The fact that they have to race for times to make the team is really stupid. They need a 5k trials and to save something for worlds. Physiologically they're all probably just bloody past their peak.
The fact that running a 13:11 can make you "world champion" is what's stupid. A big show of heats and "tactics" that happens nowhere else, and somehow people accept that as what the event is about.
As far as I'm concerned, the yearly world leader is the champ. Is that Kejelcha or Aregawi? The whole point of it is go 5000m as fast as possible
Grant Fisher: winner of 2022 BTC 10,000 meter time trial and the de facto 2022 world champ per Bad Wiggins
Four still remain but Lake already has 2 misses (passed her third attempt)
1. Yaroslava Mahuchikh from Ukraine (2019 Doha silver, 2021 Tokyo bronze, 2022 Eugene silver) 2. Eleanor Patterson from Australia (2022 Eugene gold) 3. Nicola Olyslagers (McDermott) from Australia "Come on!" (2021 Tokyo silver) 4. Morgan Lake from Great Britain
Great to see Czech redemption in the javelin 🇨🇿for Vadlejch and 🇮🇳Chopra and 🇵🇰Nadeem providing proper combat. I don't think Chopra has to pay for a fine dining meal back home EVER.
The Day 9 afternoon session features seven finals at the World Athletics Championships from Budapest to wrap the competition up. The final two races of the day will be the men's and women’s 4X400m relay.
Surely Mu's first 200m was too aggressive. I've run that sort of time (40 years ago), but I'd have been walking after a 26 sec first 200m.
She would have done a lot better to let Moraa go and close up in the second 200m.
Mu also started pushing a bit early on the backstretch in the second lap.
Yes, this is all correct.
notwithstanding, Mu would still be better with her A&M coach. She should be running 1:54 this year. As badly as she paced today, she should have been able to muster 1:55.5. That’s her level of talent. Oh well.
Mallard is who got her to her Olympic and World gold. I’ll never understand why she changed coaches. He isn’t coaching at A&M anymore - where is he now?