What a fantastic battle! One for the ages indeed. Gonna be hard to fall asleep anytime soon after that one. Looked like Mu was feeling more pressure from this race than Tokyo. I hope she takes a few months off, she deserves it.
She just looks (to me at least) stressed and sluggish and not having fun; her incredible talent let her pull this off but I think you're right. Some time off, process everything that's going on, let some of the pressure slide off. Pretty amazing for someone this young to follow up Oly gold with WC gold, but she's human too.
Looking forward to another 6th place finish from Fisher. Team USA sprinters lost the relay because they were tired from carrying your distance runners for the last decade.
Splits for 5000 62.05 first lap 63:19 62.73 65.12 4:13.08 64.17 66.57 Jakob gets water 66.92 65:78 (8:37.03) 65:58 63:44 60.17 12:15.30 at bell 56.34 13:09.24 (53.94)
I agree, you could see the stress in her at the start line, and the relief afterwards. Such a great person too, so remarkable how composed she is at 20 years old to handle all that. What a race.
Got to feel sorry for Ajee Wilson. Past her prime now and had her career and earnings ruined through unfair circumstances.
Going from that final at USAs where she nearly beat Mu and ran 1:57 to being a non-factor here is a really rough turnaround. I mean...she DID make a WC final, so I'm not knocking her. But I was looking for her to at least contend here.