Alan Shank wrote:
Jonathan Gault wrote:I reached out to her agent Jos Hermens. He explained that she is healthy and training well and wanted to run Monaco. But he said that Ethiopian federation isn't letting her compete in Monaco as they put together their own training camp before Worlds and take control over the athletes. That's why athletes like Genzebe Dibaba and Letesenbet Gidey aren't competing either.
Hermens said that she did have an injury earlier in the year, but she is still planning on running the 5k in London.
Thanks for that info. Did Hermens say anything about her doubling? If she wants to win the 5, she had better not double, because Obiri is a huge threat.
I didn't ask about doubling. In fact, to correct what I said earlier, Hermens did not confirm she would do the 5k, only that she would compete in London.
I was assuming she'll only do the 5k as she has the bye in the 5k and didn't run the Ethiopian 10k trials. But I suppose the Ethiopian Federation could still let her run the 10k considering she's the Olympic champ/world record holder.