I recall Eamon Coghlan saying “She’ll destroy the field” about Sonia in the studio before that race in 1996.
And John Treacy sternly and worriedly glaring over at him. “This is an Olympic final, Eamonn.”
Treacy knew the score. Coghlan, despite running in two Olympic finals where he was expected to win and didn’t medal, didn’t know the score.