OFFICIAL WOMENS MARATHON THREAD

Shalane in 9th. I was really hoping for better but good on her. She is wiped out.

Kara held on for 11. I really thought she was gone.

These Ethiopians are hot!

Goucher 11th, Kim Smith 15th.

joho wrote:

Does this mean Kenya is not going to get their 12 gold medals?

HA!

If dibaba takes the 5000 an an Ethiopian wins the 1500, they will sweep the distance races

flanagan 10th goucher 11th

agip wrote:

seriously - kenya just keeps losing.

Everyone else is using drugs, but apparently they don't work for Kenyans. This puts them at a clear disadvantage.

Flanagan 10th 2:25:51, Goucher 11th 2:26:07.

That Ukrainian girl must have run the second half faster than anyone.

gramthlete wrote:

Flanagan 10th - an truly honourable performance.

Too bad people didn't have the same feeling for Hall when he finished 10th in a very hot Bejing Olympic Marathon...

agip wrote:

stupid drugs. I would normally root for the underdog, but root for a russian distance runner? can't do it because of the drugs history.

That's how racism starts - letting individuals govern our view of a whole people.

Rk Bib Athlete 35 Km 40 Km Finish +

1 1708 Ethiopia GELANA Tiki 1:59:29 2:16:10 2:23:07 OR +

2 2330 Kenya JEPTOO Priscah 1:59:30 2:16:10 2:23:12 +

3 2884 Russian Federation PETROVA ARKHIPOVA Tatyana 1:59:29 2:16:10 2:23:29 PB +

4 2331 Kenya KEITANY Mary Jepkosgei 1:59:30 2:16:10 2:23:56 +

5 3161 Ukraine GAMERA-SHMYRKO Tetyana 2:00:53 2:17:29 2:24:32 NR +

6 1399 People's Republic of China ZHU Xiaolin 2:00:22 2:17:22 2:24:48 +

7 2719 Portugal AUGUSTO Jessica 2:00:12 2:17:37 2:25:11 +

8 2163 Italy STRANEO Valeria 2:00:20 2:17:44 2:25:27 +

9 2879 Russian Federation MAYOROVA Albina 2:00:12 2:17:55 2:25:38 +

10 3288 United States of America FLANAGAN Shalane 1:59:57 2:17:43 2:25:51 +

11 3292 United States of America GOUCHER Kara 2:00:38 2:18:25 2:26:07 +

12 2537 Namibia JOHANNES Helalia 2:01:05 2:18:32 2:26:09 NR +

13 2721 Portugal BARROS Marisa 2:01:05 2:18:32 2:26:13 +

14 1949 Germany MIKITENKO Irina 2:01:06 2:18:58 2:26:44 +

15 2615 New Zealand SMITH Kimberley 2:01:08 2:19:00 2:26:59 +

16 2255 Japan KIZAKI Ryoko 2:02:05 2:19:48 2:27:16 +

17 1083 Australia WEIGHTMAN Lisa Jane 2:02:27 2:20:02 2:27:32 PB +

18 3003 Sweden ANDERSSON Isabellah 2:02:29 2:20:02 2:27:36 +

19 2259 Japan OZAKI Yoshimi 2:01:50 2:19:47 2:27:43 +

20 2334 Kenya KIPLAGAT Edna Ngeringwony 1:59:34 2:18:20 2:27:52 +

21 2725 Portugal FELIX Ana Dulce 2:01:32 2:19:47 2:28:12 +

22 1391 People's Republic of China WANG Xueqin 2:02:33 2:20:41 2:28:21 +

23 1705 Ethiopia DIBABA Mare 1:59:56 2:19:17 2:28:48 +

24 2557 Netherlands KIBET Hilda 2:02:30 2:20:40 2:28:52 +

25 2631 Peru MELCHOR Ines 2:01:41 2:20:26 2:28:54 NR +

26 1640 Spain AGUILAR Alessandra 2:02:49 2:21:16 2:29:19 +

27 2432 Lithuania DRAZDAUSKAITE Rasa 2:03:50 2:21:59 2:29:29 PB +

28 2436 Lithuania LOBACEVSKE Diana 2:03:28 2:21:29 2:29:32 PB +

29 2156 Italy INCERTI Anna 2:02:55 2:21:32 2:29:38 +

30 2150 Italy CONSOLE Rosaria 2:03:31 2:21:59 2:30:09

agip wrote:

stupid drugs. I would normally root for the underdog, but root for a russian distance runner? can't do it because of the drugs history.

Or root for an American sprinter either?

Really sad that Davila is injured -- she would have ignored the surges, hit the splits with her metronomic precision, and given us an interesting gauge of the course conditions. Would have been instructive to see where she finished relative to Flanagan and Goucher.

Get well soon, Desi.

ecin wrote:

gramthlete wrote:

Flanagan 10th - an truly honourable performance.

Too bad people didn't have the same feeling for Hall when he finished 10th in a very hot Bejing Olympic Marathon...

I'll wait for Hersch's article that rips shalane & goucher

I think that Kara looked pretty good at the finish. I didn't see the whole race(just about the last 10k), did she just make tactical errors and Shalane ran out of gas?

Enoch wrote:

agip wrote:

stupid drugs. I would normally root for the underdog, but root for a russian distance runner? can't do it because of the drugs history.

Or root for an American sprinter either?

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yup. stupid drugs. Although I think Gay is probably clean. I might suspend disbelief and root for him.

rp wrote:

I think that Kara looked pretty good at the finish. I didn't see the whole race(just about the last 10k), did she just make tactical errors and Shalane ran out of gas?

Shalane tried to stay with the leaders a lot longer than Kara did. This caused her to fade badly after pulling into 5th with a couple miles to go.

Of course it is a bit disappointing because I'd hoped Shalane or Kara could medal, but I think that was a very solid performance from them. The winner was an Olympic record, the times seemed pretty good considering the abysmal weather at the beginning and the tactical nature of the race.

Perhaps Shalane could have been top 5 had she been running for top 5 but she kept in medal contention and ran out of gas.

Kara surprised me as I'd thought she was long gone but hung tough back there.

Nothing to be ashamed of. Not their perfect day, but a pretty solid performance.