Not Shereen Vallabouy’s day at world meet in Oregon
About 150m into the race, Shereen Samson Vallabouy was with the leaders in heat six of the women’s 400m in the world athletics championships in Oregon in the US yesterday.
She feared she was out too fast.
“So, she backed off and lost the pace, but should have kept her speed up,” said her coach, Mason Rebarchek, in assessing Shereen’s run.
“It didn’t go her way, but she knows the tactical error she made in the middle of the race was the difference,” Rebarchek said.
“It was a great experience and she has confidence now going into the Commonwealth Games.”
Shereen, a wild card entry in her maiden worlds, finished seventh out of the eight runners, two of whom are among the top ten 400m runners in the world.
Ranked 229 in the world, she clocked 53.56s, almost a second slower th...