Women's 800m heats - Full Replay | London 2012 Olympics 

Bryan Gosling You’re right. As an 800m runner myself, our coach always told us to keep ourselves at a 50-75% and gradually increasing to a 100% at the last 100m or so. If I were in the commentary’s place, I would have wondered that aloud as well.

4 days is excessive lmao 😂😂

Yeah honestly it's like the same way for the 2 and 1 mile race, you don't do a prelim race with all your might and have to race the finals in 2-4 days.

Bryan Gosling running very hard on the first 100-200 is a good strategy for the 800 ik pacing yourself is very important tho

More like a day....or two.....

she ran the first lap way faster than she should have. almost 3 seconds too fast. that's huge

they're speaking from years of experience analyzing T&F. what's your background in athletics? might explain your negative bias against them

+Blessman Fred Maybe they do things a little different in Europe. But this has been the most shitiest commentary of all time. They don't do that here in the States.

i'm speaking from NA also. point is, Semenya opens up with a 55 and runs a 10 second positive split. if you can't understand why this is bad, i'm done. i don't even think the finals opened up that fast.. it's simply 1) unnecessary, she could've won with less effort and 2) poor pacing is a sign of nervousness or simply lack of focus. at the highest level - aka the olympic level, this shouldn't be happening

***** she won though.

why, im scary of hurdles but i do them

+Yana Copage k?

set... BANG!!! *400m ptsd sets in*

Cuz ur fat

Nereya M Most formers runners get the butterflies before any event the watch physically watching as a spectator or watching from a monitor.

jkap Agreed. No one knows what conserving energy for the finals the next day and safely qualifying.

Omg so truuuuuu!!!! People are getting so mad about the commentators “criticizing” the athletes but they’re not.... they’re doing their job!!!!

They know something about running. No one watches the video not knowing what running is

jkap I’m not even a runner but it’s common sense that if you want to last when running a long race don’t push yourself hard until the last lap or if you want to get ahead maybe even the second lap

jkap 😃

Maybe because it looks like a spell

@@abdallababikir4473 HHAHAH

Sped beat

Bahahahaha I was so weak !!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Shinobu Tsurubushi please get off the internet

Needs to run fast so sh e can win with a huge lead I know bc I do cross country

Thomas Anderson This isn’t cross country.

Clymene Draws this is patrick

ABBY👏👏👏👊 You're smarter than most idiots here (americans)

@@thomasanderson5004 I ran cross country, the 1600m, steeple chase, and the 800 all the time. The 800 race plan is way different. Probably the toughest race in track and field. The 400 is an all out sprint for 1 lap. For the 800, you're doing that twice. The 1600m is a distance race like in cross country. You pace yourself and decide when to bring out your speed.

By. Zach.

It doesn’t make any logical sense anyways. They’re running at the Olympics, where they have the ability to run in the finals, which are only a few days after the first heats. Doesn’t make sense to overwork your body when you have to qualify and race 3 times at an elite level within a matter of days

U dumb

cue the kfc ad

You have some track knowledge i see. Everyone else with the let her run as she wants truly know nothing about track. She was running at world record pace for the first lap! It's the sign of a delusional and anxious runner who's afraid of not getting through the qualifying stages.

NO SHE DID NOT CONSIDERING SHE WAS COMPETING AGAINST CASTER - WHO IS TECHNICALLY M@LE! Y’ALL CAN’T FIGURE SOMETHING SO BASIC OUT?? I WOULD HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME. GEEZ!

@@sheldeon Wouldn’t matter even then, #2 gets through to semi finals as well

Savinova was stripped the 800m Women London Olympic gold medal for using banned performance enhancing drugs. She's a cheater and no role model.

@@stardust7469 He did not endorse her as a role model, he just said what she was doing the technique of staying at a comfortable pace and finishing fast is what all should do in the heats. I'm fully aware of Savinova being a blood doper.

Star Dust no u know nothin about the sport

Well yeaakk

don't understand the olympics* not the sport

You just have to win your national trials,it is very easy to in those countries

Ah thanks I guess in those countries they don't have much chance to train because of the strict Islamic laws, plus Palestine is occupied by zionists she probably has to doge about 10 bullets every time she goes for a training session.

actually it has nothing to do with islamic law, and more to do with the fact that she lives in an occupied land called palestine, where the occupiers limit the freedom of movement and many other aspects of life. basically, the talent pool in such a country will never reach its potential under occupation, and BTW say palestinian lady, not muslim lady, cheers and thanks for reading

Thanks for clearing that up but I must say there's nothing wrong with saying "Muslim lady"

+Rhys Nichols there isn't, but because its the olympics and they represent countries, not religions, you wouldnt call the american runner the christian lady.. Anyhow i wish she could run in normal athletic clothes it would help her stay cool and perform better...

Yeah but they were clearly criticizing everybody had their ways they’d like to perform

What does that mean

LeBeautiful James most pro 800 meter runners have a 1-2 second split differential between the two laps. If you positive split by 10 seconds(!!!), that just means you clearly do not know how to pace and you went full lactic, which is really stupid to do in a semifinal because it’ll be harder to recover.

For people who may not understand what a split differential is (maybe I'm just dumb but it took me a while) it's the time difference between the first and second lap

As someone who actually runs the 800 I was surprised as well because it’s a very abnormal strategy, normally you keep your “boom” for the end but she seems to put hers in the beginning

lmao

I am not even a woman but having lived in an islamic country Pakistan for nearly a decade I can not imagine the amount of sexism these brave women have been subjected too. Highly covet we all get rid of the cult soon!

She literally got last

She was in the Olympics That in itself is a victory

Wasnt she forced by the Saudi authorities to cover?

@@possiblespy7598 no offense but most high school girls can run a 2:44 , like 75 percent or higher

The pain after so much hardwork is bad.

Imagine training so much for this and then during the race, u get an injury

Must have been extremely disappointing

@@nokneeman7822 Training for so much and then getting injured in what is supposed to be the best day of your life and then having to wait another 4 years.

@@nokneeman7822 😂😂😂😂

28:17 once the starting gun goes off, it takes only six seconds for her to end up in last place. Attar's presence at the 2012 games was purely a goodwill gesture, she wasnt as seasoned or had access to the same level of training as her competitors. But the Olympics are more important about who's the best, it's about goodwill.

indeed

Respect to you brother

+Anne Lane if she was British they would have been praising her

Anne Lane hw re u

Anne Lane

I'm a runner and I know from experience,if you run that fast towards the begging,your planning for failure.You may think that you can do it by giving yourself a head start,but by the end you'll slow down and someone who's been pacing themselves will pass you.This time she was lucky,real lucky.

Anne Lane exactly! British peeps

Thanks mate!

Love from Kerala ❤️

Yes

She had another race the next day. She could have easily qualified running a 60 the first lap and a 61 the second lap which would save her legs for the finals.

Excactly

kaitlynn morefield no, her dumb race plan

Bob squash don’t call her an idiot.

Bob squash cool off my friend

I know. The commentary is annoying :(

Why I like the commentary

Steve Filangee u9

Steve Filangee iiiiiikkkkkkkjjjii

Steve Filangee it always is

Wow, an olympic athlete that is better than the majority of humans, i.e. half the population, which is around 3.9 billion people. Impressive!

@@nielsliljedahlchristensen4924 😂

@@nielsliljedahlchristensen4924 for being from a country oppressed by Israel, she overcame her oppressors, so yes, it is amazing and impressive.

@@saeedvazirian she's from the US

He has my respect for finishing the race despite the injury

she has an axe for a leg

She so fast that the camera couldn’t capture her. Hello from the future

Rose Bascom You don't know anything about running, right😂

It's the wrong strategy...... -_- you clearly have never ran. Somebody who isn't a sprinter should not sprint unless necessary because they will get tired too fast. 800m is too long to waste all your energy in the beginning by running so fast. You have to preserve some till the end.

Thank you. That is what I was assuming, ESPECIALLY when at the end she basically only beat the girl behind her by one foot, stride or whatever they call it. The first girl finished and I counted one and the girl was right there on two.

Rose Bascom do you know anything?😂

Eva B. I don’t even run and I still know that’s not a good strategy, logic

mac smith ق

She literally can't even speak Arabic. Born, raised, and lives in America. She is just technically a dual citizen of Saudi Arabia because of her dad. She is unfortunately just a token trotted out to get beaten up by world-class athletes because Saudi Arabia refuses to give their women rights.

Eric Gordon lol ikr. She’s apple pie af 🤣 The world claps for progress, but it’s an illusion when you look deeper

Was it ramadan during that time. If yes then she would have been fasting which would have made it significantly harder

@@diney7085 The men have to give us food, shelter, and clothes. Good husbands that follow Islam will follow this. Women can work too if we want but we cannot be forced to work. We can literally do anything we want as long as it's not haram (prostitution, selling drugs, mafia work, bartender, etc). Men aren't allowed to complain because it's their duty to provide all this for us. I feel bad so I am in university trying to become a forensic psychologist so I can help out my future husband financially as well, even though it's not my responsibility. Narrated Mu'awiyah al-Qushayri: I went to the Messenger of Allah and asked him: What do you say (command) about our wives? He replied: Give them food what you have for yourself, and clothe them by which you clothe yourself, and do not beat them, and do not revile them. Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud 2144 Prophet Muhammad saw also used to sew, milk goats, cook, and clean the house whenever he was free to and muslim husbands have to do this too. You can only hit a women in self defense or if she cheats on you for the third time and you can't bruise her or you'll get in trouble with the court as well. I have all my rights and I never needed to fight for it. You are right that I don't like Saudi government though. I lived in Malaysia for 14 years and 5 years in Qatar and loved my stay in both. Same thing was said by my American and Canadian teachers in Qatar.

Zoe Green nice 👌🏼

Zoe Green what place is the lead medal?? I kid, congrats

She has never lived in Saudi Arabia in her life. She was born and raised in California, and went to university in America. She can't even speak arabic. She's an American who just so happens to have a Saudi dad. The Saudi government tried to suppress her existence, and she only competed because the IOC was going to ban Saudi Arabia for not sending any women to the games.

borombon stfu😂

So whatt

Not a smiling competition

NinjaGeek Nguyen ayy how was it?

Shereen Ahmed Oh sorry for the late response but it went super good! I got 2:55 and lead for the first lap, I love 800s now.

Still running in 2022? 🫢

@@NinjaGeekNguyen i have it after 4 days 🥲🥲 I'm superrr nervous becoz only me and my bestie is in 800km in our class and we have like two super runners from next division we're from B and there're from A 🥲🥲like I've never done it before -

Me too✨✨✨

@@grizzlybear2702 why?

I doubt wearing the head covering is what she wants.

@@varuzhankadoyan7377 well she chose her religion so I'm sure that was what she wanted

@@varuzhankadoyan7377 you should keep your doubts to yourself and stfu

Same my pb is around 2 minutes

my best is 2:24 i feel

my best is 2:00 scored 4th place in 10x800 splits at the "województwo" level , just below national level . Im from Poland , 15 yrs old (turning 16 this year) . The average on my team was ~2:04

KEK KEK there is no way you are a 15 year old girl running 2:00

Mine is around 10 minutes because I am an overweight pregnant pig.

Called a scarf and how would she be in the olympics if she had no chance?

Yeah she is overheating, imagine wearing hat when you run lmao

@@mahdidatoo5727 also she was very bad

@@noname-bt9ky got further then a lot of people

@@noname-bt9ky you get tired by simple day to day movents and then go on Internett and bully athletes for not finish first smh. We both know if you competed you would be dead last.

she can't even run well lol

+Dawah Kid like you could

+Susan Boyle I run a 2:20 800m she ran than that in 3 minutes that is terrible for olympics

+Dawah Kid 2:20 thats a pretty good time

mahad ali Not for olympics

Katie Farrow they all deserve praise to be honest. not just her.

Praise for?

I would have been more impressed if she threw off her hijab and declared it as a symbol of oppression. Just as so many actual brave muslim women have done after freed from oppressive islamist regimes.

Soldatova Fans ₩₩v

I think its ridiculous

This sentence makes no sense.

yeah, it's bloody hard work

They're just honest.

lol

Commentators commentate, not congratulate.

I’d rather have someone honestly critique my running to make me better rather than feed me bullshit. Keep your snowflake opinions to yourself.

Why are they allowed to compete with times of 2:30? The qualifying mark to make an Olympics would be around 2:01 or 2:00.

they are forced to participate by the olympic committee every nation has to have at least 1 women athlete or they will be out of the olympic games

+superyahoobrothers They wouldn't be smiling and enjoying it if they were forced to go there.

@@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong they wouldn't be forced the would he *chosen*

Leanne Mcleod because they qualified out of their country, every country has different standards for times, it's not based off the Olympic committee but it's the countries best runner sooooo.

I guess it depends on what country you live in. That Palestinian women probably had almost no competition

Flippin true

I’m 12 and do 2.23.03

Get that burqa ready and give it a go.

it depends on the qualifying time I mean I’m assuming this is just heats so I think you’d have to be quicker than that

OlderGirlHealthandBeauty No stfu

Yes but running the race like that requires much more effort than running a more evenly paced race

@@jackworcester people commenting about commentators prob never ran track. You don't pace yourself like that in the preliminaries. You most likely would run out of steam in the semis. Point of Olympics is to compete in the finals

her time was no were near gold medal time

This is in the heats, not the final. That time isn't even close to the gold medal winner/world record.

+Jack Springer wow

No where near gold time

Sean Gehrke omg😂

Low iq

Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe both hold/have held multiple world records from 800m to the marathon

+Jim K we could say the same about Americans you know

The commentators were not being mean. Going that fast for the first lap is a very bad strategy in a trial, so thats why they were concerned. going slow is a great thing when it’s not the final race, and they didn’t say they were going too slow, just slow.

I bet you have no experience running these these types of races

The commentators on these events were professional athletes too, and they participated in many world championships and Olympic events too. They are not just any random reporter. Know your stuff before you embarrass yourself for things you don’t know.

Kenya 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

STFU

true

well it's both a race and body show

?

loser

Colombian flag there’s quite a few middle eastern people in the olympics, although few are women and fewer are Muslim. Most middle eastern countries are represented with black people for obvious reasons.

just shut up bro not all middle eastern wears a headscarf. Aicha,Merve,Sarah and more multiple people are from the middle east

@@muratkalmaz7615 they are winning ??

@@പടവാൾ winning from Last.

ALLAH AHKBAR

*commentators

Your and idiot

Do you think there meant to just be nice lol

Koolkids 23 haha right??

Bruh, they literally called out the literal worst race strategy. You've clearly never run distance so obviously u wouldn't understand. Xd noob is trash

Haha

word.

More than one for my eye. I’m confused

What for ?

What for? Disgrace

@@demonpunisher9337 at least she tried, 8 years ago that sounds impossible for a Saudi woman to do what she already did.

I remember the Russians got banned from the Olympics for doping but Idk if they were using at this time

Proud Russian here

Robert Clint probably, Russians are always on drugs (I live next to Russia lol)

Yes

Sonic Hedgehog lol, you are not in Russia so stop saying a bullshit

You have obviously never heard an Australian comentating

But yet again m8 i see what you mean

TheComedyClownfish

TheComedyClownfish lmao ikr I just want to watch the video (yeah, I know I'm 8 months late to this comment)

TheComedyClownfish l

Well it's not even the semi-finals so I don't see what the problem is. This is just like a qualifying race that every country has a right to participate in if they qualified in their respective country. The Olympics were meant to showcase every countries best athletes in a particular field as well not just the fastest people in the world, that's why they have qualifying rounds. If you just want to see the fastest people then wait till the finals or stick to watching world championships and not the Olympics. Imagine if you applied the same logic towards Olympic Basketball, every year it'd be the US versus someone else, wouldn't really feel like a competition of all the countries. I do agree that as a country you might want to with hold someone from running as to not embarrass your country but at least she was actually trying and she was a serious athlete unlike that Elizabeth Swaney girl who actually shamefully embarrassed her country at the winter olympics for half pipe snowboarding by scamming her way in.

exactly

Aramis Vega he being from the U.S has nothing to do with that 😐

The commentator is British stupid

She went to fast on the first lap. It's an 800. You go faster your second lap, not the first. Poor technique which could be bad. Yes she won, but they were only being logical.

Lol. That's so ironically exact, she's from the US, therefore she us stupid, which is the reason why she doesn't save her energy for the final...

Gerald brown All of them are brave.

Gerald brown why?

Putin is my Puppet because she chose to wear a hijab(scarf) and still run and be strong👍👊

Yup.... Even if far distance from opponents she never quit.

mr arican If she would run without headscarf in Saudi Arabia - that would be brave. But those Olympics are in London, majority-minority city.

Loved* and she did horribly that was kind of embarrassing

TheTheBest 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭 just looked at ur profile pic now I can see why ur such a low life hater

It's not a nation though.. Lol Long Live Israel !!

@@m1vlas955 Israel will soon capture whole palestine or whatever u call it

Gaurav Kalra I found ur IP address have fun tommorow

Alfie Brookes do you realize each country sends the best athletes they have to the olympics? Each country has different skilled athletes which you can look up each one's stats. They are proud to be running for their country, even if they don't win. It's called pride in reaching the olympics.

Mackenzie Rose maybe she need to not wear all that gear then she can go faster and train in another country where she will get pushed to faster times. her religion is just gonna hold her back really unless she breaks some of the rules

Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to do sports, so she could not get any form of professional training, like the rest of the girls did. She did it, because she wanted to show that she could

Daniel Cameron have some respect

@@mackenzierose1292 Do you realise she lives in CALIFORNIA?

f. G. U shut up u go run 800 m

yes!!

hayat nuri thats a shitcountry

Wak Wak whats a shitcountry?

What's your excuse then? 😂😂😂😂

Sam F how was it weird? Isn't doing your best the whole point of a race? 😂

Destiny Styles it's not even the semis mate

Destiny Styles if you sprint the first lap and then almost get beat at the end of second lap, yes it's a weird way to pace yourself

@Luca B Exactly doing your best, involves consistency of pace and efficient pacing. This whole comment section is mainly a bunch of losers who have no idea of track and want to rant their opinions on matters they have no knowledge of.

This was the worst way to qualify, I believe they take the top three so that extra energy used was a waste. She had another race the next day, so compared to ther competitors they will be in better shape than she will be. Distance events are about gauging yourself and making sure you leave everything you have left in your final lap, not your first.

Exactly

"from Palestine"

Wow so racist

Kenzy aldhufairi not racist, bro . Lol

+Bo Vorachack let her do whatever she wants

+Anna nbjhfbjdh fmxnbfvj yeah Palestine, the state

I’m trying to figure out what I just read.