Katir, eighth in 5,000, pays for the sin of youth

The appearance of the year was not revealed in Tokyo.

It usually happens with apparitions.

The realities need more time.

is an Olympic finalist, eighth in an excellent 5,000 level, but the times devoured in a short time invited something great.

For now, it is an important position, but no more so than that of other Spaniards who have achieved a diploma on the track or the route for the sake of an athletics that needs it.

Katir likes and is liked.

It is one of those who challenge and challenge themselves, what a leader needs.

But in this a precise leader of the podium.

On the border of the mediofondo and the fund is complex, due to the dominance of the long-distance runners raised in the African highlands, they compete for whoever they compete. The Tokyo 5,000 was an example, dominated by the Ugandan

but with

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on the podium. The first, for Canada; the second, by the United States. Katir, still at the beginning of her career, has to make decisions about distances, on the way to Paris. By then we will know if it was just an apparition or it is a reality.

The way the final ended, off the hook from the last 400, when Cheptegei decided it was time for the final attack, showed that something was missing. It had nothing to do with his haughty, even haughty demeanor in the semifinals, where he even allowed himself to turn around and chat with Chelimo. In a great championship, you don't have to run just 5,000, but two, or three in the case of 1,500. It is not like a rally in which the athlete prepares for a time. It is brand, of course, but it is resistance and it is tactical. It does not matter so much how the championship begins, but how it ends.

The two images left by Katir in Tokyo show that, perhaps, she still lacks travel, maturity, to be in a position to control the wear and tear that it entails.

It is an aspect to work with your coach from now on.

The athlete himself acknowledged having paid for his lack of experience.

After having broken the Spanish record in 12: 50.79, it cannot be said that the test, won by the Ugandan Cheptegei in 12: 58.15, was not within his reach.

No. It was quick at the start, when the Spaniard, recently nationalized thanks to athletics after having been in Mula, Murcia, since the age of five, moved to the back positions to avoid skirmishes.

He made the mistake of not taking the rope well, so he ran for a long time on lane two and assumed unnecessary wear.

Already in Tokyo, Katir had said that she was better than when she broke her record in Spain.

He did more: in 33 days he also improved those of 1,500 (3: 28.76) and 3,000 (7: 26.64).

It was not heard correctly.

From now on, he must do it, together with his coach Gabi Lorente, a very young duo.

The athlete is 23 years old;

the technician, 31. A diploma is a good award, but when you start from other expectations and a certain sufficiency, disappointment appears.

Athletics requires going fast on the track, but not everything else.

He has the talent and time ahead, time for correct decisions.

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