Shaunae Miller-Uibo equals 300m WR with 35.45 at Millrose!

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, 2018 NYRR Millrose, February 3, 2018, photo by PhotoRun.net

Shauna Miller Uibo, 2016 Olympic champion over 400 meters, and 2017 Diamond League champion over 200 meters and 400 meters, opened the 2018 season by equalling one of the toughest indoor records for women, the 35.45 for 300 meters, set way back in 1993 by Irena Privalova! But, we have to hand it to Katharine Merry, 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, who complemented the fine Bahamian sprinter on the killer run….

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That 35.45s indoor 300m clocking by @Hey_ItsShaunae equals the best ever .. she joins Irina Privalova from 1993. Nobody come with the ‘it’s not run very often’ line .. it might not be… but that is fast… super bloody fast! ðŸ‘ðŸ»

— Katharine Merry (@KatharineMerry) February 3, 2018

Can Shauna Miller-Uibo get the indoor record for 400 meters? We shall see later in this season! But, the 300m run sure makes it more probable!

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, 2018 Millrose Games, February 3, 2018, photo by PhotoRun.net

The 300 meters is a tough event indoors. 1.5 laps of the standard indoor 200m track makes it a near all out run, from start to finish. Miller-Uibo, whose finest distance may be the 300-350 meters, looked fantastic in her race here. How fast can she do in this event?

The big question is, with this fitness, just how fast can she run the indoor 400 meters. Look at the comment from Katharine Merry again on the post-300m equaling WR run of Miller-Uibo, and what she can do over the indoor 400 meters!

Dear @Hey_ItsShaunae .. following your special run over 300m today could you please run a 400m indoors very soon to rewrite the 1982 indoor WR of 49.59s? Pretty please .. Thanks .. ðŸ˜‰ðŸ˜˜

— Katharine Merry (@KatharineMerry) February 3, 2018

First race of my 2018 season tomorrow at the Millrose Games in New York! Racing in the 300m! Doing a quick giveaway of signed adidas spikes and adidas shades! Details below ðŸ¤— ~~~~adidas GIVEAWAY~~~ The first person to guess my 300m time tomorrow or come closest to it will win a pair of signed adidas spikes and adidas shades. Rules: 1. You have to be following me 2. Tag A Friend 3. Comment a time below â¬‡ï¸ All the best ðŸ¤—ðŸ˜˜âœŒðŸ¾

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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.

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