The Shoe Addicts present: Women's 400 meter Presser, London2017 WC Presser

The women’s 400 meters was one of the most surprising events of the London 2017 World Champs. With 50 meters to go, Shaunae Miller-Uibo was leading, and then, she looked up to the big screen, and then, hit her foot on the track, and then, her race fell apart. Phyllis Francis ran the race of her life, with a PB of 49.92. Salwa Eid Nassar, of Bahrain, who was running fantastically through the rounds, took silver in an NR of 50.06. Allyson Felix took her fifteenth medal in World Championships, in 50.08.

The presser was interesting, full things said and not said. Phyllis Francis ran a gutty race, as did Nassar. Kudos to Allyson Felix who got out of the race as much as she could have, in cold and wet conditions.

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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