2017 800m Women's Rankings: Semenya #1, Ajee Wilson #3, 3 Americans in top 10

How in the hell are you going to put bishop and hassan over Charlene Lipsey? That is just pure criminal.

Lipsey's DL finishes are way better than theirs. None of them one won or even finished in second place. Lipsey won 2 DLS, and finished in second place once, and finished in third once. Bishop didn't finish higher than 4th place. And Hassan didn't finish higher than 4th place.

Plus lipsey won the usa indoor championships at 1000m, was second at USAs in the 800m, and beat 2 MEN in the DL Pre in Eugene!

Please come on. Hassan isn't even a 800m, and Bishop isn't seeing Lipsey any day of the week.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

How in the hell are you going to put bishop and hassan over Charlene Lipsey? That is just pure criminal.

Lipsey's DL finishes are way better than theirs. None of them one won or even finished in second place. Lipsey won 2 DLS, and finished in second place once, and finished in third once. Bishop didn't finish higher than 4th place. And Hassan didn't finish higher than 4th place.

Plus lipsey won the usa indoor championships at 1000m, was second at USAs in the 800m,

Please come on. Hassan isn't even a 800m, and Bishop isn't seeing Lipsey any day of the week.

We're open to the possibility we're wrong on these things for thanks for making us think.

A few points 1) Pre was a "B" 800 that she won. The main 800 was the next day. When she won at London it wasn't a DL event at that meet. Same thing with her 3rd place finish in Birmingham.In Lausanne a full-fledged DL event, she did get second and beat Hasan.

Bishop was 2-1 vs Lipsey on the year with a faster PR and a better finish at Worlds. Lipsey did have the 2nd place at Lausanne in her favor and some nice "B" meet wins, but Bishop could have won those "B" races as well if she ran them. Very close but I understand the logic of Lipsey being behind Bishop. Now maybe we should have factored in Lipsey having such a great indoors.

Lipsey was 6th, 2nd, 8th (losing to Bishop) and 6th (beating Bishiop) in 800 DL events. Bishop was 6th, 5th, 4th, 5th (beating Lipsey) and 7th in DL events (losing to Lipsey).

Hasan was 2-1 vs Lipsey on the year at 800 and 2-0 vs Bishop. Having said that if anything I could understand that she should be dropped to 7th behind Bishop and Lipsey because she didn't run Worlds.

I am very disappointed that you ranked this drug cheat so high, and that you didn't call her "drug cheat".

What was her excuse again? Kissing, beef, supplement, or running through a puddle? Either way, shame on USADA.

Yes, agreed. Hassan shouldn't be at that position. As far as Bishop, there are some valid points there, but I still feel that Lipsey is the better and tougher 800m runner. And, to me, she had the better overall year as an 800m runner.

Second that. Womens 800 is crazy with the XXYs and Wilson cheat (accidentally after a US record!) teammate Lipsey never broke 2 before and now 158 indoors off 4months with a new coach? and low 157 outdoors. Are you kidding me? On the radar for next year. We’ll wait to see what will happen.