LRC note. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including us, and we feel the OP is simply wrong. Keely was extremely complimentary of Werro in this interview right after the race. Watch it for yourself.
that was a loverley totally humble interview by Keely. You have taken two remarks completely out of context.
she had an amazing 400m a few days ago, she admits she had been concentrating on 400m (playing is probably a better word), and this was her first 800m. she just wanted a hard one in her legs, she played the race superbly but Werro surprised everyone.
this could be an amzing season. werro looked so fresh at the end and keely looked pained. but first and second will do that to you.
That's not how K came across in the interviews I've seen. Werro did run a 2 sec PB and Keely expected her to fall away like she had in the indoor WR attempt. More surprised than arrogant IMHO.
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"I won't let that happen AGAIN". is very arrogant. Not likely but say their next race Aubrey runs 1:54.20 or faster which is faster than Keely's pb, how will she stop Aubrey?
Keely may have been in shock but her choice of words clearly indicated she doesn't think Aubrey should've beaten her today or will beat her AGAIN this year.
You are reading something that is not there. She was complimentary. What do u want her to say? She is a professional and she wants to win. Give her a break
First of all, and I've said this many times about Jakob - we watch these athletes and their levels of performance and somehow correlate their advanced physical abilities with everything in life - including the poise, maturity etc when it comes to giving comments to the media etc. She's 24 years old. Twenty four. Some of us need to take a figurative time machine back to when we were 24 before being so quick to cast judgement.
All this being said, I don't think there is any malice at all in these comments. If you really wanted to nitpick a few select comments and pull them out of context to drive an agenda/narrative you could - but how fair is that. In this interview she comes across as a combination of shell-shocked and "trying to hold it together" diplomacy - and isn't that understandable?
She's just come off the best indoor season any female 800m runner has ever had, and this was going to be her season going after the WR as the preeminent womens 800m on the planet. This doesn't mean she doesn't have respect for her opponents but she has justification to believe in herself and especially yesterday, to believe that if she ran up to her best she could in the very least win the race as she went up against a woman with a PR well below hers, and who only a few months earlier she had convincingly beaten at the world indoor championships.
When she passed Werro with about 250m I don't think in her wildest dreams she thought she would continue to feel her presence around that final bend and certainly never thought that as she entered the straight, running the fastest race of her life that she would be passed "back" by the same athlete. And in the split second Werro crossed that line, broke the mythical barrier of 1.54.0 that hasn't been broken in 40+ years with the last time being the WR, it had to have been inwardly galling as for all of the last 2+ years the one name mentioned as the major protagonist in either getting to 1.53.x or the WR has been her, and now it isn't.
The last place she wanted to be was giving that interview and even though she put up a brave and noble face - one of motivation and fortification of her resolve, this was and will be a bitter sweet pill to swallow and it won't be easy for her.
So give it a break, her interview and comments were absolutely fine and to be expected under the circumstances. Ultimate armchair QB'ing on this one and totally unnecessary.
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First of all, and I've said this many times about Jakob - we watch these athletes and their levels of performance and somehow correlate their advanced physical abilities with everything in life - including the poise, maturity etc when it comes to giving comments to the media etc. She's 24 years old. Twenty four. Some of us need to take a figurative time machine back to when we were 24 before being so quick to cast judgement.
All this being said, I don't think there is any malice at all in these comments. If you really wanted to nitpick a few select comments and pull them out of context to drive an agenda/narrative you could - but how fair is that. In this interview she comes across as a combination of shell-shocked and "trying to hold it together" diplomacy - and isn't that understandable?
She's just come off the best indoor season any female 800m runner has ever had, and this was going to be her season going after the WR as the preeminent womens 800m on the planet. This doesn't mean she doesn't have respect for her opponents but she has justification to believe in herself and especially yesterday, to believe that if she ran up to her best she could in the very least win the race as she went up against a woman with a PR well below hers, and who only a few months earlier she had convincingly beaten at the world indoor championships.
When she passed Werro with about 250m I don't think in her wildest dreams she thought she would continue to feel her presence around that final bend and certainly never thought that as she entered the straight, running the fastest race of her life that she would be passed "back" by the same athlete. And in the split second Werro crossed that line, broke the mythical barrier of 1.54.0 that hasn't been broken in 40+ years with the last time being the WR, it had to have been inwardly galling as for all of the last 2+ years the one name mentioned as the major protagonist in either getting to 1.53.x or the WR has been her, and now it isn't.
The last place she wanted to be was giving that interview and even though she put up a brave and noble face - one of motivation and fortification of her resolve, this was and will be a bitter sweet pill to swallow and it won't be easy for her.
So give it a break, her interview and comments were absolutely fine and to be expected under the circumstances. Ultimate armchair QB'ing on this one and totally unnecessary.
Well said, Keely definitely has respect as she even liked Werro's post about the race. If there was a season for some to get the record this is a perfect setup now. Having 2 athletes with the potential to get it and fight for it is going to make that much more likely to go down. Excited to see how fast both of them go this year!
You said Keely made a negative statement by saying, "I won't let that happen again." That is not what Keely actually said in the video and you're taking her way out of context.
What Keely actually said is this if you watch her post race interview:
"Yeah, honestly, all massive respect to her. That was a great race, and it will motivate me more in training to come back and make sure that doesn't happen again."
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Keely is a fiery competitor to be sure, but she is far from arrogant and has worked extremely hard to get where she is, always honoring and respecting her rivals from Mu to Werro etc. Quit twisting her words and making up stuff she didn't really say without discussing the whole context of her interview.
I certainly thought Keely would win the Stockholm DO 800m and apparently so did she but now I'm glad she didn't win. During her post run interview she was so dismissive of Aubrey Werro and only gave one positive note at the end.
Her negative statements:
1.) "I won't let that happen again".
Really Keel if someone runs faster than you're capable, how are you going to stop them❓
2.) "I let her go and figured Aubrey normally runs out of steam."
So she was never to learn from her past races and improve her performances.
I'm STILL NOT hating on Keely but I did dislike those two statements. I hope both of them improve on their personal best again this year.
LRC note. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including us, and we feel the OP is simply wrong. Keely was extremely complimentary of Werro in this interview right after the race. Watch it for yourself.
I certainly thought Keely would win the Stockholm DO 800m and apparently so did she but now I'm glad she didn't win. During her post run interview she was so dismissive of Aubrey Werro and only gave one positive note at the end.
Her negative statements:
1.) "I won't let that happen again".
Really Keel if someone runs faster than you're capable, how are you going to stop them❓
2.) "I let her go and figured Aubrey normally runs out of steam."
So she was never to learn from her past races and improve her performances.
I'm STILL NOT hating on Keely but I did dislike those two statements. I hope both of them improve on their personal best again this year.
LRC note. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including us, and we feel the OP is simply wrong. Keely was extremely complimentary of Werro in this interview right after the race. Watch it for yourself.
Opinion or distortion of the truth? Everybody is entitled to disinform? Here is a little secret about athletics. Everybody is at different parts of their training cycle and preparation. Keely was focusing on the 400. And it makes sense to fall apart at the end of the race. She still ran a PB. I'm excited there is now competition. I hope you clutch your pearls as tightly when Lyles puts his foot in his mouth or disparages his competitors or tries to intimidate teenagers. I'm sure that is great banter and good for the sport.
That's not how K came across in the interviews I've seen. Werro did run a 2 sec PB and Keely expected her to fall away like she had in the indoor WR attempt. More surprised than arrogant IMHO.
Ya, a 2 second 800 pr at that level is unheard of. In every race Keely has ever run, including against these opponents, nothing like that has ever happened. I'm not sure anything like this has even happened in the history of t&f at a pro level.
Ya, a 2 second 800 pr at that level is unheard of. In every race Keely has ever run, including against these opponents, nothing like that has ever happened. I'm not sure anything like this has even happened in the history of t&f at a pro level.
Hurta-Klecker had only ever broken 1:58 twice in her life prior to Worlds last year. She hadn't broken 1:58.43 since September 2024.
I certainly thought Keely would win the Stockholm DO 800m and apparently so did she but now I'm glad she didn't win. During her post run interview she was so dismissive of Aubrey Werro and only gave one positive note at the end.
Her negative statements:
1.) "I won't let that happen again".
Really Keel if someone runs faster than you're capable, how are you going to stop them❓
2.) "I let her go and figured Aubrey normally runs out of steam."
So she was never to learn from her past races and improve her performances.
I'm STILL NOT hating on Keely but I did dislike those two statements. I hope both of them improve on their personal best again this year.
LRC note. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including us, and we feel the OP is simply wrong. Keely was extremely complimentary of Werro in this interview right after the race. Watch it for yourself.
"I won't let that happen AGAIN". is very arrogant. Not likely but say their next race Aubrey runs 1:54.20 or faster which is faster than Keely's pb, how will she stop Aubrey?
You are taking these words too literally.
She is saying she won't underestimate Werro and give her a gap like that in the future. (Now that Wero has shown she can run 1.5 seconds faster than previously.) It is actually a statement of respect.
"I won't let that happen again" is not the same as "I will never lose again."
If a goalkeeper is caught way out of position and is scored on, he might well say "I didn't expect the striker's speed; I won't let that happen again." That is not the same as saying "I will never be scored on again."
Ya, a 2 second 800 pr at that level is unheard of. In every race Keely has ever run, including against these opponents, nothing like that has ever happened. I'm not sure anything like this has even happened in the history of t&f at a pro level.
Hurta-Klecker had only ever broken 1:58 twice in her life prior to Worlds last year. She hadn't broken 1:58.43 since September 2024.
10 August 2022 - 1:57.85
8 September 2024 - 1:57.53
19 September 2025 (World Semi) - 1:57.62
21 September 2025 (World Final) - 1:55.89
Hull and Hurta-Klecker have had far more unusual progressions than Werro, who is 22.
Hurta-Klecker improved by 1.64 seconds in one season in the 800, at 27.
Hull improved by 6.36 seconds in the 1500 in one season in the 1500, at 28.
Werro? She just beat her 21 year-old PB by 1.93s in the 800, at 22 years of age. Not really unusual.
Odd post by Kvothe -- usually a knowledgeable poster but this comment on Werro comes across as someone who doesn't follow track and field very closely.
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I certainly thought Keely would win the Stockholm DO 800m and apparently so did she but now I'm glad she didn't win. During her post run interview she was so dismissive of Aubrey Werro and only gave one positive note at the end.
Her negative statements:
1.) "I won't let that happen again".
Really Keel if someone runs faster than you're capable, how are you going to stop them❓
2.) "I let her go and figured Aubrey normally runs out of steam."
So she was never to learn from her past races and improve her performances.
I'm STILL NOT hating on Keely but I did dislike those two statements. I hope both of them improve on their personal best again this year.
LRC note. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including us, and we feel the OP is simply wrong. Keely was extremely complimentary of Werro in this interview right after the race. Watch it for yourself.
Opinion or distortion of the truth? Everybody is entitled to disinform? Here is a little secret about athletics. Everybody is at different parts of their training cycle and preparation. Keely was focusing on the 400. And it makes sense to fall apart at the end of the race. She still ran a PB. I'm excited there is now competition. I hope you clutch your pearls as tightly when Lyles puts his foot in his mouth or disparages his competitors or tries to intimidate teenagers. I'm sure that is great banter and good for the sport.
How could she focus on the 400m and then run an 800m PR three days later?
That's not how K came across in the interviews I've seen. Werro did run a 2 sec PB and Keely expected her to fall away like she had in the indoor WR attempt. More surprised than arrogant IMHO.
Ya, a 2 second 800 pr at that level is unheard of. In every race Keely has ever run, including against these opponents, nothing like that has ever happened. I'm not sure anything like this has even happened in the history of t&f at a pro level.
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No What about our GOLDEN "Young Gentleman" Cooper Lutkenhaus❓ Did he not drop his personal best considerably more than Werro in one year❓😳. Yes he did and I think both of them are clean, just enormously talented.
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