4:01 with a 3:58 PB from the trial in June. it's not a bad result, maybe slightly below expectations is all. we've only seen her dominate americans recently so we forget that she's not on the same level as the medalists in this race.
cory mcgee fairs well in the US races and looks impressive at times, but there's no reality where she would have made the finals except for falling down.
buzzcolorado wrote:
agip wrote:
purrier ran 4:01, right?
for her, after heats, in the hot and humid, first OG...really not all that disappointing.
she did stick her nose into it the first minute or so - not a complete non-race for her.
I was really rooting for her, but that had to be disappointing. She was towards the front for 200 meters, then she never went with any of the runners that were passing her. Basically time trialed a 4:02 if you round it up. Hull at least was toward the front of the second group and blew up to get passed.
The 1500 and 5000 were hard to watch except for Chelimo. It's crazy how fast our runners got dropped. I mean we weren't even remotely a factor in either race except Chelimo, who LR hates for some reason. Now he's the savior?
Gardiner's T-shirt wrote:
I'll take it. That's me until the Women's marathon....
....which I'll keep repeating - Is on an hour earlier! 5PM ET in U.S.
Gardiner's T-shirt wrote:
high school xc coach wrote:
how can anybody not be happy for Muir. Races all the time. And goes hard every single time. 800s, 1500s. gave up the 800 to focus on this and is hugely rewarded.
Absolutely - perfect judgement call, and an amazing outcome. PB as well as the silver.
More to come from her - maybe 2024 she can double medal
Nah she'll be over 30 and she's white. Women will be running sub 3:52 like it's warm up by then
drtoneill wrote:
grumpyoldman wrote:
Wrong week for Hassan to cut back on her "treatments".
Exactly. Just like Katir. Whatever they're on (and stopped taking pre Tokyo) only lasts a week :)
Hassan simply has raced too much in too short a time. Her heats were amazing. Her 5k final great. Fatigue just catching up
Anyone going to start a women's marathon thread?
Anyone have the link to get splits? The olympic result page is garbage.
Anyone have a link to a free stream? Or a link to live race splits?
https://stream.nbcolympics.com/track-and-field-session-21-womens-marathonagc5k wrote:
Anyone have a link to a free stream? Or a link to live race splits?
10 minutes until the start.
kmaclam wrote:
https://stream.nbcolympics.com/track-and-field-session-21-womens-marathonagc5k wrote:
Anyone have a link to a free stream? Or a link to live race splits?
10 minutes until the start.
I don't have cable. Is there a free stream that doesn't require cable?
You get a 30 min free trial and when you run out just use a VPN
AP5000 wrote:
buzzcolorado wrote:
I was really rooting for her, but that had to be disappointing. She was towards the front for 200 meters, then she never went with any of the runners that were passing her. Basically time trialed a 4:02 if you round it up. Hull at least was toward the front of the second group and blew up to get passed.
The 1500 and 5000 were hard to watch except for Chelimo. It's crazy how fast our runners got dropped. I mean we weren't even remotely a factor in either race except Chelimo, who LR hates for some reason. Now he's the savior?
lrc doesn't like chelimo because he plays dirty - last two championship races at least..he's cut off people unfairly, breaking the rules. Who can root for that?
And he doesn't seem a part of usa long distance racing - he only pops up at times.
remember our top 1500/5000 woman wasn't at this race. Shelby would have had an impact, fairly or unfairly
Who is the 6 foot 10 inch girl from Switzerland in the marathon?
I have to disagree. Purrier was not as fit as at trials, and it showed. She should have easily been able to draft off of that pace and run 3:55 at least, the way she dominated at trials and closed. Drafting alone is worth 2-4 seconds in a 1500m. A month earlier and she might have medaled.
Worth noting that the politicized British selection process produced finishes of 39th, 6th from last, and 3rd from last in the womens marathon. What an absolute debacle.
macdaddy, the wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Just happy no one will attempt such foolishness again.
What, why? She's crushing it thus far.
She's got gold and bronze so far (and an EPIC comeback in the prelims). If she medals in the 10k, it'll be one of the greatest olympic feats ever.
“Foolishness”, ha.
Gold, gold, bronze. Greatest ever.