Don’t think you are interpreting the race very well. First of all she went out so fast the first 250 that nobody even could draft off her. So forget that benefit for Goule/Keely. Keely had to run wide some in the first lap to establish position with Goule. Second of all, she ran marginal extra distance the entire race. The first and second turns completely in lane 1. She went to lane 2 on the straight at 500 but was pretty much mirroring Keely who did the same. By the 600 mark the race had opened up to the point she got to run most of it on the inside before at 125 to go getting to lane 2 for a straight-line finish. Keely had to pretty much do the same to launch her kick. Keely’s last 100 was a middling 15.2. Keelys close at Worlds was 14.6 in a faster race. I think she has to recalibrate and run her own race if Moraa is going to take it out this fast. It’s frying her finish.
I said the same on another thread. Hodgkinson can't allow herself to be dragged through in 56-point or 57-low. She runs her best off a 58 with negative split. She's tried running that first lap hard and it hasn't worked, maybe she needs to just accept what works well for her.
You are asking for 800m to be a four turn stagger race without directly stating you want 800m to be a four turn stagger race. First it takes enormous discipline for an elite female in 800m to mentally block out what others are doing and race 14.4 second 100m splits. Second, racing even splits at a championship 800m often means racing in last place the first 300m which has it's own emotional costs. Third, racing even splits in a championship 800m likely means racing in lane 2 or 3 over the final 500m. James Robinson made a career of doing this. He kept coming up short. Robinson was often in lane 3 the last 300m. James Robinson certainly would have done at least equally well with four turn staggers. In general I am a huge advocate of even pacing but I realize there is a trade off in extra distance raced racing even pace 800m.
Come on mods - if you are removing posts you don't like be man enough to say you're imposing a ban. The usual ban on posters and opinions you don't like - you know, a ban on free speech.
Keely improved greatly this year but I hardly see her a consistent 1:57 800m runner in the future. The Kenyan is improving and getting more experience on this distance.
Holy mother. Yeah, that was one of the most ridiculous races I've ever seen anyone run.
That looks like a girl who could break 1:54 at some point in the next couple years, if she gets some experience with the distance, and some serious coaching --and eventually learns how to run it with some modest degree of sanity.
I agree: she may give Athing a whole *lot* of trouble.