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A exceptional  ladies’s 1500 and three for Kipyegon

August 22, 2024
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The Ladies’s 1,500 meters was one of many best races of the complete Olympics. The story was not simply concerning the battle for the silver and bronze medals, which went all the way down to the very closing steps. It was additionally concerning the important achievement of Religion Kipyegon’s third Olympic title, a testomony to her ability and willpower.

.Stuart Weir wrote 26 tales and 16,000 phrases for RunBlogRun throughout the Paris Olympics. 

That is his closing story from Paris. 

A exceptional  ladies’s 1500 and three for Kipyegon

The ladies’s 1500m closing was fast to the extent that 3:53.3 solely obtained you fifth place, and the highest 9 went beneath 4 minutes.  Six of the 12 athletes ran a PB.  That Religion Kipyegon gained is not going to shock anybody, nor was her time of three:51.29  Olympic file.  Jessica Hull’s 3:52.56 would have been an Australian file if she had not set a greater one in Paris earlier this season.

Olympic 1,500m closing, Georgia Bell, Jessica Hull, Religion Kipyegon, picture by British Olympic Affiliation

The leaders went off at what appeared a suicidal tempo, with Britain’s Georgia Bell going with the main group, however Laura Muir let the leaders go and settled into working on the tempo she wished to. Then, with a lap to go, Laura began to hurry up and lower the hole to the main group.  In 5 weeks, Laura ran a second 4:53 PR, nevertheless it was not sufficient for a medal. Bell caught with the main group and earned herself a bronze medal and a brand new British file with a four-second PR.

The highest  5 have been:

1 Religion Kipyegon 3:51.29

2 Jessica Hull 3:52.56

3 Georgia Bell 3:52.61

4 Diribe Welteji 3:52.75

5 Laura Muir 3:53.37

This was Religion Kipyegon’s third successive Olympic victory at 1500m.  A comparability of the occasions on the final 4 Olympics reveals how she has reworked the occasion:

2012 Maryam Yusuf Jamal 4:10.74

2016 Religion Kipyegon 4:08.92

2021 Religion Kipyegon 3:53.11

2024  Religion Kipyegon 3:51.29

Laura Muir commented that she had come second in 2021, run sooner in 2024, and are available fifth!

Religion stated of her victory: “To have come right here and run immediately as I ran, after a traumatic 5000, it actually took lots in my thoughts, and I couldn’t sleep till yesterday. I feel I’m going to sleep immediately after this lovely race. Working right here in Paris was simply wonderful, additionally with the followers, and the group was simply wonderful. Working right here and cheering from the gun to the dip was wonderful.”

Bronze medalist Georgia Bell stated: “I solely thought this week within the heats that I may medal. So long as I didn’t let the hole go and I used to be there, I may shut it. The difficult half was within the center, the place I believed this is able to harm. However I knew that I needed to cling on and end sturdy.

I can’t consider what’s simply occurred. My coaching has gone nicely, and I do know I’ll by no means be in the identical place once more the place I come right into a sport with out strain. Even making it to the Olympics, that is enormous.”

Learn extra on Georgia Bell’s exceptional story of her return to the game after years away at

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/08/the-amazing-story-of-georgia-bell.html

Laura Muir, Paris Olympic 1,500m, picture by British Olympic Affiliation

Laura Muir commented: “That’s precisely how I wished to run. I knew I may run 3.52/3.53 in my splits, nevertheless it was a fast closing. I ran a second sooner than I did in Tokyo; this time, I obtained fifth. There’s a lot power on this race. It’s mad how a lot the game has moved on since then. I ran the race precisely like I wished to. I simply knew I couldn’t preserve that tempo up at the beginning. I needed to be affected person and run my splits. I knew I may run very quick, and I did. I ran a giant PB, however sadly, it wasn’t quick sufficient. However I wouldn’t change something about that race. I used to be precisely the place I wished to be; all of them ran exhausting. I caught as much as lots of them, however sadly, I used to be a pair brief”.

Watch the medalists’ press convention at:

Athletics – Press Convention Video: Ladies’s 1500m – KIPYEGON (KEN): gold, HULL (AUS): silver, BELL (GBR): bronze | Information (paris2024.org)

Stuart Weir

Since 2015, Stuart Weir has written for RunBlogRun. He attends about 20 occasions a 12 months together with all most world championships and Diamond Leagues. He enjoys discovering the quirky and obscure story.

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