2006 World Junior Championships
Day 4 - 8/18
WOMEN'S 800M FINAL

Friday August 18th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 4 - 8/18
WOMEN'S 800M FINAL

Friday August 18th, 2006
At Beijing, China

  
US's Noble 7th at 400 - down the backstretch she has fallen to last or 8th

 
With 120m to go Noble still trails the field - with 80m to go she swings wide and starts her run to glory

 
with 25m to go she still is in 6th, and passes that group near the finish to take bronze!!

Rebekah Noble of the U.S. and Oregon, got out well and was third after 100 meters but fell back to eighth at 200 meters, passed in 29.95. She then got back in the race moving up to third at 400, reached in 1:02.15. Noble again let things slip away and probably gave up any chance of victory when she again slipped back to eighth at 600, reached in 1:34.17. With 90 meters remaining she was still eighth but she then came flying on the out side and got up to finish third in 2:04.59. Meanwhile up front, Olga Cristea of Maldova, the World Youth Champion, held a small lead over Winny Chebet of Kenya, and despite a desperate final run-in Chebet was never able get ahead of Cristea, who won in a seasonal best, 2:04.52. to 2:04.57. Chebet’s time was a personal best.

Official Results - 800 Metres - Women - Final
Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:55

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 1 402 Cristea Olga MDA 2:04.52 (SB)
2 7 375 Chebet Winny KEN 2:04.59 (PB)
3 4 627 Noble Rebekah USA 2:04.90
4 3 593 Lupu Nataliya UKR 2:05.05
5 6 600 Shevchenko Anzhelika UKR 2:05.23
6 5 527 Uvarova Aleksandra RUS 2:05.43
7 2 4 Rezig Aïcha ALG 2:06.22
8 8 657 Banda Elizet ZAM 2:07.71