Women 10km Zatopek 2018- Racist or incompetent pacers?

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5 years ago 12/15/2018 3:51am EST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpTw1TzuVV8

There were three pacers in this race. Out of all competitors two runners are international guest.

- Japan - Hikomi Niiya

- New Zealand - Camille Buscomb

From 6:25 onwards, Niiya started a surge and none of the pacers bothered to go with her.

Neither of the pacers- Duncan , Gregson and Tengrove NONE of them went with her

Isnt their duty to pace all runners no matter where they come from? Xenophobia much? or just unable to keep up with her?

31:26 is the Zatopek record, Niiya needed to go under 31:28 to make her national team.

She ended up with 31:32.

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5 years ago 12/15/2018 4:12am EST

re: YoungLiberal

They weren't pacing the race, just there to pace their training partners and recruit the mentally challenged and easily impressed.

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5 years ago 12/15/2018 4:43am EST

re: YoungLiberal

YoungLiberal wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpTw1TzuVV8
There were three pacers in this race. Out of all competitors two runners are international guest.
- Japan - Hikomi Niiya
- New Zealand - Camille Buscomb
From 6:25 onwards, Niiya started a surge and none of the pacers bothered to go with her.
Neither of the pacers- Duncan , Gregson and Tengrove NONE of them went with her
Isnt their duty to pace all runners no matter where they come from? Xenophobia much? or just unable to keep up with her?
31:26 is the Zatopek record, Niiya needed to go under 31:28 to make her national team.
She ended up with 31:32.
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0/10 for not knowing how pacers work

5 years ago 12/15/2018 9:52am EST

re: YoungLiberal

YoungLiberal wrote:
31:26 is the Zatopek record, Niiya needed to go under 31:28 to make her national team.
She ended up with 31:32.
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She didn't need to do that to make her national team. The announcers didn't know what they were talking about. With the changes in the Doha qualifying Japan hasn't announced how it's selecting its team but in the past it's been based on the National Championships. All she needed to do was break the 31:50 standard, which she more than did.

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