Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya travelled thousands of miles because she desperately did not want to run 400 metres.
Few athletes who excel at the shorter sprints can add the speed endurance necessary to be competitive over 400m, widely regarded as one of the most demanding of all distances. To do it without any preparation would be extraordinarily tough.
"You can also classify short sprinters who run the 200m and longer sprinters that can run the 100m but can also win the 200m." "She had a realistic shot at making the semi-final," McMillan told Reuters in an email. "If they had asked her to be part of the relay weeks in advance, then maybe she could adjust her programming to fit it in. But if they asked her the day before or the day of, then that's not acceptable - and not fair."John Regis was predominantly a 200m runner who won multiple Olympic and world championship medals for Britain at both 4x100m and 4x400m.
Usain Bolt was often touted as potentially well suited for the 400m, but the Jamaican always dismissed the suggestion by saying the one lap event was just too painful.
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