Final
Pl. Athlete Nat. Birth Result
1. Lynsey SHARP GBR 90 1:59.14
2. Eunice Jepkoech SUM KEN 88 1:59.42
3. Brenda MARTINEZ USA 87 1:59.56
4. Laura MUIR GBR 93 2:00.67
5. Janeth JEPKOSGEI KEN 83 2:00.67
6. Ajee WILSON USA 94 2:01.70
7. Hannah ENGLAND GBR 87 2:01.96
8. Angela SMIT NZL 91 2:02.22
- Diane CUMMINS CAN 74 DNF
- Angelika CICHOCKA POL 88 DNF
Brenda ran like a champ. Thought she was going to take it but ended up 3rd ahead of Wilson.
Interesting, the homer beats Sum, Bmart, and Wilson.
locel yocel wrote:
Interesting, the homer beats Sum, Bmart, and Wilson.
Did anyone watch this on the BBC? I swear they kept saying Sharp is 20. She's not. She's 24.
rojo wrote:
locel yocel wrote:Interesting, the homer beats Sum, Bmart, and Wilson.
Did anyone watch this on the BBC? I swear they kept saying Sharp is 20. She's not. She's 24.
I tried to but the BBC feed cut out for about 2.5 minutes - including the intros and the entirety of the race. That's the bad news. The good news is that I didn't have to listen to any tea-swilling crumpet-munchers say "MAR-tin-ez".
Anyway, good to learn, if not see myself, that Brenda was a contender again after she'd been a non-factor this summer.
The women's 800m is definitely weak these days. But it was still a good race by Sharp - she is now one of the contenders. Wilson struggled (jet lag?) but BMart redeemed herself after a sub-par 1500m. No one in this group is going under 1.55 anytime soon.
Where are the Russians? Waiting until next year? or all on doping suspension? At least Montano has an excuse not be competing this year.
Hanner Englandah
candyman can wrote:
The women's 800m is definitely weak these days. But it was still a good race by Sharp - she is now one of the contenders. Wilson struggled (jet lag?) but BMart redeemed herself after a sub-par 1500m. No one in this group is going under 1.55 anytime soon.
Where are the Russians? Waiting until next year? or all on doping suspension? At least Montano has an excuse not be competing this year.
Agree with this, but expecting sub 1:55 is like expecting sub 1:42 from a given group of men, it's historically very unlikely.
Sharp has a lot of power and if she can stay injury free for a few years can get down to 1:56 territory, why not? She seems to have the action, the temperament, the necessary genetics. Just needs to her body to let her put in a really good spell of conditioning work so she can last.
The other British hopes, Muir and Judd, are potentially going to threaten world class, but both look like it'll be over 1500m as their basic speed seems a bit lacking against the world's best.
Wilson wasn't herself today but - again, injury dependant - looks a reasonable bet for 1:56 and becoming something pretty special over the next year. Presumably she's being brought on quite carefully in order that she doesn't burn out, and next year could be big.
Sum looks to have stalled but one hopes that competition can inspire her to get down to the times she looks capable of. She's rangy and powerful but just doesn't seem as fit as the top 800m runners of years gone by. Again, there's surely 1:56 in there somewhere.
Does Carlos coach kids other than Brenda?
Having a bad day are you?
porter wrote:
Brenda ran like a champ. Thought she was going to take it but ended up 3rd ahead of Wilson.
Sorry, but champs don't finish 3rd.
So how did she run like a champ?
Los Angeles is the sports capital of the world....I'm sorry you feel that way though.
Has Brenda ever won a championship? You can't run like one if you haven't won one.
Yeah, she's won a championship. Look it up
candyman can wrote:
The women's 800m is definitely weak these days. But it was still a good race by Sharp - she is now one of the contenders. Wilson struggled (jet lag?) but BMart redeemed herself after a sub-par 1500m. No one in this group is going under 1.55 anytime soon.
Where are the Russians? Waiting until next year? or all on doping suspension? At least Montano has an excuse not be competing this year.
Your are correct, the women's 800 is week this year and has been week in terms of depth for a long time. There have only been a couple of athletes like Savinova, Syemya, Jelimo, etc., who have run really fast. Since there is no such things as a tactical 800m, when the best women line up, you would expect it to be at least a 1:57x race considering 1:57s were pretty routine several decades ago.
Benevolent Dictator - you pulled my post that was a lot less offensive than the one about L.A. above. Fairness please.