Wariner is back and may threaten 43.19!

[white is right]

He just dropped a 43.5 and beat a world class field by a full second. He will at least run a 43.4X in Osaka...

 

[freedom1]

Olympic champion Wariner sets personal best for 400
By Oliver Grassman

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Olympic 400 metres champion Jeremy Wariner ran a personal best of 43.50 seconds at the DN Gala meeting on Tuesday to equal fellow-American Quincy Watts as the third fastest man ever.

Only his agent Michael Johnson and Butch Reynolds have run faster while Watts clocked the same time at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Wariner, who defends his world title in Osaka, Japan, this month, told reporters the race was "pretty much perfect".

"I'm happy to get a PR (personal record), and it feels great to go into the world championships half a second faster than all the rest," he said.

On a cloudless, hot day Wariner relegated compatriot Kerron Clement into second place nearly a second behind in 44.48.

"The weather was perfect. I didn't feel any wind because the stadium blocked it out, and the sun didn't bother me because I'm used to the heat," added Wariner. "If I run like this in Osaka, I can almost guarantee a 43.3 run."

Johnson set the world record of 43.18 at the 1999 Seville world championships.

The time was a second stadium record in a row for Wariner, who was awarded a one-carat diamond for his feat. Last year he clocked 44.02 seconds.

 

[white lightning]

That's my boy. Hell yeah Jeremy! I love how he just throws down the gauntlet when he is challenged. This is one sprinter who is virtually impossible to beat. He needs to be pushed more as that is what will help him to break Michael Johnsons World Record. I see it possibly happening in Osaka. The one big disadvantage is the amount of races in a short time period he will have to run will probably slow him down some. I want him to break the w.r. so bad! If Sports Illustrated doesn't put him on the cover after that, then I will never read that magazine again. Not that I read it much anyway.They are too one sided.

 

[white is right]

I noticed this too. Since he won a close final in Athens he has had no peers. This season looked different but he looks like he using the season as training cycle where he peaks for the big meets. Asafa Powell could learn a thing or two about peaking at the right time...

 

[voice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBYr-Rx_B0M

Here is the race

 

[Angelcynn]

Jeremy wins it so easily and he makes it looks so effortless. How good is Andrew Rock?

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Andrew Rock won a Silver Medal at the last World Championships (in 2005) in Helsinki, Finland. he ran a Personal Best in that race of 44.35. he was also a part of the Gold Medal-winning 4x400 Relay team.


he won the U.S. Outdoor Title in 2006.


so he's pretty good.

the interesting thing about Andrew is that he couldn't get a Division I or Division II track scholarship.

he ran Division III. and look at him now!


also, Jeremy Wariner's success and lack of exposure is blatantly Caste at its most glaring. all we hear about is Tyson Gay, and Jeremy is MUCH more dominant, and has been for years! yet you never hear about him on ESPN.

Edited by: Jimmy Chitwood

 

[Guest]

Actually, I'm starting to get discouraged about the lack of US coverage of any track and field at all, let alone Wariner and Webb.

They do not even appear to register on the radar of the pre Beijing sports media. I have seen stories about less important athletes in gymnastics and other minor sports, but almost no stories about Wariner, Gay, Carter, Webb, or any jumpers or throwers.

 

[albinosprint]

lets face it, US track & field tv coverage blows. these days i get more enjoyment reading about the race in t&f news then i get from the limited amount of tv time. its a shame. i'm getting all worked up over the champs and i know the tv covrage will just let me down.

 

[Colonel Callan]

For coverage, you have to get outside the US media. The sport isn't on the
radar as the folks in charge are concentrating on the big "team" sports to
advance their agendas. Here's a story on the recently bulked up LaShawn
Merritt who says he can unseat Wariner as the World Champ in the 400. If
his, eh, "regimen" goes the right way, maybe he can. I have little doubt that
most of the media folks would like to see Wariner trounced. A black sprinter
who has had four straight seasons of dominance like Wariner would no
doubt fare better with the press. The article on Merritt is filled with some
unintentional comedy - a la TNB (let's not get touchy) - for those whose
radar picks up such things:
http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsid=40289.html#merr itt+read
y+territory+osaka

 

[freedom1]

Uh yess suh, a looky here, dis a jus ain't a right dat dis here a skinny white boy be beaten all da bruthas!

 

[Angelcynn]

I think thats absolutly terrible that Jeremy gets a lack of coverage from the US media, but then again I'm really not all that suprised. Like you say Jimmy, Jeremy is the most dominant track athlete at the moment.

 

[white lightning]

Here is an interview and Wariner says that the record will be going down very soon! His times in practice have been eye popping. He is ready and I belive he will to it in Osaka.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,,2152854,00.ht ml

 

[highschoolcoach]

Has there ever been a feature article about Jeremy Wariner in Sports Illustrated? I'm still pissed off that in it's article about the World Championships the picture of the 4 x 400m. relay was Angelo Taylor handing off to LeShawn Merritt. . . and Wariner ran a 43.1 split!

Good article from IAAF website:

Wariner set for Return in Berlin - IAAF Golden League
Thursday 13 September 2007
Berlin, Germany - Four of the men who chased Jeremy Wariner in Osaka will give it another try when the two-time World champion returns to the track at the DKB-ISTAF Meeting in Berlin, the final leg of the six-meeting IAAF Golden League Series on Sunday (16)

Wariner, still just 23, moved up to take sole control of the No. 3 position on the all-time World list with his brilliant 43.45 dash in Osaka late last month. In the process he dominated the field, winning by more than half a second. At Berlin's Olympic stadium, the Texan will once again face most of the current crop of leading challengers.



Jeremy Wariner (USA) comes home in Berlin
(Bongarts / Getty Images)


Leading the chase is Wariner's compatriot Angelo Taylor, the Osaka bronze medallist; Frenchman Leslie Djhone, fifth in Osaka; Canadian record holder Tyler Christopher, sixth in Osaka; and Swede Johan Wissman, whose dramatic improvement in the event saw him land in sub-45 territory for the first time at the World Championships. The field also includes Wariner's training partner, Darold Williamson, who ran the third leg on the victorious American 4x400m Relay.

On paper, the nearest threat is Taylor, also the 2000 Olympic gold medallist in the 400m Hurdles, who has clocked 44.05 this season.

But the focus will of course be on Wariner, also the Olympic champion, who continues to chase only his mentor and manager Michael Johnson. Last year in Berlin, Wariner capped a perfect six-for-six Golden League campaign to share a chunk of the $1 million Golden League Jackpot, the sport's biggest prize.

In Osaka, Wariner was the personification of quiet confidence on the track and off the track afterwards.

"I knew I would run a fast time," he said. "I PRd, I surpassed as the lone third person in the world, now I am just looking forward to running faster. All the goals I have for myself - to break the World record, to be the first to go sub 43, and to stay undefeated as much as possible."

Discounting his race at Sheffield in mid-July, where he didn't move the from the blocks after the sound of the gun, Wariner has remained unbeaten in seven competitions this season, with an impressive streak of fast performances that spans the entire season. In early May, he clocked 44.02 at Nagai Stadium at the Osaka Grand Prix, and as a prelude to the World Championships, clocked a sterling 43.50 in Stockholm, a career best that would last for a mere 26 days.

Wariner has never promised an all-out assault on Johnson's 43.18 World record prior to any competition, deciding to heed the advice Johnson has given him instead.

"[Johnson] knows it's going to be broken one day, and he hopes it's me that breaks it. He gives me tips and advice and encourages me to go out and race at every meet as if I'm going for the World record. Not to just pick one meet."

And given the training and preparation he receives from coach Clyde Hart, who also guided Johnson through his career, a quick performance could be in the offing in the German capital on Sunday.

"He doesn't train us to peak for just one meet," he said. "We train so we can run well and fast all season long."

Bob Ramsak for the IAAF

 

[Guest]

Has there ever been a feature article about Jeremy Wariner in Sports Illustrated?

I know I'm a broken record, but it's just not worth getting upset about anymore. Their agenda is evident.

 

[Don Wassall]

SI did aWe Are The World pieceon Wariner in '04:


[url]http://www.castefootball.us/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=168&am p;PN=13[/url]

 

[yanling]

If he breaks the WR you can bet that the media will imply that he somehow cheated.

The fact that he is white alone will be enough to convince both ignorant whites and blacks that his achievements are illegitimate.

 

[highschoolcoach]

Has there ever been a feature article about Jeremy Wariner in Sports Illustrated?

I know I'm a broken record, but it's just not worth getting upset about anymore. Their agenda is evident.

I can easily understand that the general public, and even general managers and coaches, would be foolish enough to stereotype and overgeneralize and fall into the blacks-are-always-best mindset. But, it seems hard to believe that a major magazine would have a policy of ignoring or downplaying the achievements of a dominant athlete, and an American one at that, because he is white. But, Jeremy Wariner is a dominant, all but unbeatable, white American athlete who gets little media mention. What's the deal? Is this really some sort of official or unofficial policy? It seems incredible, but it has gotten to where I'll consider something like that as a possibility.

 

[Riddlewire]

Has there ever been a feature article about Jeremy Wariner in Sports Illustrated?

I know I'm a broken record, but it's just not worth getting upset about anymore. Their agenda is evident.

I can easily understand that the general public, and even general managers and coaches, would be foolish enough to stereotype and overgeneralize and fall into the blacks-are-always-best mindset. But, it seems hard to believe that a major magazine would have a policy of ignoring or downplaying the achievements of a dominant athlete, and an American one at that, because he is white. But, Jeremy Wariner is a dominant, all but unbeatable, white American athlete who gets little media mention. What's the deal? Is this really some sort of official or unofficial policy? It seems incredible, but it has gotten to where I'll consider something like that as a possibility.

Uh, what country do you live in?
Our entire nation has 'official policies' that downplay the acheivement of Whites. It's called Affirmative Action. Over time, those poisoned ideas seeped into other aspects of our society. It's not enough to make sure that hiring practices favor minorities. Positive media coverage must favor them, too. This is all part of the liberal mindset that's prevalent in all media. They really do believe that they are good people for helping out the poor oppressed ones. The problem is, they never recognized a natural limit to their efforts. They have no way to determine when it's ok to stop the policy. So it continues unabated. And grows. And nobody can complain because that would be racist. Immigration is the same way. Do we really need 10 million more mexicans per year? Hell no. We've got enough. Immigration from mexico should be ended permanently. If we want more immigrants, we should encourage immigration from other nations, and make it easier for them to become citizens. In my opinion, we don't have nearly enough Australians and Finns in the United States.
The point is, media silence on White sports stars IS an internal policy because the people who work in the media (overwhelmingly leftist liberals) honestly believe that it's the right thing to do. But it's a runaway train. They don't know how to promote whites without feeling like they're being 'racist'.

 

[yanling]

This is off topic, but I really can't stand it when I see those commercials for "The United Negro College Fund" and there's this voice-over narration telling us that blacks are responsible for "countless" scientific advances and inventions including the lawnmower and important components to the lunar lander.

It sort of implies that blacks have invented all sorts of important things that they never get credit for because whites stole the credit from them.

 

[Guest]

But, it seems hard to believe that a major magazine would have a policy of ignoring or downplaying the achievements of a dominant athlete, and an American one at that, because he is white.

I don't know why that is hard to believe anymore.

Also, I think you have this backwards somewhat. High level coaches and managers are less likely to be blindly influenced by stereotypes. It is mainly football that has fallen to blind stereotypes, which is what castefootball.us is all about. People will disagree with me, but I don't think there is a caste system in other sports at the highest level. There is some discrimination in the lower levels, but nothing at all like a system where races are locked into positions.

Rather than coaches and managers, it is fans who have never played sports, well american fans anyway, who have permanently fallen into thinking that only blacks can even play sports at all. I don't worry about what the average non-sport playing american thinks anymore though. I don't think their perceptions can ever be changed, and I also don't think it's important to bother trying. They're morons, and that's all that needs to be said.

The important thing is that athletic white kids continue to try hard at sports that they want to play, and ignore the low level coaches and moron non-sports playing fans who tell them constantly that they can't play.

 

[highschoolcoach]

ehhh... wariner gets his due. i dont know where you guys are gettingthis conspiracy thing from. newscasters hype up all the good american runners, not just the black ones.

If one is a big track & field fan, there is plenty about Wariner in Track & field News and on the IAAF website, but what about SI, Sporting News, ESPN, etc.? Specifically, I posted because SI had an article about the the World Championships and he was not even mentioned. There was a little about the 4 x 400m. relay team consisting of a photo of Angelo Taylor handing off to LeShawn Merritt. Neither is nearly as good as Wariner, who is reigning Olympic and world champion and 3rd fastest ever, and, in addition, Wariner ran a 43.1 split, much faster than either Taylor or Merritt. So why wasn't he even mentioned and why wan't his picture used?

To be fair, many other U.S. athletes were not mentioned either, including black shotputter Reese Hoffa who was also world champion, but the 400m. was in the article, but not Wariner, who was undisputably the best. If there was some sort of conspiracy, Hoffa should have gotten a major write up, especially since he is a black man excelling in a "white" event, but did not.

I think that SI does a poor job of covering track & field, in general, but they did a pretty good job of writing about Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix, but not Wariner. But, all that he did was win the 400m. with the 5th fastest time ever and run a 43.1 split on the 4 x 400m. relay. That's 2 gold medals and no mention.

 

[albinosprint]

hoffa is only half black. for SI you have to be 100%

 

[ToughJ.Riggins]

But, it seems hard to believe that a major magazine would have a policy of ignoring or downplaying the achievements of a dominant athlete, and an American one at that, because he is white.

I don't know why that is hard to believe anymore.

Also, I think you have this backwards somewhat. High level coaches and managers are less likely to be blindly influenced by stereotypes. It is mainly football that has fallen to blind stereotypes, which is what castefootball.us is all about. People will disagree with me, but I don't think there is a caste system in other sports at the highest level. There is some discrimination in the lower levels, but nothing at all like a system where races are locked into positions.

Rather than coaches and managers, it is fans who have never played sports, well american fans anyway, who have permanently fallen into thinking that only blacks can even play sports at all. I don't worry about what the average non-sport playing american thinks anymore though. I don't think their perceptions can ever be changed, and I also don't think it's important to bother trying. They're morons, and that's all that needs to be said.

The important thing is that athletic white kids continue to try hard at sports that they want to play, and ignore the low level coaches and moron non-sports playing fans who tell them constantly that they can't play.

There is certainly a caste-system in basketball also, although not as strong as football IMO. There is less positional slotting I agree. However, you could say SG is less white friendly of a position. There are virtually no white SGs ranked by scout and rivals and it is only marginally better at other positions. White European countries, with much smaller populations, have been beating the black U.S, which proves there should be more whites in the NBA.

Personally, I believe that the international game favors whites more than the NBA b/c the key is wider and whites are better outside shooters. Also, the NBA never calls offensive fouls and lets the black stars get too many freebies at the line. For instance Utah got robbed by bad calls in game 4. The refs seemed to send Tony Parker to the line "every single time" he attacked the rim, even though he only sometimes deserved it.

My current opinion is that the U.S is going to win a close one at these Olympics now that Lebron and Wade have stepped up. Both of these guys are team players with a lot of finesse to their games and that is important in international play. I will be rooting for the smaller Euro Countries though b/c of the caste-system. There are lots of good whites, some who have made the all star game, but few white Americans. This is the fault of America's biased sports system.

Overall (only counting whites and blacks) I think the NBA should be about: 65% white and 35% black about the same as the HB position should be in the NFL IMO, check the racial demographics post.

 

[Poacher]

Wariner to race today. With the time differential it may have already happened but I don't think so.

Wariner wins in 44.05. No one else even close. Second place was a 45.10.

According to his site he is scheduled to race again on the 19th (Poland) and on the 28th (China).Edited by: Poacher