or time only gets better with her. ☺

@jimmason8502 She says she is only concentrating on the Hurdles and relay.

@@timdan21 no way 😊

Yeah after only 1 hour running 400m she set a 22.64 NR on 200m. Crazy! 💪

​@@QuamfyMarc Daphne Schippers ran the 200m in 21.63..

@@user-vk5ws3jl1l Yes outdoors is way different bro. Femke broke 200m NR 💪

Ugh.

The height advantage and stride length certainly plays an important role. Im learning to improve my time with bigger stride.

@@user-vk5ws3jl1l Yes but stride length alone does not mean much. You might increase your stride length but this might reduce your cadence or even lead you to overstriding which in total will make you slower. So its the whole motion chain you want to improve not only stride length.

@@grgr6720 True its part of running technique. But height and stride length do give a big advantage. Look up Bolts stride length compared to his competitions.

@@user-vk5ws3jl1l Bolt was a phenomenon for this exact reason because he had this huge stride length but could combine it with superb cadence. This combination was killer. But also look at Shelly Ann Fraser... being only 1.52 m... and she still dominated. Anyhow it is very good to invest in your technique also from an injury prevention point of view. Happy running!

@@user-vk5ws3jl1l It's only an advantage if you're able to have superior form, like getting your knees up & legs down fast enough. Bolt & Gabby Thomas have made statements that height actually makes sprinting HARDER.

Only fastest sprinter that day deserves gold, no matter who that be.

@ninzasanchez8323 Beautifully written, you've got it down!

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Yeah its a possibility. Next week running a mid 49s then week after that attacking her WR on Nationals Indoor final to a 49.1 possible and who knows super crazy 48.9x.

@@QuamfyMarc And after that the outdoor WR.

@@hansdekorver7365 she’s not going for that

​@@hansdekorver7365 Outdoor only focus 400mh this Olympic year. WR is too fast but low 51s or just dipping under 51 would be great. That will be Gold or Silver depending what Sydney will do.

Victoria Cameron and Aria Pearce are great in this 400 also❤🙂

She's 4 tenths off of her world record. Under 50 seconds indoors is blazing fast especially for her first 400m of the season. Literally no one's doing this. That world record she broke last year was 40 years old.

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I thought the same thing. Her legs her so darn long. It really allows her to conserve energy.

@thomassimpson8276 She says she will never run the 800, too tough, it's a different animal for sure.

@kiabtoomlauj6249 Not to mention her great personality!

You're a great judge@@mstrunn

Yes, excellent pb for a 19 year old athlete. Cathelijne Peeters three days ago 52,51, a little disappointing.

​Catelijne did oké at first race. At nationals she probably going sub52s I believe. Evelien with 53s and Britt 55s was more disappointed.

She would be a worthy pick, if it wasn't for the fact she isn't going to compete in the flat 400m in Paris 🙂. Of course she will be competing in the 400m with hurdles and she'll definitely be a favorite to win gold there...

I am soooo looking forward to nearly every women's track event. This is the real golden age of women's track (the 80's Soviet and East Bloc doping era doesn't count in my book). Sydney McLaughlin and Femke Bol: the two best 400m hurdlers of all time. Will they stay with the hurdles, or attempt the 400 also? And in the 400 we can't rule out Shaune Miller-Uibo, but she was pregnant most of 2022 and gave birth almost a year ago. How has that affected her? And finally there's Salwa Eid Naser, who's run the third fastest of all time (and the fastest of all if you discount the Soviet cheating), but she herself was banned for two years for missing drug tests, and is coming back. It's all exciting.

​@@_MicZ_ Not if sydney runs! She will be like a sec behind! 😂

@@stephenwilliams7200 "Not if sydney runs!" ... I said Femke would be a favorite for gold, of course Sydney would be one too if she runs. That's the nice thing about favorites, there can be more than one. "She will be like a sec behind! 😂" ... I agree with your emoji, that is a funny statement.

@@kevinkasp I agree the 400m in particular is very competitive right now. I would add Adeleke and possibly Britton Wilson to potential gold medal winners. Both had very long seasons last year and were spent by the world championships. But both are low 49's. And i nearly forgot about Paulino!

Praying all day. 😅

Lol yup

49.69 official

@JohnHF1957 She says she is running the hurdles and relays, no 400 flat.

Yeah I think she will be doing the 400mH and 4x400, All 3 would be possible for her like she did in Budapest and if she hadn't fallen she would have left with 3 gold

If bob kersee was her coach she’d probably have an outdoor world record by now.

Sidney is not even training at the moment. She is on a book tour.

​@@coolgabe64Yes but she keeps on training also hurdles she said on recent interview.

Sydney is marketing machine but Femke is competing machine.

@@kc5466 without racing? He must be good. Wouldn't know, his athletes never compete.

Amazing ! How often do you find someone in the comments that knows better than the current WR holder ? Yeah, that was sarcasm. If there was clean cut way to improve 11% every elite runner in the world would have already adopted that method...

@@_MicZ_ 3:22 Look how smooth she walks, calm and collected, while the others are all struggling, their pace is very restless, they shake their upper body like crazy.

Among “the rest of the ladies” two Dutch 19 years old talented youngsters Myrte van der Schoot en Britt de Blaauw. Learning to join the world champion women’s relay TeamNL after olympics in Paris.

Not to take anything away from Miklos but 51 is not hauling

It's in French because the meet is held in FRANCE. There are no English broadcasts of this and many other meetings.

If Sydney isn’t there,she can’t beat her!

@@FCr893y34b Sure she can beat her time, which she never will.

​@@FCr893y34band if sydney is there, she can't beat her

sydney hardly ever runs, 4 races last year? and after that had to fake an injury cuz she couldnt get the doping out of her body in time...

@@joowsty Ah the old she is doping argument to make yourself feel better about her being the fastest....

It has been a while since they faced each other. It is a matchup that many of us eagerly anticipate. You seem sure of the outcome but you may be surprised. Sydney is currently and rightly considered the GOAT but Bambi should not be underestimated- she is gaining.

@davidzuk4894 You're only as good as your last race, has Sidney ever won the 400 flat and 400 hurdles in a Championship meet? No, but Femke did.

@@mstrunn has Femke ever beat Sydney head to head, NO. Has Femke ever run as fast as Sydney in the open 400 or 400 H? NO. I rest my case

Femke races within herself, She is not even trying to beat anyone. Sorry your disturbed@@davidzuk4894

Bol holds the 400m world record indoors. McLaughlin has the 400m outdoors one. You can't compare the two. They're different records for a reason. Also, Bol was up and coming and has only gotten better since the last time the competed directly. Nobody knows what McLaughlin's form is as she hasn't competed in a year.