World Athletics Championships: In the heat and humidity of Tokyo, "it feels like running in a pressure cooker"
The world is turning. In Tokyo, on Saturday evening, the first medal in the women's World Athletics Championships was picked up on the track by a Kenyan athlete. Beatrice Chebet, 25, a child of Kericho, in the Rift Valley, already remembered for her Olympic double in the 5,000-10,000m last year in Paris, crushed the competition with a final lap that felt like a long sprint. She was expected. She swept the board. Written in advance.
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The stopwatch? It will be quickly forgotten. A time of 30:37.61 for the Kenyan, a long way from her world record (28:54.14). Anecdotal. All athletes know it, their coaches too: running a 10,000m in a temperature of 27 degrees and 84% humidity is no picnic. Embellish your effort with a timed performance is mission impossible.
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