rojo wrote:
Having watched the race, I'd summarize it as saying she looked like marathoner running the 1500.
She hit 800 in 2:09 in the front and the bell in 3:00. 1200 was reached in 3::16.73. On the final turn a couple women came around her and boxed her in but she then moved out but didn't have an acceleration or move up in the final 100. She did get jostled a bit with about 45 meters to go but that was well after it was clear she was going to be beaten. She did give up just before the line.
After it was over, Geoff Wightman summed it up perfectly. "She looks perplexed," he said as she had a confused smile on her face.
There’s no doubt she’s finished as a 1500 threat, but what concerns me even more was her performance in the Tokyo marathon. Maybe age has caught up with her all of a sudden? Just a year ago she was a global medalist in the 1500 and won Chicago soon after. Could it be that she’s washed up in a span of less than 12 months? I hope not. Watching her today gave me the same feeling I got watching Kipchoge in Tokyo this year. A sense of profound sadness at the passing of an era. Well, that’s the cycle of sports. Ok, hoping this feeling of sadness is misplaced and she will duel Obiri for the win in the Paris marathon.
