Kimberly Duncan Women's 200M Champ

She is just awesome!!!!

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Kimberly Duncan Women's 200M Champ

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Kimberlyn

Thanks for the video and congrats Duncan! That kick down the stretch was amazing.

I played hs football, baseball and ran track (100m, 200m and relays) and to this day, the biggest sports rush I ever felt was running someone down in the 200m on the kick.

The "kick" was an illusion created by the fact that Duncan decelerated less than Felix in the homestretch. In distance races, it's common for runners to kick (speed up) on the bell lap, but in the sprints (100, 200 and 400), everyone decelerates in the second half of the race.

Re:, "kick", I understand what your saying and don't necessarily disagree with you if we're really getting down to specific terminology. True kicks are a better used term for distance races where there's a noticeable difference in running speed in the last leg of a race. But kicking is a term that we still used when I used to run the 200m. I always felt faster and more amped up running the last 100m in the straightaway than the first in the curve, i.e. my kick.

And the deceleration isn't true. In fact, if you look at a lot of split times, many run the 2nd 100m faster because it's in the straightaway as opposed to the 1st 100m all in the curve. Example below.

2009 IAAF WAC 200m - everyone ran faster splits in the 2nd 1/2 of the 200m

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Good point. You are correct as I didn't account for that. I so apologize for using the term "kick" inadequately enough that you felt the need to "correct" it. I'll try to do better next time, k?

I thought Allyson Felix's front teeth crossed before Duncan. Guess not.

Congrats.