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| Vipam |
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Interesting quote from Kenenisa Bekele in regards to him possibly shooting for 26:00, "No-no-no. It is too difficult," It is very difficult to run near 26:00. Even the World Record is very hard to do. courtesy of T&FNews Its reported in T&FN that Bekele has said he will do one 5000m and one 10000m before Helsinki and would welcome HICHAM EL GUERROUJ if the organizer provides. Interesting information but I hope the youngster recovers at his own time and return to his dominant form and record breaking, and I'm sure he will when he is ready! VIPAM |
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I think when Kenenisa was asked that question concerning 26:00 he was thinking in the near future; however, eventually he will scare that barrier if he stays healthy. Does anyone think he won't EVER have at that time or that someone else will beat him to it? VIPAM |
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Eliud sent out his condolences to Bekele but said they have a "Master Plan" to defeat him at the 12km distance this year and the title would return to Kenya even if he (Eliud) don't win. There is nothing wrong with him thinking that but if Kenny B. wins again I don't want to hear that from the Kenyans because that would be 4 years they said that and failed. I think the Kenyans should keep their mouths shut and show the world instead of talking confidently and failing miserbly. Anyone disagree? |
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Honestly I think that is extremely poor in taste for the Kenyans to continously say their going to defeat Kenenisa Bekele year in year out and lose repeatedly. After the 2nd long course defeat at his hands, I would have instructed my athletes to say nothing except, "we prepared well and this may be the year." The fact that they feel obliged to say with false confidence the will beat him before they faced him shows Kenya fears Kenenisa alot more than we may know. The bright side is if they continue to say it year in year out and luck up one year and catch Kenenisa having an off day, then they can say we told the world before hand. VIPAM |
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Is Kenny B and Ritz both in, neither, or will only one be running Boston Indoor? Can someone please tell me? |
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The website has the following enteries for the 3000m Kenenisa Bekele (Eth) Bolota Asmerom (USA) Steve Slattery (USA) Charlie Gruber (USA) Daniel Lincoln (USA) Markos Geneti (Eth) Jonathon Riley (USA) Tim Broe (USA) Kevin Sullivan (Can) Alistair Cragg (Ire) Ian Connor (USA) and the world record attempt is still on. The word on the inside says it supposedly going to be a 2 mile with the 3000m point also being certified. |
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I believe that was the orginal tentative posting. We will have to wait and see in the final (Jan 27+) days to see if the listing still valid. OMT, seeing the young Tariku Bekele coming into competetion and win last week, may be seen a sign of the mourning process is over for the family. And there is a good chance for KB to start training for Boston indoor. That is just my opinion. |
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Interesting article from IAAF.org concerning Kenenisa, Carolina Kluft, JoAnna Hayes, B. Lagat and David Krummenacker for those who haven't read it. Vipam --- Bekele to open season at tenth Boston Indoor Games - PREVIEW Thursday 27 January 2005 Boston, USA - 2004 Athlete of the Year Kenenisa Bekele will open his competitive 2005 season with something new for him: a race in North America. Bekele's entry in the 3000m headlines the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Saturday evening (29 Jan), his first competitive appearance since the death of his fiancée, 2003 World Youth 1500m champion Alem Techale, earlier this month. Though the streets of Boston are clogged with snow, inside the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in the Roxbury neighbourhood Bekele is likely to enjoy the same warm welcome given to Haile Gebrselassie last year by Boston's large Ethiopian community. Bekele set a World indoor record of 12:49.60 for 5000m last year, and was expected to chase the shorter event's world mark of 7:24.90 (set by Daniel Komen in 1998) here. However, after withdrawing from several planned cross-country events for the mourning period, it is less than clear whether even the spectacular Bekele will still have the record in the forefront of his mind. Should he let the pace slip, he will find himself marked. Meet organizer Mark Wetmore hopes to give Bekele a race. Also in the starting list is Markos Geneti, who was second to Gebrselassie here last year, but defeated the Emperor over Two Miles in Birmingham later that season. Geneti holds the best ever junior mark of 7:40.83, set at Karlsruhe in 2003. Also in the field are Olympic 5000m finalists Tim Broe, who ran the American Record of 7:39.23 here in 2002, and Alistair Cragg, Irish record holder and twice NCAA champion at this distance. Cragg's training partner and former teammate at the University of Arkansas, Daniel Lincoln, was within a second of Broe's mark in the 2004 season, adding excitement to the race behind Bekele. Defar returns to Boston for 3000m Bekele will not be the only Athens gold medallist at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center on Saturday; in fact, he won't even be the only Ethiopian gold medallist. Meseret Defar won the women's 5000m in meet-record time (14:53.14) here last year, leading an Ethiopian sweep which posted the sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth fastest times ever--the deepest women's 5000m ever run indoors, but only the second fastest that day, as Berhane Adere had set the World indoor record just hours before in Stuttgart. Sentayehu Ejigu, fourth last year but an Olympian with Defar in Athens, will join Defar to contest 3000m. Defar's best for the distance is also the sixth-fastest time ever. Klüft and Hayes bring the Athens roll-call to four A third gold medallist, Sweden's Heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft, will contest the women's Long Jump, facing a quartet of Americans including Olympian Grace Upshaw, who bested Kluft by a bare centimetre in Athens. Upshaw finished 10th (6.64m) in the Olympic Long Jump final with Klüft one place back The women's 60m Hurdles features the Olympic gold and bronze medallists, respectively Joanna Hayes and Melissa Morrison. Hayes, who set the Olympic record at 100m Hurdles in Athens, and two-time bronze medalist Morrison will face Vonette Dixon, second in the 2002 Commonwealth Games for Jamaica, and fellow Olympic finalists Angela Whyte of Canada. The Shot takes centre stage For the tenth Boston Indoor Games, Wetmore is also bringing the Shot Put into the spotlight for the first time at the event, and four of the five throwers claim the ten longest throws of 2004. Christian Cantwell, Adam Nelson, John Godina and Reese Hoffa have won sixteen World and Olympic medals between them. Nelson's Olympic silvers, in Sydney and Athens, have bracketed a time of increased attention to the Shot in America, and the throwers have met the opportunity with close, intense competitions. Ceplak, Lagat, Krummenacker Jolanda Ceplak, the women’s World 800m record holder opens her 2005 season in Boston. Ceplak who took the Olympic bronze in Athens, ran 1:57.79 at this meet in 2002 to kick off the season which culminated in her 1:55.82 World record which won the European Championships six weeks later. She dominates the line-up for the women's 800m, which also includes rising American star Tiffany McWilliams, and Meskerem Legesse of Ethiopia. The IAAF’s top-ranked miler Bernard Lagat will run that event in Boston, along with Kenyan colleague Laban Rotich, the third-fastest all-time over 1500m indoors. Other milers include Rashid Ramzi, who broke Hicham El Guerrouj's 29-race winning streak last year, and defending U.S. champion Rob Myers. 2003 World Indoor 800m champion David Krummenacker returns to the 1000m, where he defeated Rotich for an American Record in 2002, along with Olympic 800m semi-finalists Berhanu Alemu and Osmar dos Santos. Parker Morse for the IAAF |
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Bekele stated in a interview today that he isn't going for the World Record and not sure if he will take down the meet record (7:35) by Haile, he sounded as if he will decide how fast he will run during the race. I certainly hope its a fast one as the Americans will have a chance to attack the 3000m AR. Any predictions on Kenenisa Bekele's time and the 1st American? Kenenisa Bekele..........7:34.4 1st American ............7:38.9 Dan Lincoln |
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Vipam, where do you come up with your absurd predictions? What basis do you have whatsoever to come up with these times? |
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Dibaba just busted out a 14:32 2 seconds behind her outdoor PB. Any doubt that she is the female Kenny B... Look and see this 19 year old is a monster.. She will be the best distance runner of all time. The otdoor WR will be dropped to 14:20 |
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"The bride-to-be, Alem Techale, is the 2003 World Youth 1500m champion, and came to Addis Ababa from the same Arssi region Bekele grew up in. Bekele feels he is ready for marriage. “After the age of 18, one has to start think about fulfilling family responsibilities,” he said. “Besides, since she is also young, we will grow together.”" From page 20 or something, quite sad |
| Vipam |
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Tirunesh Dibaba has always been an exceptional talent in my book all the way back to her introduction when she was 15. Tirunesh being the female Kenenisa is quite a strech as she isn't as consistent and only races 5000m and occassionally 3000m. She does have a outstanding kick and great x-country skills and maybe this is the year she shows her potential alittle more-she have alot more to give. The women's 3000m and 5000m have both been SUPER fast and I hope that is an indication of what Kenenisa's plans are maybe a 7:30-7:31 isn't out of the picture since his world record plans are supposedly scratched. VIPAM |
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Flash Results, Inc. Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center Boston, MA Last Heat Result Event 5 Men 3000 Meter Run Heat 1 of 1 ================================================= Name Year Team Finals ================================================= 1 Alistair Cragg ADI 7:39.89 2 Kenenisa Bekele NIKE 7:41.42 3 Markos Geneti ADI 7:42.97 4 Tim Broe ADI 7:44.87 5 Kevin Sullivan REEB 7:50.75 6 Jonathon Riley NIKE 7:51.63 7 Bolota Asmeron NIKE 7:57.19 8 Charlie Gruber NIKE 8:05.76 9 Steve Slattery NIKE 8:05.99 -- Alexander Skvortsov ESMI DNF I guess this really goes to show you that if a race is slow enough that anyone can be beaten, especially by a upcoming world talent as Alistair. This should really inspire Kenenisa to improve his 1500m speed but I'm sure he will be alright outdoors in the 5000m/10000m. VIPAM |
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Lets see how many records Alistair breaks and World Championship medal he win and how many records Kenny B. breaks and medals he win in 2005-okay it starts now! Alistair- zero, will it stay that way? Kenny B.- zero, will it stay that way? |
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end this thread tonight. Bekele is not what he use to be, he got his ass kicked out of Boston tonight. |
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Alistair and Kenenisa share the same birthday 13 June but the similiarites end there and I think Alistair for being a class act, "if we raced 100 times he would be me 99 but his mind wasn't in the race..." I feel both will do good things in 2005 but Alistair isn't in the same league as Kenenisa. I wonder will the puzzled by Kenenisa Kenyans try to find some motiviation by Kenenisa unfortunate lost? VIPAM |
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Vipam, Watch the race. Bekele took off with utter destruction with 350m to go -- except he thought it was 150m to go. He crossed the line, put his hands in the air, and stepped out to lane 3 because he thought it was over, and then realized he had another to go. By then it was too late. |
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Bekele going for yet another of Geb’s World records Two years ago Haile Gebrselassie set the World two mile record of 8:04.69 in Birmingham. Like most things he’s done on the track, those figures will come under fire from fellow Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele whose hunger for success has survived the tragic loss of his fiancée at the start of the year. “Despite everything I achieved last year, I am still driven to do more and more in athletics,” says the World and Olympic 10,000m champion. “I am still as hungry to do as much as I possibly can in this sport, and targetting the two mile record in Birmingham is the next of those targets.” The 22 year-old will be hoping his form’s improved since the end of January, however, when he was surprisingly beaten over 3000m in Boston by Ireland’s Alastair Cragg, clocking a modest 7:41.42. Last year he took his master’s World 5000m record in Birmingham and he’ll be after another $30,000 bonus this time around. Perhaps he’ll share it with his younger brother, Tariku, who’ll be one of the pace makers, but he’ll have to look out for his countryman, Markos Geneti, who beat Gebrselassie here last year and has a 2005 best for 3000m of 7:40.72. Lagat faces Rotich, Heshko and Baala at 1500m One of Gebrselassie’s lesser achievements is to be the second fastest indoor 1500m runner in history. The second fastest outdoor runner over that distance is Bernard Lagat, who will take on fellow Kenyan Laban Rotich on Friday, plus World indoor silver medallist, Ivan Heshko, and World outdoor silver medallist, Mehdi Baala of France. Heshko, in particular, is in fine form – he set a new Ukrainian record of 3:33.99 in Karlsruhe last weekend. Lagat, the World indoor 3000m champion, will start as favourite following his blistering mile in Fayateville last Saturday. The Olympic silver medallist’s run of 3:49.89 made him the third quickest indoor miler ever, behind Hicham El Guerrouj and Eamonn Coghlan. En route to that amazing time, he also ran the second quickest 1500m of the year, 3:33.34. This will be the last outing of Lagat’s indoor season before he prepares for an outdoor campaign in which his goals are simply “to run faster than I have ever run before”. Defar and Dibaba to fight for 3000m supremacy Ethiopians feature prominently in the women’s distance events too. Last year at the meeting, Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba became the third and fourth quickest 3000m runners in history. This time they’ll be hoping to push each other towards Berhane Adere’s World record of 8:29.15. In 2004 Defar went onto become a World indoor and Olympic champion, and she leads this year’s World lists with 8:30.05. But it will be the World outdoor champion Dibaba who starts as favourite following her demolition of Adere’s 5000m record in Boston on 29 January. Clearly the 19 year-old wonder is well up for the challenge. “I ran a personal best in Birmingham last year and the quality of the field again this year means that a fast time is possible,” she said. Hard on their heels will be Britain’s Jo Pavey. She broke Liz McColgan’s long standing British record in Birmingham last year, and a few weeks ago she followed Adere in Stuttgart to clock the year’s third best time, 8:42.46, putting Elly Van Hulst’s European record of 8:33.62 within her sights. courtesty of iaaf VIPAM |
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He is going to run 8:00 |
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