Live updates from the World Athletics Championships finals: Tejaswin Shankar discusses the 4x400m race
Well, why look anywhere when someone who has been there and done it gives us feedback? “The 400 is not a blind sprint, but a very strategic race. Strategies are useless if you can’t keep up with the fastest guys. So our guys’ fitness was number 1 for me. Number 2 intention Anas bhai ran a solid first leg by not allowing GB to reel to a close while compensating for Spain,” Tejaswin said in the first of a series of tweets.
“Amoj in 2 took the baton and took off alongside the Spaniard. The second runner has the privilege of going off the rails and catching the inside line, which Amoj beat the Spaniard to make it difficult for him to overtake Amoj from the outside. Very crucial.”
“A clean switch to Ajmal in 2 ensured we had the best place possible. Ajmal bhai is the best in India in terms of fitness today. Anyone can run a smooth first corner and come back straight but still maintain solid form in the second turn and the home stretch. It separated him from the rest.”
“A clean change alongside the American in the final stretch, but hats off to Rajesh. Perfect display of INTENT separating the runners from the winners. Going straight back into the final turn is usually the best place to start an early charge. Where fatigue begins to take its toll on……”
“Absolutely perfectly executed attempt. Very excited for the final! If there is a chance, it is this year. Our boys are fit and hungry…”