27:40 with 800 to go
27:40 with 800 to go
Lap 18 - 70.4 Obiri now struggling to hold on to the pace. She gets dropped early in lap 19
Lap 19 - 69.8
Lap 20 - 70.4 23:56.3 29:55 pace. Still Gidey, Hassan, Gezahegne
Lap 21 - 72.3 Gidey turns her head over and says something to Hassan.
Lap 22 - 75.0
Lap 23 -- 75.7
Lap 24 -
Lap 25 -
Ameircas may not get lapped if these girls don't start kicking.
Gidey backing off to save something for a kick?
Gidey has the Americans in her sight to lap...
birdbeard wrote:
Rooting for Gidey. Hassan looks good though.
yeah, she hasn't done any of the work
This Bahrain athlete ran her first 10000m ever earlier this season to qualify in 29:50. At 31. As if doping wasn’t obvious. Dirty doper.
idgaf wrote:
Gidley hand signs. Asking for help pulling?
Telling her to quit clipping her heels.
Obiri 77 m behind
Hassan has to have it now, right?
GIdey is not slowing down from 110 to 115 without hurting.
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idgaf wrote:
Gidley hand signs. Asking for help pulling?
Telling her to quit clipping her heels.
i thought this...but the way GIdey slowed down after that...
i feel bad for gidey if she doesn't win. one of the best distance runners of all time and might not win a global medal because of hassan
Damn, Hassan owns it again. What a run!
Aggressive final move by Hassan. Gidey pissed in 3rd.
AWESOME!
SIFFAN MF HASSAN!!!!!!
pissed that hassan is treading on her feet, telling her to cool it.
Lap 1 - 73.5 Japan leading
Lap 2 - Gidey now up to second. Obiri right behind her.72.8 japan leading>
One of tehtiopians has already dropped out…. (Gebreselama)Not Gidey or Gemechu)
1k - 3:21.3
Lap 3 - 72.8
Lap 4 - 72.3 (4:51.2) 448 is 30 flat pace so this is like 30:20 pace. Pack starting to string out a bit now
Lap 5 - 72.8
Lap 6 - 74.1
Lap 7 - 75.1 Bunching up as pace slow. Gidey takes the lead just before the seventh lap begins. Obiri on her shoulder. Still a large lead pack that includes all 3 Americans
Lap 8 - 73.1 (9:46.2, so that was a 4:55.0)
Lap 9 - 71.5 Americans now struggling to hold on to lead group. They’re all near the back.
Lap 10 - 72.5 schweizer at back of lead pack, slight gap to monsoon and sissonl. It’s now a single-file race.
Lap 11 - 71.1 Americans dropped for good. It’s six women up front -- gidey, obiri, cheptai, can, hassan, gezahegne.All single file. Slight gp to niyonsaba, gemechu
Lap 12 - 70.5 (14:31. So roughly a 4:45)
Halfway - 15:08.23
Lap 13 - 71.7 It’s down to five -- gidey, Obiri, Hassan, gezahegne, cheptai
Lap 14 - 70.5
Lap 15 - 70.2 Now Cheptai has been dropped. Four women for three medals.
Lap 16 - 70.9 (19.14.9 - so roughly at 4:41)
Lap 17 - 70.9 (20:25.7)
Americans with 8 laps to go are stil together. Also Klosterhafen and McColgan. Pack of 5 - 21:01. That’s 30:54 pace.
Lap 18 - 70.4 Obiri now struggling to hold on to the pace. She gets dropped early in lap 19
Lap 19 - 69.8
Lap 20 - 70.4 23:56.3 29:55 pace. Still Gidey, Hassan, Gezahegne
Lap 21 - 72.3 Gidey turns her head over and says something to Hassan.
Lap 22 - 75.0
Lap 23 -- 75.7
Lap 24 - 74.2 still those three at the bell. Same order with 200 to go.
Now hassan goes wide with 130 to go, gezahegne follows. She is actually with hassan with 50 to go, but hassan wpulls away to win it
Lap 25 - 32.06, 29.05 61.66 last lap leader to leader.
El keniano goes home devestaded.
Two golds, one bronze. The best female athlete of the games.
birdbeard wrote:
i feel bad for gidey if she doesn't win. one of the best distance runners of all time and might not win a global medal because of hassan
She would not even have beaten that barhain women.
Ooohhhhh shady move by Hassan. I know others will say that’s just racing. But she shouldered her as they were lapping runners. Not necessary.
flying finn wrote:
pissed that hassan is treading on her feet, telling her to cool it.
Also leaning in on her in that final corner to force her into the lapped runners or to have to put on the brakes and get behind.