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 But the woman we’re most excited by is German wunderkind Konstanze Klosterhalfen. She’s run 1:59.65, 3:59.30 and 14:51.38 this year at age 20 and is absolutely fearless. In Rome on June 8, she took it to Hassan and actually led until the bell (even though they were running 4:00 pace and her PR was 4:04 at the time). At the German Champs a month later, Klosterhalfen ran 3:59 in a race where the runner-up ran 4:10. Medalling against this field would be her greatest achievement yet, but she’s a big talent who won’t be afraid of the bright lights at Worlds.

Aus der 1500m Vorschau auf Letsrun

Getippt haben sie aber Hassan, Dibaba, Kipyegon auf 1-2-3.

Und Semenya haben sie auch nicht auf eine Medaille getippt, auch wenn sie es nicht ausschließen, denn:

Given her testosterone advantage, we would not be shocked if Caster Semenya medalled — or if she won the whole thing — and her 1:55.27 800 pb is certainly intimidating. But Hassan hasn’t run that much slower over 800 (1:56.81), and both Kipyegon and Dibaba have beaten Hassan at the past two global champs. Even if they don’t have quite the same top-end speed as Semenya, all of these women can close. Meanwhile, Semenya will be moving up and competing in a distance which she is unfamiliar with. It’s incredibly hard to be the best in the world at both the 800 and 1500 so we aren’t picking Semenya for a medal but it will be fascinating to watch her race.

Also man darf gespannt sein.

Gruß

C