Morning session 1500m round 1 8/6

Watching late as this morning was mostly just repechage rounds of sprints. Excited to see Ramsden get through. I did not have her on my bingo card for that stacked Heat 2.

My recap is here

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Women’s 1500 Prelims: All Three Americans Cruise As Jessica Hull Opens Up On Her Dramatic Improvement & Nikki Hiltz Talks About Being A Non-Binary Icon

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For the most part, the runners' post-race comments were more interesting than the racing on the track, although it should be noted that 3:53 runner Birke Haylom was awful and ended up in the repechage round. Hull has an inter...

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She ran smart. I think she and ESP are going to surprise. They are both sitting on more 1500m speed than we have seen so far. ESP was not tapered at all for trials, and Hiltz never seemed to be all out when she won the final. Can't wait to see how this plays out.

I also thought Muir looked strong. On her best day she should not be overlooked. She was in that first tough heat and looked relaxed and easy.

Interesting that a Harvard grad can't count to six

Perhaps, but I think Batt-woman did something totally beyond your previous conception of her as an athlete and is thereby skewing your view on how tough it’d be to place top 5. Respectfully.

Can we get the mixed relay results updated for the prediction contest? This might be the only time I ever make an appearance inside the Top 30 for picking Bol and the Dutch over the Americans

I'm hoping she had a "Nuguse first round" and will rest up for semi and knock it out like he did! I would think with nerves, stadium energy, etc., that hot pace was a bit of a shock to the system...but she got thru nonetheless!

So want to see Hiltz win the Gold!

The speeches and interviews after would be Comedy Gold!

Nikki FTW !!!

Oregon Ducks represent: Ejore, Hull, Kazimierska and semi nod to Hiltz who started at Oregon before transferring to Arkansas.

You might be right but I still have that memory of ESP's 8:20 win earlier this year over Tsegay in the 3000. Batocletti was uniquely great yesterday though, certainly her best race by far.

I was pleased at how strong and relaxed Laura Muir looked. Georgia Bell also looking good - no trouble getting through.

It's a little bit of an unfair comparison. ESP's best event is probably the 3,000 with the 1,500/mile an extremely close second and 5,000 a good chunk behind (good as she is). Batt-woman's best is the 5,000 with 3,000 and 10,000 next and then we get to the 1,500.

I think there might be an inclination to overrate strong 1500m runners in the 5000. It's fair to think highly of them in the 3000 but the 5000 is another matter.

If Hiltz or St. Pierre won gold I don't know if my heart could stand it. That would truly be thrilling.

I don't understand why Hiltz having pronouns they/them bothers people. It is really not the big deal you all make it out to be.

No one cares. Another OAC disaster

Blasphemy! She's a "NON-BINARY ICON" (as per homepage headline)! Just so happens to wake up feeling female on her competition days.