Re:, "kick", I understand what your saying and don't necessarily disagree with you if we're really getting down to specific terminology. True kicks are a better used term for distance races where there's a noticeable difference in running speed in the last leg of a race. But kicking is a term that we still used when I used to run the 200m. I always felt faster and more amped up running the last 100m in the straightaway than the first in the curve, i.e. my kick.
And the deceleration isn't true. In fact, if you look at a lot of split times, many run the 2nd 100m faster because it's in the straightaway as opposed to the 1st 100m all in the curve. Example below.
2009 IAAF WAC 200m - everyone ran faster splits in the 2nd 1/2 of the 200m LINK
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