When Elle St. Pierre sprinted past Gudaf Tsegay to win the women’s 3,000m at the recent World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, the American might have inadvertently sown the seeds for something very special.
For, Tsegay — a multi-time world champion with a vast array of medals across a range of distances — has a history of bouncing back from defeat in spectacular fashion. And with the Paris Olympics looming, the Ethiopian is determined to make it a summer to remember.
