She will soon be an Olympic champion....

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@James_Smith

Thus, many disciplines, over a wide range of sports, are contraindicated for youths at this stage (the 400 and 800m in T&F are on the top of that list as well as the cycling, ice, alpine, and Nordic events of equivalent bioenergetic structure)

For these reasons, Athletics Canada has modified its distances for Midget (14/15). They do a 300m instead of 400m, 1200m instead of 1500m, 2000m instead of 3000m, and the 1500mSC has no water jump. Also, they do 200mH instead of 300mH or 400mH. They 800m has been left in place, but I sure think one of the girls I coach (15, still developing) who runs it in 2:18 is certainly taxing her anaerobic lactic system.