That run by WvN was amazing! When the clock turned 40 then 41 I thought we were going to see 42.9x. Nevertheless, WOW!
Originally Posted by Jaccobabe:
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Things that surprised me:
-Cichocka out
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Yep, very surprised. She just had nothing left. Nothing wrong with little Sofia Ennaoui's famous kick though. I'm really pleased she made the final. Doing her usual thing in these top races, 2 metres off the back of the field with 250 to go ... she must give her coach and family heart attacks every time she races!
Thought the last lap of the 2nd 1500 semi was fascinating. Dibaba, Hassan and Muir were absolutely flying between 1100 and 1400 - each of them covered it in inbetween 42.3 and 42.5 (!) ... Dibaba looked flat out, even in the last 100, but Hassan pretty much stuck with her - it seems Hassan has got some of her zip back. With my slightly biased Laura hat on I'd say that Laura took her foot off the gas a bit in the last 100 so she also looks great. Given that Dibaba couldn't really shake them both off that convincingly I'm going to flip-flop and now say that Kipyegon is the marginal favourite for gold and Laura faces an almighty scrap with Hassan & Seyaum for bronze. Whatever the case, it's an absolutely stacked event these days.