Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final | IAAF World Championships London 2017 

jack smith Er... what?

SIXTEEN SECONDS faster than her previous lifetime best! Absolutely staggering achievement.

@@blahblah121212 that was an incredible race for Coburn and Frerichs, but Frerichs improving 16 seconds at her level is astonishing. You could spend your entire career just getting 8-10s (at most), but for her to do that is almost unbelievable in a championship race...just wow.

That was a great race. In the steeplechase and hurdles they still have to go over that last barrier. Watch Evan Jager's race where he would have won and break 8 minutes but he stumbles after the last barrier, gets 2nd place and does not break 8minutes, sad.

Frerichs move in the final back stretch made the race what it was.

Watch the womens marathon 2015 The final minutes are insane

Mate look at u we know why you watched it 50 times

@@someonenotnotsomeone190 Well, there's that, too!

Far more than fifty here, but its brilliant every time I see it.

I enjoy watching the last two laps, seeing them drop the African runners one by one. It is absolutely shocking. We've been watching African runners drop the field for decades and here the tables were turned.

Best commentator

2019 is here we'll see about that The Kenyan is still going strong by the way

Are you jealous your kenyans got their asses kicked by 2 americans coburn is legit

@@betsysindani3171 you literally make no sense. They won since the Kenyans kept making poor mistakes while running. They pushed themselves to win and did so. Give credit when its due weirdo

@@betsysindani3171 We know the Kenyans dope too!

@@zabaleta66 unfortunately everyone takes test, however genetics plays a huge role in endurance which the Kenyans have. They lost this race due to poor hurdle techniques. However, the two Americans had top-notch training and technique.

Is it.

These are world class athletes, the course is quite simple. If an athlete starts day dreaming, that's their problem. They don't need their hand held.

@@imnotabotrlyimnot Again... there are 100+ officials/volunteers at these meets.... sitting around bored half the time. They might as well be useful.

Her and Coburn win the hottie race by a mile!!

steeplechase - represent an old horse race from one towns steeple to another. Hurdles represent the stone walls they have to sometimes jump over and the water represents the streams.

Maybe, but it wouldn't have been a legal win. Those were CLEAN runners who came in 1 and 2 and everyone knows it.

A N jealous? I’m a proud born Kenyan, u whites just mad u can’t keep up with the East Africans 😌

Yes. She was so embarrassed too. She dominated the 2019 race though.

@@dirodabraat8290 Distance running is not the National sport in USA as it is in Eth. and Kenya. As is evidenced by the RIO medal count of 121 USA and 13 for Kenyan, the Americans participate in more than track and field events. More than 40 million BLACK live in the USA and a high percentage of our best track and field athletes are Black. Let's just enjoy the international competition.

Paying attention is part of the race 😉

I don't know when she knew, but if you watch the video of her sister watching the race some guy in the background goes, "they're gonna go wide and she's gonna take the inside. we practiced this" so apparently she'd been preparing for literally that specific moment probably for months.

@@utahstock12 Oh yeah, thanks, I went and watched that on one of her running buddy's IG. It was a great video of her sister going crazy watching it happen on TV. Wonder if Frerichs moving out wider was a part of the tactic...

utahstock12 That sounds like something I’d like to see. Can you point me at it please?

Craig B Brilliant! Thank you!

@Craig B ty. that was emotionnal

And she took 16 seconds off her pr, too!!! 16 seconds is a CRAZY number

And a 16 secongbPR!

Bethany Mclean, really? Freirichs won the NCAA title in 2016, she was not preparing for the Olympics like Emma and the rest.

Freirichs, in the end, defined this race.

Great interview with her afterward on youtube. She's a delight.

I will never forget this moment, it as so incredible witnessing her performance and reaction

I cry every time I watch this. Every. Single. Time.

Frierich won a silver medal in Toyko!

Correct

I heard that, too! Hilarious!

I was wondering if anyone else would notice it! Could you imagine if he had said it? That would have become a classic!

Bowerman coming for all the records! Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-bie...

I was waiting to find a comment mentioning this.

Correct flexibility power and technique

That translates into a 1 second advantage, but more importantly it sets you up for how you will explode out, since your feet are set and your in total control, while the kenyans due to being shorter have to sacrifice on the jump itself by slowing down and also taking shorter steps to make sure they can hurdle over, cuz even a slightly lower jump will result in hitting the hurtle, while taller athletes can more or less keep thier stride. The more important part of it is the landing and how you can explode out. The kenyans are shorter, so when they land, they are off balance and not set. This played a huge advantage in the outcome of this race. Well run by the 2 americans and also well run by the runner who caught up after making that mistake on the first hurdle. Alot of athletes might of given up at that point and just went through the motions.

@Desecration lol touchy aren't you. I never made any claims of knowing anything. I just noticed the difference in style then made a presumption of how that might affect their running. Do you cry yourself to bed every night...jeez

​@@billyboblillybob344 - your concern about the hurdles may be well-founded - even the sources available on the web attribute a small advantage to it from Hurdles First article "Developing the Steeplechaser" (hurdlesfirstbeta.com/the-magazine/back-issue/hurdle-magazine-april-2015/developing-steeplechaser-technique-training-racing-success/) "Successful steeplechase athletes often gain ground, or put extra ground, on their competitors because they are so efficient over the water pit. Efficient mechanics and good form in the air, coupled with explosion, can shave seconds off the athlete’s race time. While clearing the pit, it is very important to get out towards the end of the pit without sacrificing too much time in the air." i would add that being able to keep up in the flats - and shave seconds during the hurdles - can be enuf to win - and steeplechase victories are usually measured in seconds as i first watched this race (and another one by Coburn) - i kept wondering if her height and long legs could give her help with the barriers - in terms of physics - it should take less energy for her to jump the hurdles - (but not the water jumps where even she too jumps to the top of the barrier) - as long as her weight didn't cost her more energy than the smaller competitors over the flat terrain - and it doesn't seem to or she wouldn't be among the leaders i watched the video more closely due to your observation - and noticed that many of the other competitors - african and non-african - landed with 2 feet into the water - while the africans have been winning with that technique - landing with one foot and stepping to the track with the second may be a technique that will be significant in the future however i disagree with your implication about the last water jump - it wasn't due to the different jumping technique - Jepkemoi simply stumbled uncharacteristically at the last water jump (her body was at an angle when she landed) - allowing the americans to pass her - judging by the way she hung on to Frerich - if they were reversed - Jepkemoi would likely have been second

FAKE@Glenn Beck - {BTW - the poster above is not the real Glenn Beck - who has his own verified youtube account - this troll might be trying to discredit the real Glenn Beck by making racist posts like the above under his name - i'm going to delete my responding posts below - it just helps him to taint Beck) what is despicable is your attempt to malign the africans - (1) Jepkemoi did reach out to the Americans when she crossed the finish - THEY IGNORED HER - and all the early african finishers - (2) we didn't see ALL the [white] others congratulate each other - that your irresponsible assumption - (3) their culture may preclude extravagant behavior - but you would choose to demean them for that - (4) it's such a petty complaint that it insults those of us who are more interested in the sport - and aren't the least bit bothered by the Kenyans

So true. Frerichs ignited the win for the beautiful Americans.

i d agree

Still makes my eyes water

cyoungrun1 I was exaggerating definitely and I’m almost 16 years old

2008 Beijing Olympics 4x100 mens freestyle swimming...stunner!

Uhh im guessing you don't watch running often

@@billyboblillybob344 womens marathon 2025 Beijing better

Gulnara Galkina - Samitova is the First Woman in the History of Athletics to run the 3000m steeplechase in nine (9) minutes. (8:58.81).

Was it a surprise (not just to any Americans watching too!) to see not one but TWO Americans holding their own with about 800m to go, and then going 1-2 at the finish? I ask legitimately as, when I watched the first time and several more since, I was stunned into disbelief at the result of this race!

Frerichs was crying - she was like WE PULLED THIS OFF -- the look on her face is priceless

The Kenyan athletes are all about distance. They run higher mileage in the hopes of better fitness. While that plays well in an open race (flat and perhaps x-country) there are other variables to consider in a steeplechase. Normally taller runners (like Coburn) can hurdle the hurdles. Using proper technique she can gain or push a step against a runner who just jumps in the air over the hurdle (like most of the Kenyans). Landing is crucial as well. In the race you can see Coburn gain a step after each hurdle..almost two at some points.

@@cobramanphil Yeah, Coburn gained a good ten feet over Chepkoech on that last water hurdle alone. Then was already in running motion to accelerate well Chep had to start back up from a near standstill. There isn't a reason that the others can't practice it a little and not literally put on the brakes every time a hurdle needs to be cleared.

@@cobramanphil Precisely, being able to directly hurdle the obstacle versus planting a foot on and jumping over it conserves so much energy.

Chepkoech did win in 2019 and broke the championship record. Coburn took second with a new personal best time.

Watch the final moments of the Womens marathon 2015 beijng

This was her once in a lifetime moment