The 200 meters is my baby. To me, it's the perfect distance. It's still a true sprint, but it unravels more. You get to enjoy the race a little bit more than the 100.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.
The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.
I think we have the approach that every race is a sprint. Some races are just longer sprints than others.
I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
You do, mostly, in track, different sessions, sprinting and medium sessions in different style. You have to see that even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and you can still power the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.
You have to know this: running a 100m race is an intense experience. You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.
A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable.
It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.
Fitness has always been one of my strengths. I can do all the long-distance runs. When I was at school and we entered the competitions, I used to do the 100m, 200m, and the 1500m as well, so it's never just been a pace thing.
I love the 1,500 meters. I knew that, if I had to do it to win, I'd run under 4:05. That means I could pick up 100 points, maybe even 150 points, on anybody in the world.