Looks like Faith Kipyegon has pacers at 2:03.30/50 with another at 2:05.50 for everyone else. Considering she went 3:53.98 at altitude, we could see something special here
Since when is Jess Hull faster than Hassan and almost as good as Dibaba?
She's been improving every season. She's been solid the last year. That being said, the shoes definitely helped, but to see her run so fearlessly against Kipyegon proves well for her medal chances.
Why do the steeplechase women always start crazy fast?
Every. Single. Time.
"Ladies here are some little lights that will tell you exactly how fast to run in a perfectly even fashion that will substantially help your performance"
Womens 3k steeples: "Let's go out in 33 seconds literally 20m up on the lights".
Who are these meet directors finding to do this? Like they seriously get paid for that? I would be furious if I was in the field and they couldn't even get one freaking women to just run next to the lights - it's as if they have no idea/concept that wavelight even exists and yet it happens every race without fail in only the womens SC.
Maybe Beatrice wanted her teammate, tge other Chepkoech to take it out fast because she like running the barriers with a clear shot, and she wanted to best Yavi today. So at 2000m, Beatrice is leading, according to plan…but then something happened.