Want to still take a crack at the 400m world record:Miller-Uibo
Bahamian sprinter Shaunae Miller-Uibo, currently visiting India, has expressed her intention to pursue the 400m world record. Despite being a mother of two, she remains focused on training for the 2027 World Championships and the 2028 LA Olympics.
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Want to still take a crack at the 400m world record:Miller-Uibo left Shaunae Miller-Uibo Special Arrangement Special Arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/sport/7qs2k6/article71589373.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/TH16MILLER.jpg NEW DELHI: The mention of Shaunae Miller-Uibo elicits memories of her famous dive across the finish line to win gold in the women’s 400m at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It helped the Bahamian track and field sprinter, who specialises in the 200m and 400m, pip Allyson Felix by 0.07 seconds for the yellow metal. A decade has passed, but Miller-Uibo, who is in India for the first time in her capacity as an international ambassador for Sunday’s Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, remembers the moment vividly. “I remember that when I had covered the first 100m, I felt very great. But with 50m to go, I did not have anything left to give. I heard everyone’s footsteps around me.
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