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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4003010, member: 6927"] The schedule for the women's sprint events in Tokyo effectively precludes the 200/400 double. Weird that it shook out that way. The holders of the #1 and #3 fastest 400m times in the world this year are a pair of Namibian 18-year-olds (Mboma and Masilingi) who have now both been ruled ineligible due to "natural high testosterone levels": [URL='https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31749541/namibia-female-runners-banned-olympic-400-meters-high-testosterone-levels']Testosterone levels keep Namibia duo from 400M[/URL] The 2nd and 4th fastest times are held by Miller-Uibo and Athing Mu, who will instead be running the 200 and 800 respectively. So yeah that opens up the field quite a bit. Stephanie Ann McPherson from Jamaica might be considered the slight favorite, but all 3 qualifiers from both the US and Jamaica have to be considered strong medal contenders. There's also a strong Dominican runner (Marileidy Paulino) who I believe has decided to run the 400 in Tokyo (she qualified in both the 200 and 400). [/QUOTE]