2008 Beijing Olympic Preview: Women’s 10,000 Meters
Posted August 14th, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
Women’s 10,000 Meters
The Schedule: Friday, Aug 15
(live on NBC)
The Americans:
#5 Shalane Flanagan,
#8 Kara Goucher, Amy Begley
The Contenders: #1 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH), #2 Lucy Kabuu Wangui (KEN), #10 Grace Kwamboka Momanyi (KEN) #12 Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH), #13 Kim Smith (NZL), #16 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (KEN), #21 Mestawet Tufa (ETH), Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)
The Stats: Records, 2008 List, 2007 Worlds, 2004 Olympics
The Medal Picks: T&FN - T Dibaba, E Dibaba, Abeylegesse;
SI - Tufa, Jepleting, Kabuu
The Story: Six runners automatically get respect simply from their uniform: the trios from Ethiopia and Kenya. The northernmost of the two African neighbors has had significantly better results at international championships, winning five of the last nine major medals to Kenya’s none. One of those Ethiopians gets more respect than the other two combined, however: two-time World champ Dibaba, who also holds the 5k world record.
High heat and humidity might wreak havoc with other athlete’s abilities, but it was just as bad at last year’s Worlds when she was dead last at halfway and ended up winning.
In those same awful conditions, Goucher took the USA’s first-ever Worlds medal in this event, a bronze. It would surprise no one if her or teammate Flanagan could match or improve on the lone US Olympic medal (bronze) in the women’s 10k.
Note: Athletes’ rankings refer to TheFinalSprint.com’s World Points Standings, and medal picks come to us from Track & Field News and Sports Illustrated, respectively.
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