To the Americans watching at home, a Kenyzn briefly got close to a 10 meter lead but was caught. Bernard Kibet - the 3rd placer at the Kenyan Trials. They just hit 5000 in 14:21 and Joe Klecker is dropped. He was about 14:29.
KJT had a lifetime PB of 2:07 and she's been nowhere near that for three years. Her SB is only 2:12. When I looked earlier, I knew Hall would run at least 2:05 and I couldn't see how KJT would get near that. Pulling out a PB in the final event when going for gold is what makes an elite competitor but for me, Hall was the more likely winner going into that 800
Yes sorry, I mean that a win seemed unlikely given that KJT ran a PR and Hall has no control over that. People are saying she went out too fast and that's why she got silver. I am not sure what else she should/could have done; sit on KJT's elbow and try to out-kick her by three seconds with an injury?
Agree with that. Hall did what she had to and it was all she could do. She's by far the best 800 runner in that field and consistently runs sub-2:05. She brought everything she had to the table but nobody would have guessed that KJT had a 1.5 second PB in her. You're right that she was never going to put 3 seconds into KJT in a kick.
Canadian feed (which is the UK feed, I assume) has Jake Wightman doing colour commentating for the 15s and the 10ks. He’s very, very good. Must be the genetics.