"Martinez said she considered pushing the pace but opted against it, in part because she didn’t know what time she needed to run (even though she was in the third and final heat)."Apparently the officials were not letting the athletes see the previous heats, which made it difficult to know what the prior runners had run.
kmaclam wrote:
Barkalounger wrote:Martinez didn't know the times from the other heats, plus she was hoping to get bumped in as fastest woman in her heat.
She most certainly did.