263
3 6 171 Kévin Borlée BEL 44.90 0.182
4 3 594 Jermaine Gonzales JAM 44.99 0.138
5 8 170 Jonathan Borlée BEL 45.07 0.160
6 2 524 Rondell Bartholomew GRN 45.45 0.314
7 7 565 Tabarie Henry ISV 45.55 0.167
8 1 874 Femi Ogunode QAT 45.55 0.170

//youtu.be/2Exaq4fsOHs

notice about 20m out Merritt leans backwards before he dips.

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I noticed that too.

Look at the reactions, I know the race is not won on the start normally - but that is a big difference

1 5 525 Kirani James GRN 44.60 (PB) 0.137
2 4 1099 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.63 0.263

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In addition to Merritt’s atrocious reaction time, he completely tied up in the last 15m.

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I think Merritt lost it when he put out that 44.35 in the heats. Not having runs rounds in a few years, that had to take it’s toll.

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For a man who didnt run one race all year before the wc this is a huge accomplishment.

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I agree… He should be good for next year.

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was actually one other time but agree. he may not get to run next year in London though.

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He will have plenty of time to get back into shape (if he can) when he competes again in an international major in 2013.

On the other hand how raw is that Kirani kid…one would have to believe that he will pushing low 44s even under by London with another year of training under his belt! With his fellow countryman are we seeing a new world power developing in the mens 400m.

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//youtu.be/H4x13mYXAHI

Sorry, I meant to post this on the 800 thread.

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I think Kirani May have the ability to get close to the wr. If he builds more 200m speed on top off that endurance he may become un touchable within the next few years.