Adar fails 1500m test
Aug 17, 2006
JIMMY Adar’s medal hopes in the 11th IAAF World Junior athletics Championship evaporated yesterday after he failed the speed test of the 1500m final at Chaoyong sports complex.
By Norman Katende
in Beijing
1 N. Limo (KEN) 3:40.44
2 I. Abdelati (MAR) 3:40.73
11 J. Adar (UGA) 3:48.16
Today:
800m final
TOMORROW
3000mSc final
SUNDAY
5000m final
JIMMY Adar’s medal hopes in the 11th IAAF World Junior athletics Championship evaporated yesterday after he failed the speed test of the 1500m final at Chaoyong sports complex.
The 18-year old Akii Bua SSS student, taking part in his fourth race in a space of three days was tired, and this could be witnessed by his start sprint speed when he failed a fair pace.
The situation was made worse for the national champion as his efforts to stay clear from being spiked, saw him run from the outer space, thus covering a longer distance than the other competitors, giving his already tired body a bigger task.
Adar kept with the leading pack but after two of the three and a quarter-lap race, he gave up the chase, only keeping pride of not finishing last, which he did in a time of three minutes 48.16 seconds.
“I was tired,†he confessed after running over two seconds slower than his personal best of 3:44.46.
Abraham Chepkirwok will, meanwhile, be all out for a tactical final, when he takes on his most feared rival, Bahrain’s Belal Mansoor Ali in the 800m final today.
The 17-year-old Gombe SSS student has, like Mansoor Ali, won his races and putting him in lane three, next to Ali in two will provide him with an opportunity to race while keeping a cautious eye on his highest opportunity.
“I know that I have a good time but he is talented. This will not be a race of speed but of tactics. The one with better tactics will take the day,†said Chepkirwok in an interview.
Chepkirwok’s best time of 1:45.0 is this year’s world junior lead time, but he says that this will not deter his focus because Ali, as confirmed by IAAF, has run a better time of 1:44.34.
“The only way to win is to treat any race like a normal one. After what happened in the semi-finals (when he was spiked), I think I will be even more cautious,†Chepkirwok added.
His coach Nallis Bigingo yesterday urged him to build on his planning capability as he has the power to put the race in his control.
Benjamin Kiplagat, 17, is the other Ugandan junior athlete who on Wednesday booked himself a place in tomorrow’s 3000mSc final after finishing the heats as best loser.
in Beijing
1 N. Limo (KEN) 3:40.44
2 I. Abdelati (MAR) 3:40.73
11 J. Adar (UGA) 3:48.16
Today:
800m final
TOMORROW
3000mSc final
SUNDAY
5000m final
JIMMY Adar’s medal hopes in the 11th IAAF World Junior athletics Championship evaporated yesterday after he failed the speed test of the 1500m final at Chaoyong sports complex.
The 18-year old Akii Bua SSS student, taking part in his fourth race in a space of three days was tired, and this could be witnessed by his start sprint speed when he failed a fair pace.
The situation was made worse for the national champion as his efforts to stay clear from being spiked, saw him run from the outer space, thus covering a longer distance than the other competitors, giving his already tired body a bigger task.
Adar kept with the leading pack but after two of the three and a quarter-lap race, he gave up the chase, only keeping pride of not finishing last, which he did in a time of three minutes 48.16 seconds.
“I was tired,†he confessed after running over two seconds slower than his personal best of 3:44.46.
Abraham Chepkirwok will, meanwhile, be all out for a tactical final, when he takes on his most feared rival, Bahrain’s Belal Mansoor Ali in the 800m final today.
The 17-year-old Gombe SSS student has, like Mansoor Ali, won his races and putting him in lane three, next to Ali in two will provide him with an opportunity to race while keeping a cautious eye on his highest opportunity.
“I know that I have a good time but he is talented. This will not be a race of speed but of tactics. The one with better tactics will take the day,†said Chepkirwok in an interview.
Chepkirwok’s best time of 1:45.0 is this year’s world junior lead time, but he says that this will not deter his focus because Ali, as confirmed by IAAF, has run a better time of 1:44.34.
“The only way to win is to treat any race like a normal one. After what happened in the semi-finals (when he was spiked), I think I will be even more cautious,†Chepkirwok added.
His coach Nallis Bigingo yesterday urged him to build on his planning capability as he has the power to put the race in his control.
Benjamin Kiplagat, 17, is the other Ugandan junior athlete who on Wednesday booked himself a place in tomorrow’s 3000mSc final after finishing the heats as best loser.