Alan Webb should run the 800 in Beijing

[Guest]

He is the fastest american in 10 years, is fast enough to final, and the events schedule works.

aug 15 1500 prelim
aug 16 rest
aug 17 1500 semi
aug 18 rest
aug 19 1500 final
aug 20 800 prelim
aug 21 800 semi
aug 22 rest
aug 23 800 final

 

[GiovaniMarcon]

... but is he as clutch as Yuri Borzakovsky, the reighning 800 Olympic champion?

Either way, it's two white guys to root for in the 800.

 

[Guest]

He's not running the 800. Too bad. He could make the final in Beijing.

Looks like yet another Olympic games where the Americans will do nothing in the 800.