England opened with a 4.05 1500m and has now run 159.9 for the 800m. Get her in a good 1500m and i'm saying she can run 4mins!
England opened with a 4.05 1500m and has now run 159.9 for the 800m. Get her in a good 1500m and i'm saying she can run 4mins!
Great job for England! Big improvement this year: missing out on Beijing must have inspired her to greater things. With Twell and Dobriskey around Britain could potentially have three 1500 finalists at Berlin.
Wow... she owned in the NCAA last year too. One of the best races I've ever seen.
some coked up brit wrote:
Great job for England! Big improvement this year: missing out on Beijing must have inspired her to greater things. With Twell and Dobriskey around Britain could potentially have three 1500 finalists at Berlin.
You are kidding right?
Dobriskey was fourth at the Olympics. Obviously Twell and England might have more trouble making it, but they are both getting PRs this season so it is not out of the question.
why would that be a joke?
1 KREVSUN, Yuliya UKR 1:58.62 WL
2 KOSTETSKAYA, Yekaterina RUS 1:59.43 SB
3 GUÉGAN, Élodie FRA 1:59.79 SB
4 ENGLAND, Hannah GBR 1:59.94 PB
5 MASNÁ, Lenka CZE 2:00.10 PB
6 HARTMANN, Jana GER 2:00.71 PB
7 CUSMA PICCIONE, Elisa ITA 2:00.93
8 FILÁNDRA, Eléni GRE 2:01.17 PB
9 ALFONSO, Irene ESP 2:01.63
10 TEIXEIRA, Sandra POR 2:02.00 SB
11 PLIS, Renata POL 2:02.44 PB
12 ÖBERG, Sofia SWE 2:04.36
Watching the meet today, Krevsun lead the race the whole way. At about 150 to go, she actually had her heel stepped on by another runner and still pulled away with about 75 or 50 meters before the finish.
I think she could be pushing sub 1.59 by the end of the season. She was in 12th and last place after the first 200m and had to overtake a lot of the traffic on the bends. In a grand prix race with a clear run it could be on like donkey kong.
They had 12 people in a Championships 800 final? Oy
They started them on the curve as well, apparently because they couldn't decide who would share a lane.
Yeah, 12 people, starting on the curve. Pretty tight round the first bend, Hannah got bumped and ended out right at the back. Men's 800 start is going to be tough today.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a fall.
Brilliant racing from England H. and had enough stamina to double xx
She hardly rates a Wow. More like Bow Wow.
Update:
1:58.62 Yuliya Krevsun UKR 20/06/09
1:59.09 Elena Kofanova RUS 18/06/09
1:59.29 Anna Willard USA 30/05/09
1:59.43 Ekaterina Kost RUS 20/06/09
1:59.55 Hasna Benhassi MAR 10/06/09
1:59.60 Tatyana Andria RUS 30/05/09
1:59.66 Kenia Sinclair JAM 30/05/09
1:59.69 Tetiana PetlyukUKR 04/06/09
1:59.79 Élodie Guégan FRA 20/06/09
1:59.83 Elisa Piccione ITA 10/06/09
1:59.94 Hannah England GBR 20/06/09
Times change fast at this time of the season!
Looking on the world list, even optimistically, I can't see 3 from GB making the final of the 1,500m. Will be happy to be proved wrong though!
She is currently ranked 3rd in the UK behind Twell and Thomas. All 3 will probably go faster. Dobriskey injured though.
