IAAF World Junior Championships 2014

The Tale of the Tape: Women's 1,500-meter Final

The Tale of the Tape: Women's 1,500-meter Final

Jul 27, 2014 by FloTrack Staff
The Tale of the Tape: Women's 1,500-meter Final
The Women's 1,500-meter final is today at 6:55pm ET. Could an American grab a medal? It could happen. Below, we preview each automatic qualifier in our Tale of the Tape.

Team USA


The Stanford-bound senior is hoping go go sub-4:10 in the final.


The rising high school senior said she saved something in the tank for the final.

Team Ethiopia

The big favorite looked like a 3:59 metric miler in her semifinal.


Won the first semifinal with relative ease as she pulled away from Kenya's Sheila Keter.

Team Kenya


She set a personal best in the semifinal. Has she run out of gas or or is the pendulum still on its upswing?


She pulled away from Great Britain's Bobby Clay and Efraimson to finish second in her semifinal.

Team Europe


She was second in her semifinal and boasts personal bests of 4:07.34 and 8:59.44 for 3K.

She was a narrow fourth to Efraimson last year at the World Youth Championships, which is where she set her personal best.