Oh it was the cry baby simpson. Well she should be ashamed of herself.She thought with Dibaba kicked out she would win the gold. She forgot about Kipyegon#!!!!!
Oh it was the cry baby simpson. Well she should be ashamed of herself.She thought with Dibaba kicked out she would win the gold. She forgot about Kipyegon#!!!!!
Yep. Simpson silver, Rowbury bronze. Historical day for the US!!!
Dibaba - what a loser. No windmills this evening. Thrilled to see her fold like a cheap lawnshair. Loved the Costas call-out.
And shameful comments from rojo. For someone who's allegedly "anti-doping" you've handled the Aden situation with kid gloves. Compare this to DRUG CHEAT JUSTIN GATLIN and so on...........
heyyo wrote:
The American women should get racing tactic lessons from centro
+1
Dibaba looked completely different from the person that was breaking records left and right. The patterns in her performance leads to me to believe that there is something fishy going on with her.
Clearly, off the Jama Juice.
so shady wrote:
DIBABA EITHER THREW THAT RACE OR IS OFF THE JAMA JUICE.
19 seconds off her PR, rofl.
When has Dibaba won a race when she has been pressured by elite runners?
Just got here wrote:
What were simpson and roburry's last 800's?
I just put up the IOC's results which have every 100 on it.
Kipyegon 01:57.3 (15.7+14.7+14.5+13.7+13.9+13.8+14.8+16.1)
Dibaba 01:58.5
Simpson 01:59.0
Rowbury 01:59.3
Look how amazing those spltis are for Kipyegon. She tired up big in the last 200 as she ran a 55.9 from 600 to 200 out.
Simpson's 800 pb is 2:00.45.
This race needs to get people to calm down about the drug talk. Last year, half of the fans are like, "There is no way a clean woman can run an 800 pb in a 1500." Well Jenny Simpson - whom I assume everyone thinks is clean - just did it.
She pulled a 2011 Mo Farah when he kicked too early & lost to Jelan at 10K.
regardless......this race was strange.
Diababa ran a stupid race
rojo wrote:
This race needs to get people to calm down about the drug talk. Last year, half of the fans are like, "There is no way a clean woman can run an 800 pb in a 1500." Well Jenny Simpson - whom I assume everyone thinks is clean - just did it.
I don't disagree, but other things to consider include the rolling start off of an incredibly slow beginning to this race.
Dibaba threw the race. Less scrutiny of her doping by getting silver.
It's evident wrote:
I though Dibaba was going to jog 3:55 to 4:00 for the win. She is most definitely off the sauce.
Yes, Dibaba and Hassan are now human without the drugs.
Stupid...as in went to the usually full tank of Jamba Juice with 800 to go and had it run dry the last lap? That kind of "stupid?". I agree.
Bob Schul Country wrote:
regardless......this race was strange.
Diababa ran a stupid race
Le Grande Orange wrote:
Trying to figure out Muir's race strategy, or the lack thereof. Dumb, dumb, dumb. As opposed to Simpson, who's a real smart racer.
Message to all Americans yet to compete in distance/mid-distance: RUN FOR THIRD.
Murphy, Coburn, and Simpson all had similar races in that they hung back and picked off stragglers who moved too hard too early. Berian/Bosse tried to go with Rudisha's move and cratered. Ditto for Muir and Dibaba.
Jager, Centro, Rupp, Wilson/Grace, and Lagat are all in races where they will be best suited in running conservatively and persevering over competitors who tried to chase the win. I don't believe that any of them could realistically contend for the gold, but smart, patient racing will result in a lot more total hardware.
I think it's less the final 800 splits and more the vials full of EPO that were found in Aden's hotel...
Glad to see Rowbury stuck to her guns (shadow Simpson and try to outkick in the last 100). Jenny pulled her through.
Maybe sprinting like a retard in the semifinals had something to do with dibaba having nothing left at the end.
People will lay off the drug talk when we hear an explanation of the EPO drug bust where Aden was arrested with an athlete of his in possession of a lot of EPO. The arrest was after a sting that was initiated because he was seen dropping syringes in waste baskets around town. Dibaba and her sisters were with many Aden athletes at the hotel when Aden was arrested and his athlete was found with many preloaded injections of EPO in his room.Discussion of times alone is not dispositive one way or the other. Plus, I would expect lots of people to run near their 800 or with a running start after running 700 at 10k pace.
rojo wrote:
Just got here wrote:What were simpson and roburry's last 800's?
I just put up the IOC's results which have every 100 on it.
Kipyegon 01:57.3 (15.7+14.7+14.5+13.7+13.9+13.8+14.8+16.1)
Dibaba 01:58.5
Simpson 01:59.0
Rowbury 01:59.3
Look how amazing those spltis are for Kipyegon. She tired up big in the last 200 as she ran a 55.9 from 600 to 200 out.
Simpson's 800 pb is 2:00.45.
This race needs to get people to calm down about the drug talk. Last year, half of the fans are like, "There is no way a clean woman can run an 800 pb in a 1500." Well Jenny Simpson - whom I assume everyone thinks is clean - just did it.