Not that I'm holding my breath, but I'd love to see Carmen Douma-Gussar medal here
Not that I'm holding my breath, but I'd love to see Carmen Douma-Gussar medal here
Russia has 4 of the 8 automatic qualifiers!
Correction, 4 in the top 7 of 10 automatic qualifiers.
Burika will medal...
She is the WJXC Champ.
Pretty sad she wasn't given any air time. She destroyed Dibaba in the 5000 in a local race and won the 1500 title and the ran in a 4x400 race a coupla minutes later.. and anchored in gold for her club...
I picked Burika for the gold. The Ethiopian 1500 (both men and women), however, run a tactically poor race. Watch the archives. They are always wide and going in and out of the pack. Burika is strong enough to run from the fron. That is how she beat Dibaba and Defar.
Suprised that benhassi didnt double. The russians vs tola.. is the main competition... we will see if Burika can surprise. she was supposed to be in the 5k team but she did poorly in Rome 14:51 (ha ha!!) thats considered poor nowadays.
I was in addis abeba stadium and was in a front row seat when i saw this girl run.. she is tiny but her kick is just huge. Her stride is incredible.
Lets hope she brings some needed attention to the 1500. I was shocked to see Mesta tadesse loose it.. she won a gradprix race 2 weeks ago.. and totally lost it today.
I am glad we had two girls in there.
as you said it is a matter of tactic if she stick to the leaders, i tell you can make history.