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Event 10 - 1500 Meters - Heat 2
With Path, Palmiero, and Peltonen all in this heat, knowing Nielsen's 4:37 and Babson's 4:49...it'll be interesting to see how they react.
In this heat with
Path
Palmiero
Peltonen
are
Ginsberg
Bafou
Llyw
Chilton
The gun goes off, and immediately two things jump out, Palmiero and Path are out quick, but Peltonen has gotten boxed in and is forced to chop his steps and shuffle to the back to keep from being tripped up. That's going to hurt his time signficantly...
As they approach the 600 meter mark, Path has exploded with a split of 52 seconds, opening a lead of 4 seconds over Llyw and Bafou...Palmiero settled into a slower place, and Peltonen really charged back to get into striking distance.
Path used the 3rd split to recover a bit...and in doing so he watches Llyw go sailing past with a split of 51 seconds...Bafou, using Llyw as a pacer also slips by Path. Palmiero wanting to stay on a pace faster than Babson and one that keeps Path close enough that he doesn't get jumped is only 5 seconds back in the heat at this point. He's also 2 seconds off Babson's time, but Babson struggled coming home.
At the 1200 mark...as the runners head for home...Llyw and Bafou and stride for stride and Path his coming up on their outside shoulders...half a step off their pace. Palmiero stays 5 seconds behind Path. Chilton is next with Peltonen still clawing his way back. Ginsberg brings up the rear almost 10 seconds behind the rest of the field.
As they headhome...it's Llyw with the kick..finishing the last split in 52 seconds and posting a time of 4:30...Path is able to cross with Bafou to tie for second in the heat at 4:32. Palmiero can't kick with the rest of the leaders and loses more time to Path...he crosses at 4:41. Chilton lumbers home at 4:45, and all that hard work trying to close seems to have caught up to Peltonen who lost ground on the final split and ended up with a time of 4:49. Ginsberg closes the heat crossing at 4:56.
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