Why isn't anyone talking about this? If even Rupp gets 4th, it should generate a lot of buzz. But on Wednesday Cayla Hatton got fourth at the WJC 5000m in a time second only to Emily Sisson's 15:48 in 2010. 1.41 off the HS record. I know Nerud's steeplechase time is the impressive, but that's a quite new event. Heck, even USA Today's talking about it:
. Did anyone see the race? How tactical was it? Was she floating in between runners like the results suggest? If so, what a time for an event like that!
1 1214 Buze Diriba ETH 15:32.94 .
2 1211 Ruti Aga ETH 15:32.95 (PB)
3 1417 Agnes Jebet Tirop KEN 15:36.74 (PB)
4 1744 Cayla Hatton USA 15:50.32 (PB)
5 1419 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui KEN 15:58.10 .
6 1582 Alena Kudashkina RUS 16:05.64 .
7 1539 Monica Madalina Florea ROU 16:08.07 (PB)
8 1775 Allison Woodward USA 16:08.29 (PB)
9 1687 Nancy Cheptegei UGA 16:15.49 (PB)
10 1133 Xufeng Wu CHN 16:19.84 .
11 1408 Shiori Yano JPN 16:21.29 .
12 1400 Moe Kyuma JPN 16:21.36 .
13 1125 Zhixuan Li CHN 16:24.29 (PB)
14 1430 Doyeon Kim KOR 16:27.62 .
15 1466 Irene van Lieshout NED 16:38.68 .
16 1467 Jip Vastenburg NED 16:47.32 .
17 1538 Anca Maria Bunea ROU 16:51.53 .
18 1486 Aminata Olowoora NGR 17:59.79 .
. 1264 Emelia Gorecka GBR DNS .