Athletes competing toe to toe like this is what pushes out their best performances. Excellent competitors...brilliant race. Thank you for posting!

That's leaving everything on the track. Nothing to be ashamed of...These girls are talented athletes...

That’s a battle. My lungs are hurting just watching.

Johnson is a sophomore and Edwards is a senior. Can't wait to see Johnson's improvement over the years

LONG LEGS PREVAILED THAT DAY!! Great race. Great competition. Hella endurance by both.

Now that was a _race_ . Smart tactics by the eventual winner, though, forcing the early kick.

Love seeing athletes compete like that 🔥🔥

That girl pushed her on the back stretch for a reason. She was out of gas ⛽. Excellent strategy knowing your opponent. You could see she did not like to run from behind. Forced her to kick before final 100. Nice win

Tell you what I love about these comments - the absolute respect for these athletes, and in a day where race permeates everything, there is not a single comment I read that disparaged an athlete or even hinted at it. I think I'm in a rare place here with you people and I appreciate you. I wish everything in life could be this way.

Go gurl.., it's her arms helped her out to win the last 100meters, WOW!

A great, gritty race against the wind! Good job to them both

God bless women,s sports, please let us keep it that way.

I got exhausted just watching this.

The ARMS!! Yes girl!!!

I wonder how many fools commenting have ever ran the 800 in a race. It is a 2 lap sprint. No matter how good of shape you are in, it kicks your ass! I ran it in high school and college and always prefered the mile. I ran 4:07 in high school so I was no slouch and I tell you that race in the wind was an ass kicker

If you look at the last turn and into the home straight Johnson repeatedly steps over the white line at the edge of the infield. That's an automatic DQ.

Love the fight in both of these ladies. Great race. 👍🏾

Wow!! Can't wait to watch her in the future...😎

Did you hear that wind? Cha'el spent the early part of the race breaking the wind, which left her with one move. She opted to use it on the backstretch. She was broken on the homestretch. Live and learn...

Johnson was low key DQed on that last curve.🤔

Phew. What a race. Watch that inside line though. When I ran track, stepping inside the white line was a DQ.

Rookie mistake the last 250m but she will learn and get better!!! Still a great run. The winner definitely runs cross I wonder if Johnson does.

Cha'iel should have been disqualified for running out of her lane around last curve into the straightaway. Go back and watch the video. Multiple steps out.

This was fun and interesting to watch, the battle between these two girls but the most determined and aggressive girl won😁 CONGRATS!

Won what a race! They showed some heart!

That was a race....damn love the double passing...what a down to the wire competition!!!

What a contest! Second place set to fast of a pace on the first lap and ran out of gas. She will do good on her next event. First place, you're a monster. Way to pump your arms. I would love to see you training regime. One thing I noticed was the stride span seemed the same but 1st place, her body was more center on her stride looking at it from the side and 2nd was positioned more to the front of her stride. Less efficient in the long run. 2nd place don't beat yourself up, you might meet her again but if not she showed you a weakness you can improve upon. Glenn Beck, please no mean spirited remarks.

Top two put on a great competition

I know what it's like to have your legs say, "Nope. That's all I got. No further." Mine say that to me every Monday morning on the way to work!

Two great racers.

damn 1st and 2nd place really killed it. i think 2nd place burned her gas a tad too early

Thank You , good race

I love watching a good foot race.

Nice job Jessica! It's great to see success!

awesome race!

THEY DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF QUIT.. BRAVO

Edwards made her run! That was the KEY!!

You did ur best. That's all that matters. And we are proud of you for trying.

That was awesome, a real race.

Great race!

You win some lose some keep head up and move on . one race dont make or break anyone

We just witnessed a birth of a future rivalry!

I see you, Mocha! Great running. Head Up, Queen! Dig, Dig, Dig!

That was an awesome race

Windy AF.

When it's windy everyone's timing is thrown off.

The lactic acid furn from this race must have been brutal.

Many athletes blatantly running inside the lines on the curves, I only see track times today as a general guideline to what they could run.

You could see the exact moment she gave up ...

Awesome race

Strategy plays a bigger part in long races, when to push it and when to conserve energy is very important.

GREAT RACE!

Really good race, I loved watching it. Brings back lots of wonderful memories. Just a few comments. Ms. Johnson did step over the infield line enough to DQ, but that is or was not on purpose but should be worked on by her coach. Really good running form from both women especially in the last back stretch. Ms Johnson should have let Ms. Edwards lead the entire back stretch and drafted until the last turn then attack just before the turn saving energy. Although Ms. Johnson had the inside advantage throughout the last turn being inside, she needs to learn how to force her challenger outside through the turn better as a defence. as for the sprint to the line FORM and DISTANCE Training really count for the kick!!!! Ms. Johnson needs to do a bit more distance work, and learn how to drop her head, and PUMP her arms, like Ms. Edwards did. That was excellent form from her! This race was really exciting, and a good race from both women. Good luck to both of them going forward, they have lots of potential!!!

Reaching way down deep, to find how much you want it, all those days you didn't feel like working but did over and over day after day and needed every bit to get the WIN....

64-second first lap. 70-second final lap. They definitely overcooked their grits. The sprinter, looking to break her chasers, was herself broken when her closest competitor refused to yield... and the strongest athlete won.

all i can say is Wow!!!!!! great job

Great race

Times?

Great form through the line

She kept pumping through ✔️good race

Wow awesome race

First place form was way better and she has a killer finishing kick.

Hell of a race

Made move to early good race keep striving 💯💯⚖️💯

Exciting!

sound is diabolical!!

Duel indécis, Deux athlètes Courageuses, Magnifique 800 mètres, Félicitations, from france

Great race. The one I cheered for, won!!!

peridozation should be looked at according to your season. every 2 weeks or every 4 weeks.

How is this possible ?

Wonderful

When doing speed work you do not go over 2 sets , example 10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80 meters, full recovery. 10 meters 1 minute rest, 20 meters 2 minute rest and continue. If you do over 2 sets then you are doing a speed endurance workout.

The 2nd place runner should’ve been DQed for running inside the line on the last turn.

With about 70 meters to go she relaxed and opened her hands, which was the different! Nice race.

Time... what's the winning time?

Nice race

That wind would have knocked Joe Biden over 27 times 😆

Why'd the second place gal quit before the finish line ? Wouldn't she at least run for time ?

They will become better runners because of this experience. Tactics patience timing. The best athlete doesn’t always win.

Good race, they ground each other down. It won't surprise to see a reversal of the result next time, probably with the same margin

¿About 2:13?

Won it with heart

The girl running on the inside lane should have been DQ’d. There was a clear lane violation. How did they miss that???

pure speed training can be done 3 days a week. Mon-Wed-Fri. you need a 24-36 hour recovery.

First Lap: 63.00 Second Lap: 70.00 They def went out too hard on the first lap. You could see it in the first 200-300 that they're going too fast for an 800. Might have been able to balance it out with a 65.00, 65.00 for a 2:10. While they might not have run a technical race, you just gotta respect their pure guts approach!

I just learned today that there is a 13 year old girl in my small Canadian city that's running the 800 M in 2:10. I can't wait to follow her future!

nice kick at the end..

Why did she quit.?

That wind!

Good race...

Great race! Her only tactical mistake was taking the lead down the backstretch on the second lap into the strong headwind. Should have drafted down the backstretch and she’d have won by even more.

Why "upset"?

one who came in second acted like a jerk

Great "sportsmanship" can we even say that anymore? Shown by the girl who ran in second, not.

Que corrida.

Unless the rules havec hanged and not sure about final placing, but the runner on the inside coming to the line should have been disqualified. She ran 3 or more consecutive strides on/inside the inside line making her effort out of bounds. Great race up to that point though.

Wow Edward kuddos

Great race, good sportsmanship from the winner after the race. Johnson first taste of running against the bigger fish, knowledge will be absorbed from this race. Can't win them all.

chad's daughter seem quite the athlete

I am surprised that Johnson wasn't disqualified for running on the line for so long in the last curve!