I dont understand why chamberlain made it that slow
or really any of the women that skipped the DMR. Skipped the DMR to keep fresher legs and then didn't take advantage of the fresher legs and left it to a kick. Chamberlain, Jepkiriui, Longisa, Engelhardt.
Watching back, Couttie forcing himself by looks like it pushed Specht back a bit, which you could argue prevented him from finishing higher. He also stepped off the track though I would say he didn't gain anything from it.
I dont understand why chamberlain made it that slow
or really any of the women that skipped the DMR. Skipped the DMR to keep fresher legs and then didn't take advantage of the fresher legs and left it to a kick. Chamberlain, Jepkiriui, Longisa, Engelhardt.
Chamberlain and Jepkirui are the people who would have benefitted from it being faster. Longisa and Engelhardt have great kicks and likely wouldn't have placed higher than 2 and 3rd had the race been faster.