Tru but i think that is mostly the awkwardness of the heats. Everyone is trying to juggle being a lock for the final vs not going all out. Cranny knows she will need a lot left in the tank to place well in that final vs all those megafast ladies. She will improve tactically in the final running more free.
She won't have to worry about tactics in the final because she won't be anywhere near the big dogs at the end.
I'm catching up on this thread so I'm sure it's been said but I thought Cranny was tactically horrible. She was full of run & has a good kick. Boxed in at the bell when she wanted to move and then she stayed there the rest of the race, unable to move. She got through because the Japanese athlete fell off & ended up getting Schweizer. But if that was for medals it would've been disappointing.
I’m not trying to be a hater, but her tactics were fairly inconsequential: there were stronger runners in the race. I hope Cranny runs well in the final but that would mean like 8th—she has practically zero chance at a medal.
Not gonna lie, I wasn’t thinking about the women’s 4x400. But unless I’m mistaken, they would have had a medal chance in the mixed 4x4 and no chance in the women’s, so maybe scratch the latter event and take your medal opportunities where you find them?
Their 4x400 W is pretty strong, 2nd faster European team, 2nd in the Euro champs, Euro lead out of Bahamas
5 of the top 13 in the world rankings in heat 4 of the womens 800. Seems even worse than the 5k dispartiy
although on further investigation, world ranking doesn't correlate with SB like I thought it would so maybe not as unbalanced as I thought at first glance
Ireland could have won that heat if they’d run Adeleke instead of Sophie Becker, who split 51.7. They could be in contention for a medal but they don’t make the final. I really don’t like the decision; Adeleke would have had time to recover from an additional, 90% 49.xx effort.
But she runs for NIKE, not Ireland. NIKE don't care about the relay.
