Monson!!!!! Hell yea! Let’s go!!! She earned every second of that. I thought she was going to fall off right at 3k and she just held on for dear life as long as she could. Brilliant running.
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Ritz made the wrong call on Norris/Andrews. should have given her the chance to show her stuff in the 1500 before this 5000 crap, now she’s wasted a year and we have no data on whether she would have failed at 1500. likely the opposite
(Also Wise Old Man goes home devastated with his Hassan worship hehehe)
That’s true….I worship her.
Hassan has lost a little off her very top end speed over the last 100 m in these track races it seems, and I’m not sure she can get it back. Cram referenced a minor leg issue for her. It may just be a bridge too far to deal with Kipyegon or Tsegay over 5000 and still want to win in Chicago later this fall. Let’s see….
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Hassan has lost a little off her very top end speed over the last 100 m in these track races it seems, and I’m not sure she can get it back. Cram referenced a minor leg issue for her. It may just be a bridge too far to deal with Kipyegon or Tsegay over 5000 and still want to win in Chicago later this fall. Let’s see….
I feel like we need to see her try to sit and kick. Certainly her and Rowberry will be putting a lot into her last 200 in the coming weeks.
I was surprised to see Hassan purposely slow it down leading into the bell, considering her speed has been dulled by the marathon training. Still think she can win the 10k at worlds but pace has to be cranked from 1k ish to go.
So Ethiopia team is? Tsegay, Eisa, Gidey and Taye/F. Hailu.
Eisa just ran the World Junior Record 14:16 Breaking Tirunesh Dibaba's Record by 14 Seconds She was born in 2005 so she will have 1 more year as a Junior