Official 2017 Worlds Monday Discussion Thread - Women's 1500 Final + More

Just pointing out that Semenya's run in lane 2 1/2 gave her 1526m or so, which equates to 1500 in 3:58.9.

I went back and re-watched the last lap. I think what I though twas the 200 mark was the steeple start. I think it was more like 29.5 - 28.4 for the final 400 for Kipyegon. Anyone else time it?

This made me LOL

Vancomycin wrote:

Never go full Webb :(

mar828 wrote:

Yeah, Sifan's move was just too strong there - knew she would pay for it later.

i agree with spencer wrote:

yeah she complained and yet caster was almost a non factor for medals. where was the "unfair" advantage? just curious

He stole the bronze from Laura Muir, and moved all the other women back a place.

Jenny's tweet two days ago. She is just...incredible: https://twitter.com/trackjenny/status/893929822929522689

Go back and reread all of the pre-race 1500m predictions on this thread. It's a good laugh

the next time someone bashes your post on a thread, just remember almost no one on Letsrun has much of an idea what they are talking about and shrug it off.

Hassan for the win?! wtf

funny guys, very funny.

. Getting boxed in probably cost Muir the race.

Not a chance today. Laura was eyeballs out and clear in the homestretch...and gaining nothing.

rojo wrote:

I was rooting for Caster to win gold. Caster timed her last lap good but ran a bad race tactically. She ran virtually the entire thing in the middle of lane 2.

If you were a woman you'd feel differently.

very bad besavior wrote:

Go back and reread all of the pre-race 1500m predictions on this thread. It's a good laugh

the next time someone bashes your post on a thread, just remember almost no one on Letsrun has much of an idea what they are talking about and shrug it off.

Hassan for the win?! wtf

funny guys, very funny.

What's funny about it?

Beeeno Cookie wrote:

I feel bad for this, but I'm glad Devon Allen didn't make the 110H final. He seems to get all the attention whenever he races, even though he isn't the favorite and doesn't win. Is it the white boy thing? The fancy metro hair? Oregon/Nike football?

I think it's the football thing - makes for an interesting angle, at least it did for awhile.

Rojo-WHY? (please answer this if you have a moment)Do you think rooting for Semenya is good for the sport of track and field? Also, Semenya isn't even from our country, dude! and we had an athlete in the raceYou are a very mysterious creature....

rojo wrote:

Jenny behavior wrote:

I think we saw such a reaction from Jenny's silver medal because she beat Caster. Shame he stole a medal from Muir, though.

I was rooting for Caster to win gold. Caster timed her last lap good but ran a bad race tactically. She ran virtually the entire thing in the middle of lane 2.

dunkieP wrote:

. Getting boxed in probably cost Muir the race.

Not a chance today. Laura was eyeballs out and clear in the homestretch...and gaining nothing.

Because she used a lot more energy than the others. Lack of drafting, stumble and slowing down having to accelerate to get back into contention.

It's equally as sad too... Both were having amazing years and made the race interesting, but paid the price.

What a race! wrote:

This made me LOL

Vancomycin wrote:

Never go full Webb :(

very bad besavior wrote:

Go back and reread all of the pre-race 1500m predictions on this thread. It's a good laugh

the next time someone bashes your post on a thread, just remember almost no one on Letsrun has much of an idea what they are talking about and shrug it off.

Hassan for the win?! wtf

funny guys, very funny.

"She’s remained a total stud over 1500 (three wins in three races, running the #1, #2, and #3 times in the world this year) while dropping big chunks off her PRs at other distances (1:58.50 to 1:56.81 at 800, 14:59.23 to 14:41.24 at 5000)."

Yeah totally dumb to predict she might win.

She purposely slowed down that second lap, and fluttered her eyes like she still thought it was a great decision.

No, it was a terrible tactic and cost her any chance of running her best.

Hassan messed up too by waiting too long.

Wonderful strong race by Kipyegon. I'm glad she won.

And please let's get that idiot Y & T man out of women's athletic events!

because nothing during qualifying rounds made her look like she could beat the rest of the field, or be a favorite.

HardLoper wrote:

very bad besavior wrote:

Go back and reread all of the pre-race 1500m predictions on this thread. It's a good laugh

the next time someone bashes your post on a thread, just remember almost no one on Letsrun has much of an idea what they are talking about and shrug it off.

Hassan for the win?! wtf

funny guys, very funny.

What's funny about it?

Only reason I was also rooting for that man to win was if Caster won double gold then maybe....maybe IAAF would wake up and do something to stop it. With a bronze in 15 and a gold in the 800, Caster will continue to lay low and do her thing as usual. Not enough people will care. But double gold would have promoted a more thorough examination from IIAF. This sucks.

More obvious doper than Mo F wrote:

Only reason I was also rooting for that man to win was if Caster won double gold then maybe....maybe IAAF would wake up and do something to stop it. With a bronze in 15 and a gold in the 800, Caster will continue to lay low and do her thing as usual. Not enough people will care. But double gold would have promoted a more thorough examination from IIAF. This sucks.

Have you not been following? IAAF implemented testosterone limits but it was taken out of their hands by the CAS.

adsfdsafasd wrote:

She’s remained a total stud over 1500 (three wins in three races, running the #1, #2, and #3 times in the world this year) while dropping big chunks off her PRs at other distances (1:58.50 to 1:56.81 at 800, 14:59.23 to 14:41.24 at 5000).