Dejen Gebremeskel 26:51 WL
Dejen Gebremeskel 26:51 WL
Dejen Gebremeskel 26:51.02 WL
Abera Kuma 26:52.85 PB
Imane Merga 26:57.33 SB
Yigrem Demelash 27:15.51
Atsedu Tsegay 27:28.11
Boyfromiten wrote:
Dejen Gebremeskel 26:51.02 WL
Abera Kuma 26:52.85 PB
Imane Merga 26:57.33 SB
Yigrem Demelash 27:15.51
Atsedu Tsegay 27:28.11
This is more encouraging for Bekele than his own race was.
remember, this was a tt but vastly tempered with no risk of losing
( even 2nd place in a big sub-27 may not be picked for wc )
solo from 3k out probably worth 5s from lack of drafting to 5k in "classical" 10k tts
so we are talking a 26'46 calibre performance with paramount factor being not to lose once knowing final clocking woud be below-27
( known from gun with this calibre )
you can bet your house the winner is in sub-sub-26'40 shape ( throw in a sub extra & subways is finished )
So, allegedly, the team now would be:
Jeilan
Gebremeskel
K Bekele
Merga
That is a pretty good lineup. I know KB just had a skunk of a 5000m, but he did beat Merga with seeming ease at Pre.
Obviously I think they should at least take out Merga for T Bekele or Kurma.
Bekele is closer 26:40 shape than these guys.
I'd guess 60% chance he trained through this 5000m today.
that's a pretty stacked team wrote:
So, allegedly, the team now would be:
Jeilan
Gebremeskel
K Bekele
Merga
That is a pretty good lineup. I know KB just had a skunk of a 5000m, but he did beat Merga with seeming ease at Pre.
Obviously I think they should at least take out Merga for T Bekele or Kurma.
Why would K Bekele be on the team? Aren't they going by time?
rojo wrote:
Why would K Bekele be on the team? Aren't they going by time?
Because they already told Bekele that he was on the team after the Pre 10k
ventolin^3 wrote:
remember, this was a tt but vastly tempered with no risk of losing
Gebremeskel won by less than 2 seconds.
dsrunner wrote:
Bekele is closer 26:40 shape than these guys.
I'd guess 60% chance he trained through this 5000m today.
Is this a joke? Have you seen him recently? He's looked AWFUL.
Closing in 57 in a 13:07.
Bekele, is awful, and, I make the comment as someone who really admires the Ethiopian runners. The Kenster is done and they should give a chance to someone else. That said, I think they (Ethiopians) are favourites for at least two medals in Moscow
retarded person wrote:Gebremeskel won by less than 2 seconds
obviously he inexorably took
0.11s
/lap out 2nd place guy from 3k to finish, rather than blast the last lap...
As we've seen with Rupp, the 5000m and 10000m are different beasts.