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Berlin, Germany – In less than 1 minute and 55 seconds at this afternoon’s DKB-ISTAF Meeting in Berlin, Pamela Jelimo underscored that there indeed is a new name in town in the women’s 800 metres.In what was apparently only her fifth outing – including heats – over the distance,
Berlin witnesses Jelimo, 800m revelation – ÅF Golden League
Berlin, Germany – In less than 1 minute and 55 seconds at this afternoon’s DKB-ISTAF Meeting in Berlin, Pamela Jelimo underscored that there indeed is a new name in town in the women’s 800 metres.
In what was apparently only her fifth outing – including heats – over the distance, the 18-year-old (5-Dec-1989) produced yet another jaw-dropping performance just a week after her breakout 1:55.76 run at the FBK Games in Hengelo. This time, she stopped the clock in 1:54.99 to find herself in the rarest of company in the history of her event. Only five women have ever run faster. No one has run faster in nearly 11 years, and in just her second race on the international circuit, she has already supplanted legendary Maria Mutola as African record holder.
But to her teenage eyes, those statistics mean little. All she knows is that she can continue to run faster.
