She was right there with two of the GOATs and best kickers ever. I think she's the next big star of women's distance running. Tsegay and Gidey have their moments but just aren't big time racers imo. Chebet seems to have it when it when it matters most. I'm excited to see what she does next year!
griles17 wrote:
She was right there with two of the GOATs and best kickers ever. I think she's the next big star of women's distance running. Tsegay and Gidey have their moments but just aren't big time racers imo. Chebet seems to have it when it when it matters most. I'm excited to see what she does next year!
Closed in 56.86. And couldn’t even get silver.
Chebet was fresh, Gudaf wasn't. I'd also point out the "doesn't have it when it matters most" Tsegay, in the Shadows of Faith and Sifan, has quietly built up a decent stash of medals. People forget she's still relatively young - 5 years younger than Sifan, only 3 years older than Chebet.
By 26 she already has:
2 x World Title
2 x World Silver
1 x World Bronze
1 x Olympic Bronze
1 x World Indoor Title.
Her range is *almost* Hassan level: 1:57/3:53/14:12/29:29.
Not sure how you can have 2-3 World titles and 5 global medals by 26 (Hassan had zero titles at 26) and not have it when it matters. I also feel obligated to point out that she has two more World titles than Sifan in the last two years and I'm not sure you can blame that on doubling - Sifan was nowhere last year and both were fresh for 10000m this year.
Her World XC drama with Gidey was one of the most exciting races of the last couple of years. Silver and bronze at two consecutive worlds. Her day will come.
Does anyone know what has become of Kalkidan Gezahegne of Bahrain that took Silver in the 10000 in Tokyo behind Hassan but before Gidey after having matched them both stride for stride for the first 24 laps? Is she sitting out Worlds to deliver a new surprise in Paris next year?
Five is the magic number wrote:
Does anyone know what has become of Kalkidan Gezahegne of Bahrain that took Silver in the 10000 in Tokyo behind Hassan but before Gidey after having matched them both stride for stride for the first 24 laps? Is she sitting out Worlds to deliver a new surprise in Paris next year?
she’s timing it