Mu lucks out big time. first 2 plus next two fastest to the finals.
Semi 1: Reekie, Wilson, Goule, Nakaayi
Semi 2: Mu, Alemu
Semi 3: Nanyando, Rogrs, Almanza, Arafi
Mu lucks out big time. first 2 plus next two fastest to the finals.
Semi 1: Reekie, Wilson, Goule, Nakaayi
Semi 2: Mu, Alemu
Semi 3: Nanyando, Rogrs, Almanza, Arafi
First heat looks tough for Wilson. Hopefully they go fast for the time q
not sara hall wrote:
Mu lucks out big time. first 2 plus next two fastest to the finals.
Semi 1: Reekie, Wilson, Goule, Nakaayi
Semi 2: Mu, Alemu
Semi 3: Nanyando, Rogrs, Almanza, Arafi
The women in Semis 1 and 3 lucked out!
not sara hall wrote:
Mu lucks out big time. first 2 plus next two fastest to the finals.
Semi 1: Reekie, Wilson, Goule, Nakaayi
Semi 2: Mu, Alemu
Semi 3: Nanyando, Rogrs, Almanza, Arafi
Forget to include Hodgkinson in semi 3.
So really really tough semi 1 and 3
not sara hall wrote:
Mu lucks out big time. first 2 plus next two fastest to the finals.
Semi 1: Reekie, Wilson, Goule, Nakaayi
Semi 2: Mu, Alemu
Semi 3: Nanyando, Rogrs, Almanza, Arafi
I felt the best performance of the US trio in the first round was Rogers who looked really, really good. Mu looked a little awkward there at a slow pace - but the first round is never easy and it's easy to miscalculate and put yourself in a position to feel pressure in that final 120m. I expect as the races get faster and faster she will just improve and improve.
The big concern was Wilson. Goucher(?) on commentary was raving about her tactics and execution but I don't think so. She got tangled up with 120 to go and I think expected to roll over those first 3 quite comfortably but didn't at all. She would have made it comfortably on time but that's not really the point. She just hasn't ever really been the same since kind of botching the world final in 2019.
Bold prediction: Mu and Rogers go through to final, Wilson bows out.
Side note - you have to feel bad for Melissa Bishop-Nriagu. She spent years racing DSD competitors that she really shouldn't have had to. Looks like her Olympic career might be over and she should be ending it as an Olympic Champion, instead she is up there with all-time unlucky athletes.
With only two auto's from each heat I can't imagine why anyone would run slow.
No matter who you are you can get clipped, pushed, and/or be boxed in the 800. It's too short of a race to leave to chance.