Almost immediately from the start, Latvian Agate Caune accelerated. The 19-year-old recently won EC gold in the U20 class at the exercise and there was no one to follow. Early on, she had a speed that meant she was close to a timetable for 2.30pm. – In the heat here, that is. I am very skeptical. If she runs 14.30 solo in this heat … As a 19-year-old, in her WC debut. Then I think we have to go down from the commentator’s place and take her hand and congratulate her afterwards. It shouldn’t really work, said news commentator Jann Post early in the race. Caune gained a huge lead midway through the race. – She leads by half the WC stadium, said Post during the course. Into the last 1000 metres, she still had a gap of 100 metres. But then the strength began to wane. With 150 meters to go, she was caught by reigning world champion Gudaf Tsegay, but Caune fought her way to fourth place and thus made it to a WC final in the 5000 metres. Caune ran in a time of 15:00.48, which is a personal best by just under three seconds. – A 19-year-old in a solo race in an attempt at a WC. It’s beautiful, says Post after the race. – Let this day be known as the day we all became Agate Caune fans, writes Citius Mag journalist Kyle Merber on X/Twitter. Focused on himself – I ran from the start, because I can’t run fast at the start, then calmly, and then quickly again. It doesn’t suit me. I have to speed up from the start. I managed it, I ran a new personal record and am in the final, says Caune to news. – Were you afraid that the others would pick you up earlier? – Yes of course. I know the others are very fast. Their personal records are so fast, but I just focused on myself and I did a good job, says the 19-year-old. Grøvdal knocked out Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal has had a demanding season. Injury problems meant she had to sit out the Bislett Games. It was only at the end of July that she completed the first race of the summer, when she ran in the Diamond League event in London a week before the qualification deadline for the World Cup. There she passed the WC requirement and since then she has been preparing for the WC in Budapest. Because of the heat, the opening heat of the 5,000 meters was moved from the morning to the evening. And for Grøvdal, the goal going into the WC was clear: She wanted to improve on her eighth place from last year’s WC final. Then the first job was to be among the eight best in the opening heat who made it to the final. However, she had to drop out of the field with around two laps to go and eventually finished eleventh with a time of 15.08.96. Thus, the WC is over for Grøvdal. – I am of course disappointed, but it was not a good day. I felt quite early on that I had to work a little too much. Then I become a bit negative along the way. It didn’t work well today, says Grøvdal to news. – It is hard and has probably never been more difficult to reach a final. I tried to rain a little on both heats. I reached the final last year, but I would say that the 5000 meter level is higher than last year. I knew it was tough, but I had expected to be top eight. I didn’t quite show what I’m good for today. In the second heat it went much faster. Sifan Hassan won there with a strong 14.32.29, two hundredths ahead of world record holder Faith Kipyegon.
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