Leopards, cheetahs, gazelles - elite runners are often likened to animals. But Australia’s Catriona Bisset might be the only one at the world championships thinking like a sea turtle.
When sea turtles hatch in the sand-dunes they have a desperate first flapping race across the sand to reach the ocean before they are picked off by sea eagles.
“I don’t know if you’ve watched nature documentaries and [have seen] ... sea turtles that lay their eggs in the sand, and then they are running across the sand trying to get to the ocean and they have to dodge all the birds of prey; the sea eagles. That is what the last bend feels like [to me]; I am a tiny little sea turtle and once I get to the front straight it’s like ‘OK, I am in the ocean’ [and i] just pump it to the finish line,” Bisset said.
Australia’s Catriona Bisset is beaten across the line in her 800m heat at the world athletics championships by Ethiopia’s Habitam Alemu.Now aged 29, she has four national titles and looks like an athlete who knows she belongs at these world championships. She has spent months in Europe, consistently running times between 1:57 and 1:58 to repeatedly finish in the top few placegetters of major races.
Australian Abbey Caldwell finished in the first three in her 800m heat, meaning she progresses through to Friday’s semi-final.Abbey Caldwell, in contrast, endured a mess of a race, but maturely persisted and changed strategies until she found a way.
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