Simpson medals!
I am glad to be wrong about how she was going to do!
1 4082 Faith Chepngetich KIPYEGON
KEN
4:02.59
2 4370 Jennifer SIMPSON
USA
4:02.76
3 4209 Caster SEMENYA
RSA
4:02.90
4 3900 Laura MUIR
GBR
4:02.97
5 4127 Sifan HASSAN
NED
4:03.34
6 3920 Laura WEIGHTMAN
GBR
4:04.11
7 4166 Angelika CICHOCKA
POL
4:04.16
jenny for Silver!!!!
Times that kick juuuuuuust right
Great close by Jenny!
Jenny Simpson awesome race. Needed 10 more meters.
That was the best race I've seen in ages.
Simpson said, "Suck deez nuts!"
Noggin the nog wrote:
That was the best race I've seen in ages.
Same here. Wow.
Can't believe that Simpson held off Semenya. Feel so bad for Muir, she ran so hard.
Noggin the nog wrote:
That was the best race I've seen in ages.
that final backstretch was ridiculous, and that was after a 61 from 800-1200.
Hawkins and Muir both finish 4th, the home crowd runners are coming oh so close.
NOW THAT Was a 1500. What a race.
I knew they were going to tie up when I hit my watch wtih 200 to go.
They mistimed it.
I had 28.2 for the first half of the last lap. I was like, "They can't close in 56." I twas 29.9 for the final 200.
SImpson measured her effort perfectly once again and grabbed silver. Semenya actually was smart about it as well. Well she was an idiot for running most of it in lane 2.5 but she timed the last lap very well.
Muir wanted to pull a centro '16, but didn't have the strength to hold the Hassan attack
yeah she complained and yet caster was almost a non factor for medals. where was the "unfair" advantage? just curious
Muirtime! 4th place!
Kipyegon terrific.
vivalarepublica wrote:
Noggin the nog wrote:That was the best race I've seen in ages.
Same here. Wow.
Can't believe that Simpson held off Semenya. Feel so bad for Muir, she ran so hard.
Is that really the only way to take the sting out of Semenyas kick or whatever it is?
Thank god for Hassan, took it out and kept Caster out of the gold.
That was an excellent race. Great finish, honest enough pace, all the big stars (except Dibaba) surging at the end. Terrific stuff
i agree with spencer wrote:
yeah she complained and yet caster was almost a non factor for medals. where was the "unfair" advantage? just curious
Maybe because she's an 800m runner...
If you don't think she has an unfair advantage you have your eyes closed.
Chances Simpson gets moved up to gold within 8 years?
rojo wrote:
NOW THAT Was a 1500. What a race.
I knew they were going to tie up when I hit my watch wtih 200 to go.
They mistimed it.
I had 28.2 for the first half of the last lap. I was like, "They can't close in 56." I twas 29.9 for the final 200.
SImpson measured her effort perfectly once again and grabbed silver. Semenya actually was smart about it as well. Well she was an idiot for running most of it in lane 2.5 but she timed the last lap very well.
Simpson ran like Manzano when he got his silver. Everyone chased Mak right away, and Manzano measured his run to the 1500th meter.
Simpson did the same tonight, (less traffic, to be fair)
I think we saw such a reaction from Jenny's silver medal because she beat Caster. Shame he stole a medal from Muir, though.