When a Kenyan says they are "from another planet", its time to pay attention and wonder if the Ethies really are the top runners in the world. Is Kenyan world domination over? Will the Ethies have enough depth to lock the Kenyans out of all medals?
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John Korir (29:07.33) was closest Kenya came to a medal in this non-contest, finishing fourth, well over a minute behind the winner Gebremariam and he believes Kenya will have to produce something special to beat Ethiopia.
“I don’t see anything changing even in future races,” he said.
“The Ethiopians have mastered our tactics and they know the best thing to do is to destroy us early in the race and as you saw, they had prepared well, they helped each other but we were not able to do that, it was very tough.
“These people look like they are from another planet.”
They may well be. Gebremariam and Jeylan lapped Julius Kiptoo (30:12.10). Bernard Sang (29:57.61) escaped this ignominy by a few metres.