My point exactly. She allowed herself to fall too far behind, so that even the strong finishing sprint wasn't enough to do it.
Some BBC commentators at the end speculated she'd done on purpose to avoid the tongue-wagging that would happen if she got the gold, but I don't really think so. She's done all that and she's been approved as a bona fide competitor. I think she just misjudged the earlier pace.
I saw that discussion; Michael Johnson was flabbergasted by the suggestion.