Fastest Championship 5000m races:
**2008 Olympics**
I watched this live in the bird cage - Kenny B started dropping 60 second laps 5 laps out then the field crumbled around him. Then a 54sec last lap. AWESOME!
Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia (ETH) - 12:57.82 (OR)
Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya (KEN) - 13:02.80
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi - Kenya (KEN) - 13:06.22
**2006 Commonwealth Games**
Watching this race on TV from NZ, you could feel the buzz from the Auzzie crowd cheering on Mottram. He had a crack but couldn't got with Choge who smashed him in the last 200m - a few snippets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXoEF41oSRI&t=6m0s
- Hopefully he can get some form / peak right for London.
Augustine Choge - Kenya (KEN) - 12:56.41 min GR
Craig Mottram - Australia (AUS) - 12:58.19 min
Benjamin Limo - Kenya (KEN) - 13:05.30 min
**2003 World Champs**
Wicked fast times
Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya - 12:52.79 CR
Hicham El Guerrouj - Morocco - 12:52.83
Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia - 12:53.12
Best Championship 10000m races:
Geb vs Tergat hands down!
1999 World Champs
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 27:57.27
Paul Tergat (KEN) 27:58.56
Assefa Mezgebu (ETH) 27:59.15
2000 Olympics
Haile Gebrselassie - Ethiopia (ETH) - 27:18.20
Paul Tergat - Kenya (KEN) - 27:18.29
Assefa Mezgebu - Ethiopia (ETH) - 27:19.75