Per Sage Hurta-Klecker's instagram post, Faith Kipyegon will go after Dibaba's 1500m WR in Florence. Hurta-Klecker will be pacing. Last year in Monaco, she was painfully close, only 0.3 seconds off. Does she get it this time around?
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Will not happen, too early in the season.
I think she will try to go full power at the Monaco DL on July 21.
Too early. Would surprise me (but wouldn't be shocking)
My guess is 3:52
Very unprofessional of Hurta-Klecker if Faith didn't want it out there. Now she'll have do deal with the weight of expectation as well.
El Keniano wrote:
Very unprofessional of Hurta-Klecker if Faith didn't want it out there. Now she'll have do deal with the weight of expectation as well.
Agree, Why is the pacer announcing the attempt and not the coach or athlete?
Best thing Faith did was to get motherhood out of the way early. Sadly it's something that's always on the minds of some female professional athletes who intend to have kids.
Does Sage have any experience at all in pacing at these speeds?
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Sir, Faith is a humble, God Fearing Christian so I think your statement was highly unnecessary and disrespectful. We have seen how she operates in Kenya and there's nothing to suggest that she's crossed the line.
Thank you.
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Which she are you referring to. Half the field or more are on PEDs
Why can't they have a mixed race and have Sowinski pace?
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Like the Americans
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I saw her train in Kenya last year at the Eldoret track, being paced by male pacers. If I remember correctly she was doing repeat 600s at around 3:48.00/pace (if not mistaken), looking very comfortable. Everyone I spoke with holds her in the highest regard, and there is nothing to suggest that she's crossed the line. Let's respect this mini monster woman unless indicated otherwise.
Thank you.
Stop this doping nonsense. She was tested a lot for sure since world U18 champion in 2011, then U20 champion in 2012, junior XC champion 2011 + 2013, and then CG champion 2014, silver at 2015 Worlds, 2016 Rio champion, and then more titles.
She didn't have even one whereabout failure (Gabby Thomas had 2).
BTW. this WR that is really something. It was considered near-unbreakable when Dibaba set new one in 2015:
"Qu Yunxia's mark of 3:50.46 [all Chinese marks were doped], set at the 1993 National Games, was considered to be one of the toughest world records on the books. But in a perfectly judged race, world indoor 800m champion Chanelle Price paced Dibaba through 400m in 1:00.31 and 800m in 2:04.52 before leaving the Ethiopian to finish.
Dibaba still had European champion Sifan Hassan for company as she passed the bell in 2:50.3, but the two-time world indoor champion kicked hard. With 100m left to run, it became clear that Dibaba was, at the very least, going to get close to the world record. But she charged for the line, crossing it in 3:50.07 to become the fastest 1500m runner in history."
So Hurta-Klecker can pace easily, the question is if she have good sense of speed.
The paces listed for Sage on the Diamond League website are 62.3 at 400, 2:04 at 800, and 2:34.5 at 1000. Slightly outside WR pace, but nothing that can't be made up with a kick if Faith is ready to do it.
Pacing seems smart - reminds me of Girma's WR pacing.
They go from 31.low 200m to 30.high 200m to 30.mid 200m. pace lights should help a lot as well.
Too bad Tsegay is not in race--already ran 3:54 earlier--would also push it out hard
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