Wariner blitzes field for 400-meter gold

American Jeremy Wariner retained his world 400-meter title in dazzling style to lead an American sweep of the medals on Friday. The 23-year-old Texan powered off the final bend to clock 43.45 seconds despite a swirling wind in Osaka. LaShawn Merritt took silver in 43.96 with Angelo Taylor completing an all-American podium with a time of 44.32. (WCSN, WCSN.com)

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[ThatGuyZay]

beautiful effortless stride , no dip at the finish . . so closed stride , dip at the finish , i see the world record .. just saying , i think he'll break the WR in London this year , hands down . .

[lorensheets]

@schulty007 Jeremy Wariner ran almost 46 flat his senior year in high school, winning the Texas state championship and I believe he set the Texas State record. The National High School record is a high 45. Jeremy then ran low 45's his freshman year of college at Baylor at 19 years old, and he then went on to with the 2004 Olympic Gold with a 44.00 right after his sophomore year in college at 20 years old.

[theone1087]

@MileHighCrusin303 No the 800m is by far the most grueling race on the track. I've ran the 400m and the 1600m and the 800m requires you to run nearly both laps at a 400m pace, that's hell. At least with the 1600m, you can pace yourself.

[ajaykeer23939]

I Like His glass

[hazmatone1]

@MileHighCrusin303 They was for me in college...we ran them for basketball conditioning. The first 2 were not bad to have to be under 60...those last 4 were brutal.

[lucasboden]

@ThatGuyZay - Unless he has a breakthrough year, no possible way that JW breaks WR. This performance was over 4 years ago and there is no indication from last couple years that he is able to match 2007.

[daggerz123]

@lorensheets The National High School record is actually 44.69 held by Darrell Robinson from Washington in 1982. The Texas 400 record is held by Marlon Ramsey at 45.36 set in 1994. Please check your facts before posting.

[Constance2000]

@MrDoug239 It's easy. I finished Hamburg Marathon 2009 wearing the same Adidas sunglasses as JW in this clip. It's very relaxing for your eyes. :-)

[gunzt3rkenfu92]

Holy fuck, he's WHITE!



[amytangtyg]

the white guy won..

[amytangtyg]

the river:0

[mosihasteen]

@schulty007 Not true, in New York in 1979 I was on the HS track team as a sophomore when a freshman aged 14 blistered most of the varsity with a 52.3 quarter mile (it was 440 yards then) no lie! This was before he even had any experience under his belt and hadn't trained much past the X-country season. He was the most promising young runner in Brooklyn at that time, but didn't take his talent too seriously and quit the team and started smoking, etc. Yea, Wariner could have run a sub fifty in HS.