Flashes of Panic

I will, of course, always be pulling for the American to win. But once (if) they’re off the back, I will happily (in a quiet, press-room kind of way) be pulling for Jelena Prokopcuka.

This is, after all, a woman who has been second twice in Boston, first twice in New York, and won in the pressure-cooker of Osaka. And, after running a tough marathon, she can come in and handle an entire press conference in English, which, judging from her answers to questions posed in Russian and assuming she speaks Latvian, must be at least her third language.

How can you not be impressed?

In the “cute press conference moments” category, add Madai Perez, who thanked the sponsors as most of the athletes did… but Perez thanked “Juan Hancock”.

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