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I think he is struggling and was faster in high school over 100m. I feel he has a shot for top 3 in the 200 more than the 100. If this Fanbullah guy gets his start down in the 200m Laird is in trouble.
Michael Bluth of BYU was the 2nd fastest qualifier in the West regionals - a very good time of 45.13.
He only ran 46.14 in the qualifying round, so a massive improvement!
Femke Bol set a new PB and National Record today in Italy - 53.44!
She is now among the elite 400m hurdlers in the world.
Another White Superstar is Soufiane El Bakkali the 3000m Steeplechaser from MOROCCO. He is already Top Ten all-time and has the fastest time this season.
At 6-4/137 he is a full foot taller than the Kenyans and Ethiopians that he competes against.
I would challenge anybody to prove he is not 100% White.
Great news about both Femke Bol and Jakob Inngebrigsten. Both living legends at such a young age. So much talent!
In other sprinting news there are some guys I've been watching for and they are still missing in action. Fillipo Tortu of Italy has only run once
all year and the Olympics is a month away. He ran twice if you want to count a 4 x 100 relay but I'm talking about the individual races. Then he is
not part of the Rome Diamond League. Jacobs is in his place. I'm guessing he is hurt but can't find news anywhere. He really needs to get a couple of
races under his belt soon to see he can run some faster times. He ran 10.18 in his only race. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Henrik Larsson has not raced at all outdoors? It's an olympic year and he is so young like Tortu. Injury? Who knows what's going on. I have such high hope
for this kid as his talent is amazing. By far the best Male Swedish Sprinter! Hope to see him out there soon but with many of these guys they will not be in
any type of shape for the olympics so I imagine most won't go unless it's for the relay squad. So sad to see.
Boling is definitely struggling a little right now. I hope today can be the breakthrough.
Laird's best indoor 200 is the 20.20 he ran barely losing to Boling (who ran 20.19), yet Laird's best outdoor 200 is 19.81 compared to Boling's 20.06. Something does not add up. It could very well be that Boling is overtrained.