Ethiopians found wanting by lack of Depth

bull shit they finished 3-4-5 and 8.. that is depth. G dibaba and sule Utra will be a beast next coupla years. they can't win every championships. Look at the americans in the sprints. Jamaicans tore them a new one.

EB55 wrote:

bull shit they finished 3-4-5 and 8.. that is depth. G dibaba and sule Utra will be a beast next coupla years. they can't win every championships. Look at the americans in the sprints. Jamaicans tore them a new one.

Hold on EB%%,

The two of you are talking about the same thing albeit in in a different way.

What the initiator of the post is saying,to the best of my knowledge, is this;

In relation to Kenya, Ethiopia lacks depth. In absolute terms, Ethiopia has depth but comes second to Kenya.

I have always said this; that when these four athletes are not in a race/or are injured/or are out of shape......-and you could also add Mr. Sihine in this mix,-Ethiopia is not guaranteed of a gold medal.

These four athletes have to rock for Ethiopia to win. Defar didn't. Ethiopia didn't win. It is that simple.

Infact, Ethiopia probably lost silver in the men's 10k. That is Mr. Sihine's preserve and we know it.

Perhaps Defar is not in her best shape and that is why she is losing in the sprint (both times). So, who should fill in for her? Dibaba, who was not in the race.

The other girls:- especially Ejigu and Dibaba jr., et al are all ordinary and I say this in a good way. Melkamu was probably tired from the 10k.

Geleta might pull a surprise tomorrow. Or will she? She looks very good.

IF you look at the World Cross Country Championships, Ethiopia will win the individual title but the team title will occasionally go to Kenya. That is depth.

I think the IAAF have had a word and they've had to behave.

Normally we would have seen an Ethiopian parade smiling their way around a ridiculously fast last lap. Defar had nothing. The guys beside Bekele have nothing.

Although there have been no recorded positive tests, I think they've been found out and told to behave.

Jamaica will be next.

Nothing to do with drugs Defar i think just bottled it under pressure . The rest of the ethiopian team performed pretty much as expected.Bekele great as always without Dibaba and her hubby not a lot of depth.When ifound out that Dibaba had pulled out i thought Masai or Abeylegesse would have a chance.I picked the wrong one had a bet on Abeylegesse at 10-1.Never really saw Melkamu as a world champion although she nearly proved me wrong.

Actually melkamu has the pedigree and could have snatched it in the 10000m but i think she peaked too early in the season and has had to work extra-hard to maintain her form for a long time unlike her opponents.I think if she had raced maybe 1/2 fewer races in the run up to WCh ,she would have had much more in the tank.But kudos to her,she has been very impressive this season.