Huddle had some equipment issues and Des just couldn’t break into the top three. I love Ali (she is lovely and I bought one of her hats) but I wonder if she should be declined due to the short training and let Des take her place.

There really are no "minor" hip injuries and, sure enough, that took the toll on her. Des does well in extreme conditions.

Still, maybe Ali thought she could persevere and run through it. As Molly said, these things (Olympics) only come around so often and you want to strike while you can.