Best 10 Lebanese Athletics Performance in 400m Since 2010

23 Sep. 2016 – Some people were asking why we chose to include the best 10 performances instead of the top 10 athletes. First of all, we will later mention the top 10 athletes, but we decided to focus on the performances for few reasons.

The best performances detect which athlete has been the most consistent, they also indicate the level of adversity in one event, and they show the level of the event for the past 6 years.

On the other hand, the top 10 athletes will show the gab between an athlete and another which will be lately published after this series is  done.

The 400m is a great example of why we decided to focus on the performances. You will see the huge difference between the men’s table, which shows a great adversity while in the women’s Gretta is the only performer with the best 10 performances over the past 6 years.

For the record, in Usain Bolt’s biography book entitled “Faster than Lightining”, he mentions that before Beijing his coach asked him: “Usain, I think you should take up the 400 meters again, just like you did in high school.” Bolt’s answer explains it all: “What? The 400m? Forget that!”

He explained in the book that “for [him], that race was just plain bad news. The 400 meters meant pain, lots and lots of pain.” Indeed, the training for this event is very difficult and the runners often try to avoid running it even in the relays. That’s also one of the reasons why Nour Hadid stopped running the one lap knowing that he has the 6th best performance.

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