In this episode, British 400-meter hurdle champ Jess Turner recap her exciting hurdling adventure from your young days in England to securing her Olympic spot to Tokyo. First, we talk her early running adventures. For Jess, her sister played a major role in starting her running career. Jess wanted to follow her sister in every event she tried. Jess remembers running a national qualifying time for English schools, which is a major event for young athletes in England. Jess remembers how her coach knew the 400-meter hurdles would be her event. Originally, Jess wanted to be a heptathlete, but she could not throw the shot put or javelin. Through being a heptathlete Jess learned hurdling, running, and sprinting techniques to develop her into a 400-meter star. Jess then discusses the workouts to become a great 400-meter hurdle athlete. We both agree that training is much harder than running in an actual race. In 2017, Jess won a silver medal at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships. Jess vividly remembers the final running blind in lane nine actually helped her run a fast time. Now, Jess loves lane nine. In 2019, Jess made her first IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha for the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400-meter relay for Great Britain. She reached the semi-finals in the 400-meter hurdles, and GBR finished fourth in the 4x400-meter relay. Heading to the British Olympic Trials, Jess ran a 54:77 in Belgium and 54:79 in Florence, Italy. Then, we recap Jessica's memorable race at the British Olympic Trials in Manchester, where her 54:83 in the 400-meter hurdles final won her the race and a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. Jess was relieved to finish the race and book her spot in the Olympics. With fast times happening by several runners in the 400-meter hurdles, we look into the speed of this event. We recap Sydney McLaughin setting the women's world record of 51:90 at the US Olympic Trials. Last night, Norway's Karsten Warholm broke Kevin Young's world record at 46.70 while Holland's young star, Lemke Bol, set her country's national record at 53:33 during the Oslo Diamond League.
In this episode, British 400-meter hurdle champ Jess Turner recap her exciting hurdling adventure from your young days in England to securing her Olympic spot to Tokyo. First, we talk her early running adventures. For Jess, her sister played a major role in starting her running career. Jess wanted to follow her sister in every event she tried. Jess remembers running a national qualifying time for English schools, which is a major event for young athletes in England. Jess remembers how her coach knew the 400-meter hurdles would be her event. Originally, Jess wanted to be a heptathlete, but she could not throw the shot put or javelin. Through being a heptathlete Jess learned hurdling, running, and sprinting techniques to develop her into a 400-meter star. Jess then discusses the workouts to become a great 400-meter hurdle athlete. We both agree that training is much harder than running in an actual race. In 2017, Jess won a silver medal at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships. Jess vividly remembers the final running blind in lane nine actually helped her run a fast time. Now, Jess loves lane nine. In 2019, Jess made her first IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha for the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400-meter relay for Great Britain. She reached the semi-finals in the 400-meter hurdles, and GBR finished fourth in the 4x400-meter relay. Heading to the British Olympic Trials, Jess ran a 54:77 in Belgium and 54:79 in Florence, Italy. Then, we recap Jessica's memorable race at the British Olympic Trials in Manchester, where her 54:83 in the 400-meter hurdles final won her the race and a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. Jess was relieved to finish the race and book her spot in the Olympics. With fast times happening by several runners in the 400-meter hurdles, we look into the speed of this event. We recap Sydney McLaughin setting the women's world record of 51:90 at the US Olympic Trials. Last night, Norway's Karsten Warholm broke Kevin Young's world record at 46.70 while Holland's young star, Lemke Bol, set her country's national record at 53:33 during the Oslo Diamond League. Lately, several track and field stars including reigning 400-meter world champ Salwa Eid Naser and US 100-meter champ Sha'Carri Richardson have been suspended from the Tokyo Olympics. We look into what could be done to prevent more athletes from testing positive for PEDs or marijuana. We then look into how both 400-meter hurdle races will play in Tokyo. With two world records and numerous personal bests and national records occurring, we both believe both world records could fall in Tokyo.