2013 PSD Bank Meeting Features Top Notch Men’s 800 and 1,500
By LetsRun.com
February 8, 2013
*Live Results/Start Lists/Schedule Here (Germany is 6 hrs ahead of NY time)
Later today, a sold out track and field meet – the “PSD Bank Meeting” – will place at the Athletics Hall at Arena Sportpark in Duesseldorf, Germany. One of the highlights of the meet will be the men’s 800 which the meet is billing as the “world’s top” meaning the “world’s best” for 2013 indoors.
The race which takes palce at 2:40 pm ET features 2012 Olympic bronze medallist and Kenya junior record holder Timothy Kitum, the man who briefly had Kenya’s junior record last year Abraham Rotich (4th at Kenyan Trials, 1:43.13), the fastest indoor runner of 2012 Adam Kszczot, Spanish record holder Kevin Lopez and 2004 Olympic champ Yuriy Borzakovskiy. The full field is as follows:
| Timothy | Kitum | KEN | Olympic bronze last year – 1:42.53 | |
| Adam | Kszczot | POL | 1:43.83 last year, fastest man in world indoors last year at 1:44.57 | |
| Abraham | Rotich | KEN | 1:43.13, Kenya’s junior record holder for a while last year. | |
| Kevin | Lopez | ESP | Spanish record of 1:43.74 last year | |
| Yuriy | Borzakovskiy | RUS | 2004 Olympic champ only 1:45.09 last year | |
| Boaz | Lalang | KEN | 2008 Olympian 1:44.83 last year | |
| Reuben | Bett | KEN | 1:45.44 last year | |
| Robin | Schembera | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
The meeting also includes a top men’s 1500 (1:35 pm ET) where Djibouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman will clash with Kenya’s Bethwel Birgen.
| Men’s 1500 | |||
| Bethwel | Birgen | KEN | 3:31.00 last year, undefeated this year with 3:35.25 last week in Moscow |
| Collins | Cheboi | KEN | 3:32.0, 3:51.44 last year. 3:36.69 last week |
| Ayanleh | Souleiman | DJI | Mid-d teen revelation last year. Ran 3:30.91 at 19. |
| Daniel Kipchirchir | Komen | KEN | 3:37.99 last week. 3:32.98 last year. 3:29.02 in 2006. |
| David | Bustos | ESP | Just 22. Ran 3:34.77 and won European bronze last year. |
| Andreas | Vojta | AUT | 3:37 pb. 23 years old. |
| Teshome | Dirirsa | ETH | 2011 world youth champ is just 18. 3:34.55 pb. 3:37.64 last week. |
| Florian | Carvalho | FRA | 2012 European silver. 3:33.60 pb. 23 yrs old. |
| Aturo | Casado | ESP | 5th at 2005 world champs. Only 3:41 last 2 years. |
| Cornelius | Ndiwa | KEN | 3:36 pb |
There also is a men’s 3000, women’s 800 and women’s 1500 as shown below. For more ifo, see the meet website here.
| Men’s 3000 | |
| 3000m M Koech Paul Kipsiele KEN 81 | |
| 3000m M Rop Albert KEN 94 | |
| 3000m M Atnafu Yitaya ETH 93 | |
| 3000m M Choge Augustine KEN 87 | |
| 3000m M Ndiku Caleb KEN 92 | |
| 3000m M Mekhissi Mahiedine FRA 85 | |
| 3000m M Parsczynski Lukasz POL 85 | |
| 3000m M Rono Vincent KEN 82 | |
| 3000m M Stuetzel Simon ART Düsseldorf 86 | |
| 3000m M Schwarz Rico ASV Erfurt 88 | |
| 3000m M Kocourek Milan CZE 87 | |
| 3000m M Kiptum Bernard Kiptanui KEN 86 |
| Women’s 800 | ||
| Ekatarina | Poistogova | RUS |
| Malika | Akkaoui | MAR |
| Winny | Chebet | KEN |
| Tatyana | Markelova | RUS |
| Angelika | Cichocka | POL |
| Sonja | Mosler | TV Herkenrath |
| Bethany | Praska | USA |
| Ophelie | Boxberger | FRA |
| Women’s 1500 | ||
| Ibtissam | Lakhouad | MAR |
| Natalia | Koreyvo | BLR |
| Mimi | Belete | BRN |
| Diana | Sujew | LT Haspa-Mar. Hamburg |
| Renata | Plis | POL |
| Siham | Hilali | MAR |
| Anzhelina | Shevchenko | UKR |
| Elina | Sujew | LT Haspa-Mar. Hamburg |
| Margherita | Magnani | ITA |
| Annett | Horna | LC Rehlingen |
| Natalia | Rodriguez | ESP |