World champion Marco Arop is ready to achieve another season goal this weekend joining Sarah Mitton, Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse in pursuit of becoming Canada's first Diamond League champion since 2011.
"Some things he can clean up that'll put him in the right direction for Eugene," said Woods, a former 800 runner who has guided Arop since 2019 when he became coach of the Mississippi State University track team. "He got clipped around 400 metres and I think he could have run better tactically.WATCH | Arop runs personal-best 1:43.24 at Xiamen Diamond League:DurationFreshly minted world champion Marco Arop sets a personal best time of 1:43.
Since his freshman year at MSU, Arop has had to work on his final 100 metres, trying to figure out his last kick or push. The recent world final, during which Arop was "very tactical," was one of his more intelligent races, according to Woods.— Coach Chris Woods on Canadian 800-metre runner/world champion Marco Arop
Woods noted the last four or five years of race experience and the confidence Arop has gained has led to him finding ways to win races, whether it's outkicking people in the last 100m or taking a race out fast and holding people off.
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