Raevyn Rogers chose the wide route down the finish straight in the
women's 800m final and thus, unobstructed, she won
the silver medal in a season best time. She had won both her heat
(2:02.01) and her semi-final (1:59.57) and perhaps preferred the
'safe' way home. With a P.B. of 1:57.69 she knew winning was possible.
Alas, Halimah Nakaayi rose to the occasion, setting a Uganda National
Record and just won.
2019 World Athletics Championships. Doha, Qatar.
Final women's 800 metres.
1.
|
Halimah Nakaayi |
Uganda |
1:58.04 |
NR |
|
2. |
Raevyn Rogers |
United States |
1:58.18 |
SB
|
|
3. |
Ajee Wilson |
United States |
1:58.84
|
|
|
4.
|
Winnie Nanyondo |
Uganda |
1:59.18
|
|
|
5.
|
Eunice Jepkoech Sum
|
Kenya |
1:59.71 |
|
|
6. |
Natoya Goule |
Jamaica |
2:00.11 |
|
|
7.
|
Rababe Arafi |
Morocco |
2:00.48 |
|
|
8.
|
Ce'Aira Brown |
United States |
2:02.97 |
|
|
2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo.
Final women's 800m Final.
1.
|
Athing Mu
|
United States
|
1:55.21
|
NR
|
|
|
|
|
2.
|
Keely Hodgkinson
|
Great Britain
|
1:55.88
|
NR
|
|
|
|
|
3.
|
Raevyn Rogers
|
United States
|
1:56.81
|
PB
|
|
|
|
|
4.
|
Jemma Reekie
|
Great Britain
|
1:56.90
|
PB
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
Wang Chunyu
|
China
|
1:57.00
|
PB
|
|
|
|
|
6.
|
Habitam Alemu
|
Ethiopia
|
1:57.56
|
SB
|
|
|
|
|
7.
|
Alexandra Bell
|
Great Britain
|
1:57.66
|
PB
|
|
|
|
|
8.
|
Natoya Goule |
Jamaica |
1:58.26 |
|
|
|
|
|