LRC Recap - Day 2 Distance Events From IAAF Continental Cup In Split, Croatia

By LetsRun.com's Emory Mort
September 5, 2010

 

Bernard Lagat Wins 3k

24 hours after winning a slow 5,000 with a 51-second last lap, American Bernard Lagat doubled his weekend earnings to $60k by winning a pedestrian 3,000m with a 53-second final lap.

Ugandan ace Moses Kipsiro again provided the best challenge to Lagat, a surprise given the presence of Tariku Bekele in the field. Bekele led the race until the final 150m - running mostly 65s - before succumbing unsurprisingly to Lagat and Kipsiro.

The surprise was the 3rd-place finish by Bayron Piedra of Ecuador. Piedra's 3,000m best is only 7:47, almost 20 seconds off the new American record of 7:29 set a week ago by Lagat. While Piedra's 800m background gives credence to his otherwise completely unexpected defeat of the younger Bekele, his 3rd-place showing still comes as a big shock.

Men's 3,000 Results:

1	629	Bernard Lagat	Americas	USA	7:54.75	.	8
2	544	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	Africa	UGA	7:54.98	(SB)	7
3	613	Bayron Piedra	Americas	ECU	7:55.52	.	6
4	512	Tariku Bekele	Africa	ETH	7:55.79	.	5
5	523	Vincent Kipsegechi Yator	Africa	KEN	7:57.46	.	.
6	737	Adrian Blincoe	Asia-Pacific	NZL	7:57.67	.	4
7	829	Daniele Meucci	Europe	ITA	7:57.98	(SB)	3
8	715	Ben St.Lawrence	Asia-Pacific	AUS	7:58.55	.	2
9	834	Mateusz Demczyszak	Europe	POL	7:59.92	.	1
10	813	Noureddine Smaïl	Europe	FRA	8:11.66	.	.
11	618	Diego Alberto Borrego	Americas	MEX	8:12.92	(SB)

Men's 3,000 Message Board Discussion:
*Lagat GOLD in 3k
*Who also has never heard of Ecuadoran Bayron Piedra?
*LAGAT wins again! What a championship racer.

Men's 800: Rudisha Runs Solo 1:43-Low

The race announcers mentioned that 2-time world record-setting David Rudisha asked the IAAF what the non-rabbited world record 800m time was. He was told it was "1:42-low" and by the looks of things after 250m it looked like he might go for it on Sunday against a weak field.

By 400m, however, it was clear that Rudisha, hitting the bell at 50.84 after clicking 24.3 at 200, was going to win big, but win easy. His time of 1:43.37 set a meet record and earned the big paycheck. Rudisha, 1.5 seconds clear of the next competitor, jogged nonchalantly around the stadium looking bored after such an easy effort. American Nick Symmonds ran from last and ended up less than 0.2 out of 2nd in 1:44.98.

Results:

1	6	521	David Lekuta Rudisha	Africa	KEN	1:43.37	(CR)	8
2	5	835	Marcin Lewandowski	Europe	POL	1:44.81	.	7
3	3	716	Belal Mansoor Ali	Asia-Pacific	BRN	1:44.92	.	6
4	8	604	Kleberson Davide	Americas	BRA	1:44.96	.	5
5	4	636	Nick Symmonds	Americas	USA	1:44.98	.	4
6	1	823	Michael Rimmer	Europe	GBR	1:45.91	.	3
7	2	516	Shiferaw Wola	Africa	ETH	1:46.56	.	2
8	7	743	Tristan Garrett	Asia-Pacific	AUS	1:50.32

Women's 1,500: Nancy Langat Gets Kicked Down And Tries To Drag Her Competitor Down With 10m To Go

Olympic champion Nancy Langat was apparently as surprised as we were to have competition at the end of the women's 1,500. The great Langat looked completely in control but French national Hind Dehiba Chahyd (who?) had a great kick to pass the Kenyan with precious meters left. Langat responded by pulling over to lane 2 and even grabbing Chahyd's arm before crashing to the track. Canada's Nicole Edwards and America's Christin Wurth-Thomas picked up 2nd and 3rd in the tactical race. Two post-race surprises included Langat's non-DQ and Gelete Burka's dismal finish 4 seconds off the lead.

Not Very Sympathetic Message Board Discussion: NANCY LANGAT IS A CHEATER

Results:

1	404	Hind Déhiba Chahyd	Europe	FRA	4:19.78	.	8
2	204	Nicole Edwards	Americas	CAN	4:21.34	.	7
3	236	Christin Wurth-Thomas	Americas	USA	4:21.46	.	6
4	312	Mimi Belete	Asia-Pacific	BRN	4:22.27	.	5
5	438	Asli Cakir	Europe	TUR	4:22.43	.	4
6	334	Nikki Hamblin	Asia-Pacific	NZL	4:22.45	.	3
7	107	Gelete Burka	Africa	ETH	4:23.76	.	2
8	117	Nancy Jebet Langat	Africa	KEN	4:23.93	.	1
9	305	Kaila McKnight	Asia-Pacific	AUS	4:27.40	.	.
.	121	Btissam Lakhouad	Africa	MAR	DNF

Women's 5,000: They Ran a 93-Second Lap, Enough Said

The slow pace made this race interesting. As part of the hilariously slow 2nd kilometer covered in 3:44, the women's field was running over 6-minute pace. How many times have you seen a 93-second lap in a women's track 5,000 with $30k on the line? Proven star Vivian Cheruiyot won over phenom Sentayehu Ejigu 16:05 to 16:07 with a 60-second final lap. American Molly Huddle - thanks to a 63 final lap - ran well to defeat Elvan Abeylegesse for 3rd in 16:08. Sunday's performance was Huddle's first since setting her new American record 14:44.76 in the 5,000 in Brussels, where she finished only 10th.

Results:

1	114	Vivian Cheruiyot	Africa	KEN	16:05.74	.	8
2	142	Sentayehu Ejigu	Africa	ETH	16:07.11	.	7
3	227	Molly Huddle	Americas	USA	16:08.60	.	6
4	436	Elvan Abeylegesse	Europe	TUR	16:10.36	.	5
5	140	Zakia Mrisho	Africa	TAN	16:12.94	.	.
6	314	Shitaye Eshete	Asia-Pacific	BRN	16:15.47	.	4
7	418	Jessica Augusto	Europe	POR	16:18.20	.	3
8	207	Megan Metcalfe	Americas	CAN	16:29.63

Men's And Women's Steeplechase: Mateelong Narrowly Maintains, Cheywa Can't Quite Live Up To Kenyan Standard

Men's Results

1	519	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong	Africa	KEN	8:09.67	(CR)	8
2	513	Roba Gari	Africa	ETH	8:09.87	(NR)	7
3	811	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	Europe	FRA	8:09.96	.	6
4	543	Benjamin Kiplagat	Africa	UGA	8:14.47	.	.
5	831	Ion Luchianov	Europe	MDA	8:22.86	.	5
6	700	Youcef Abdi	Asia-Pacific	AUS	8:23.39	(SB)	4
7	717	Tareq Mubarak Taher	Asia-Pacific	BRN	8:26.54	.	3
8	625	Daniel Huling	Americas	USA	8:27.59	.	2
9	612	José Alberto Sánchez	Americas	CUB	8:48.11	.	1
10	802	José Luis Blanco	Europe	ESP	8:48.79

Women's Results (Much-Deserved Wire-To-Wire Win For Yuliya Zarudneva)

1	434	Yuliya Zarudneva	Europe	RUS	9:25.46	(CR)	8
2	115	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	Africa	KEN	9:25.84	.	7
3	106	Sofia Assefa	Africa	ETH	9:29.53	.	6
4	123	Hanane Ouhaddou	Africa	MAR	9:39.39	(SB)	.
5	224	Lisa Aguilera	Americas	USA	9:41.48	.	5
6	215	Korene Hinds	Americas	JAM	9:45.08	.	4
7	406	Hatti Dean	Europe	GBR	9:45.36	.	3
8	318	Zhenzhu Li	Asia-Pacific	CHN	9:47.28	(SB)	2
9	405	Sophie Duarte	Europe	FRA	9:49.93	.	.
10	324	Minori Hayakari	Asia-Pacific	JPN	10:04.97

 

 

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