Relay silver
strong,” she said. “I think I showed that over the last lap. To finish in the way I did makes me really happy. The African girls are so strong so I am pleased with how I ran.
“There are lots of positives. In my heat I was a bit tired but I showed I could come back and I raced well today in the final, which is what really mattered.
“I was so close to the medals finishing fourth and sixth in the finals. Five races in ten days is a lot so I think I can take a lot of positives. Going forward I believe there is a lot I can do competing at the two events..”
Mccolgan added: “It was totally different to what I expected it to be, I thought it would be fast from the start and we’d all be hanging on, but we were practically walking those first couple of laps.
“It’s a shock to the system when you go from walking then into a fast pace, and I think that’s definitely something I need to get used to doing. But I can’t really be too disheartened as it’s been two 15 minute runs in the space of three days. My last three races have been worlds apart from where I’ve been competing for the last five years so, it’s exciting, it’s definitely progress.”
There was frustration for both O’hare and Sharp as they couldn’t get into the medal mix in their respective finals and both trailed in. There was a Kenyan 1-2 in the 1,500m as Elijah Manangoi took gold and Timoth Cheruiyot the silver ahead of Filip Ingebritsen of Norway. Favourite Caster Semenya of South Africa won the women’s 800m in a blistering 1:55.16, with Francince Niyonsaba of Burundi taking silver and Ajee Wilson of the USA bronze. O’hare said: “That third lap was just horrible for me and I was stuck in a horrible cadence, a horrible tempo. It was just rubbish.”