Anybody notice Yehualaw ignore Hassan's kind gesture at London?

She shook her head and said "no".

When you're 40ks into a marathon (and clearly struggling, as her finish suggests) then that's about all you can manage.

If she wanted her bottle, she would've collected it from the table herself.

Cold and unfriendly? What a terrible post. If I were hanging on for dear life in the closing stages of a marathon (and on the verge of being dropped) I wouldn't have the energy to respond either. We all love Hassan, but Yehaulaw is a fantastic a tough runner, shows no signs of being a bad loser, and doesn't deserve this shade.

Really? Take a good look a the video. Only Perez Jepchirchir noticed the aid station, then Hassan saw Perez and suddenly veered right to get her bottle. Megertu and Yehaulaw clearly didn''t see it, and continued past. So knock it off with the false narrative. If you want to defend Yehaulaw, don't do it at the expense of Hassan's goodwill gesture. I stand by what I said, Yehaulaw, like you, have no class.

Way more interesting is Siffan's sudden lurching across the road in front of the motorcycle start around 2:25:20. Rookie move that could have been a serious incident.

1:16:40

"A nightmare for Siffan Hassan..."

"She's clearly out of the race...."

Imagine bringing up something like this at the next training session. Everyone including the coach would just walk away.

1:54:50
"Here's me saying she probably should drop out. It's probably the worst call ever"

These commentators are incredible! Highly knowledgable and really make the race.

Hassan offered her bottle to Ayana early in the race. Ayana accepted and drank quite a bit. I think she had missed her bottle.

I saw that live. The TCS version was different than the FloTrack version, which I do not believe carried the bottle gesture to Ayana.

Hassan may have been using some gamesmanship at the end but more likely she was simply doing it again after it was appreciated earlier in the race.

Odd that someone in their first ever marathon would make such a rookie move. 🤦🏿‍♂️

I bet Hassan would have never offered her bottle to Genzebe - she’s made her thoughts on her very clear over the years!!

Ayana was undoubtedly more comfortable taking the bottle from Hassan because they had raced against each other many times during the middle of the previous decade, and are likely friends. I don't believe Yehualaw had ever raced against Hassan previously.

The head to head between Hassan and Ayana is now 3-3. I was surprised they faced each other only 5 times on the track.

Yes there is much mutual respect between Hassan and Ayana, - also between Hassan and Letesenbet. In fact Hassan is on good terms with most of her competitors with the glaring exception of Genzebe who she makes no secret of loathing😀

Clearly some of these posters have never run a marathon.

Nobodys brain is capable of clear thoughts at the 40km stage .Classy move by Hassan for sure she is a true role model for our sport.

Anything you drink at 40K is not being absorbed during the race. It takes like 12-15mins I think. Any elite athlete should know that, there is 0 point taking a bottle there. Did Hassan know that? No, she's a marathon rookie.

and FWIW if you're offering me a bottle when we're just outside a mile to go, you're clearly not very focused on the race. It's not the same as sharing a bottle at 13M. It's completely pointless and more likely a mindgame.

and as ridiculous as it sounds, you dont know what others have in their bottles. It could be something that doesnt mix with your stomach, it could be something that's going to come up in their doping test post-race.

If it's a personal bottle and not water, I ain't touching it

I was thinking, looking at how Hassan veered across the road to get her bottle and if she got hit by the motorbike, she would of just got up and still have won

The commentators talked about her lack of experience and almost nonchalance about the marathon distance.

She did that little quick right and almost ran into the lead motorcycle because she was on the wrong side of the road for her bottle then, with 2k left and everyone holding on for dear life casually offers someone else her bottle.

Then, just kicks away with 200 left!

This. Plus just seven minutes or so from the finish I'm betting the rest ignored the aid station on purpose, knowing it makes no difference at that point.