I will when I have time. At least 2 can run 8:10 or faster. It is amazing how little you people know about this sort of thing. You apparently don’t understand the sport. 8:20 is not fast.
I will when I have time. At least 2 can run 8:10 or faster. It is amazing how little you people know about this sort of thing. You apparently don’t understand the sport. 8:20 is not fast.
Name them.
8:20 is most definitely fast… 10 is definitely ambitious as well, off the top of my head Purrier/Tsegay/Chebet/Hassan are the only women I’d feel 100% confident in.
I will when I have time. At least 2 can run 8:10 or faster. It is amazing how little you people know about this sort of thing. You apparently don’t understand the sport. 8:20 is not fast.
Name them.
Faith Kipyegon
Gudaf Tsegay
Diribe Welteji
Sifan Hassan
Beatrice Chebet
Letesenbet Gidey
Medina Eisa
Ejgayehu Taye
Birke Haylom
Agnes Ngetich
All 10 either have or could run 8:20 but the distance is not necessarily going to be contested by them very often. The same happens with the men.
It’s fine to say there are ten women “who could run 8:20” but the fact is they have not and you did not list anyone who you are sure is faster than Elle in addition to the women who were in the race.
It’s fine to say there are ten women “who could run 8:20” but the fact is they have not and you did not list anyone who you are sure is faster than Elle in addition to the women who were in the race.
Of course I did. Kipyegon is faster. Chebet is faster. Please try to be honest.
I don't care if it was indoors in an off-distance event against a theoretically weaker field. First off, #3 athlete all time and #4 time ever in the event, American record and Championship record. Beat multi-time world champ and multi-time world record holder in Tsegay. Beat Chepkoech, who has some records and wins of her own. Beat probably the best non-African 1500 runner ever in Laura Muir. Beat Jess Hull, who is the best Australian distance runner ever. Outkicked a handful of insanely good kickers. Perfect strategy from start to finish and unbelievable kick. All done a year after giving birth.
I put this up there with performances like Coburn/Frerichs steeplechase 1-2, Jenny Simpson 1500 win, Joanie marathon win, Billy Mills 10k win, Centro 1500 win, Lagat 1500/5000 double. What a performance. An absolute clinic in how to win a championship race.
It’s up there for me but I put Athing Mu’s 800m Olympic gold and Joanie Benoit’s marathon Olympic gold above it.
I will when I have time. At least 2 can run 8:10 or faster. It is amazing how little you people know about this sort of thing. You apparently don’t understand the sport. 8:20 is not fast.
So dumb, so arrogant and rude. Who cares if 10 women in the world could run 8:20 in perfect time trial, peak shape conditions? That may be true, but it doesn’t make 8:20 “not fast,” never mind that this was a championship race and she ran the last 400 in 61.69 and the last 200 in 29.76.
As for women who could run 8:10 or faster, there’s only one I’d be confident of in peak form: Faith Kipyegon. Maybe Hassan in Doha 2019 or Tsegay on the day she ran 14:00, but we’re talking about extremely rarified territory. None of them could do it right now. It’s like talking about men who can run 7:20 or faster.
This was not a weak field by any stretch of the imagination. The other medalists were the 5000m and steeplechase WR holders in good form—you can’t ask for much better in a 3000m championship. Tsegay, by the way, has always placed her due focus on indoors and will have wanted the 40k for winning. 4th was a perennial 1500m global finalist in the shape of her life, 5th was a 3:54.50/Olympic silver medalist who’d won 2 medals at World Indoors previously, probably desperate to perform for her home crowd. Tanaka, L. Hailu and Meshesha are great runners in their own right (Meshesha ran 3:54.87 last year for Christ’s sake!)
I apologize for being inclined to do this, but the “male equivalent” would be like Cole Hocker running 7:28 with his last 400/200 in 55-low / 26-high to outkick a fit Yomif Kejelcha for the win, with Girma and George Mills in 3rd & 4th, and Getnet Wale/Telahun Haile Bekele/Andreas Almgren forgotten about in 5th through 8th. Not weak, not slow.
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All 10 either have or could run 8:20 but the distance is not necessarily going to be contested by them very often. The same happens with the men.
Pretty good list with maybe a couple who would struggle to do it (certainly at the moment) and a couple missing who could hit that time under the right circumstances. Freweyni Hailu in particular should start getting some recognition for the indoor season she’s had + 3 DL wins last year + 1:57/3:54/4:14/14:23 PRs. I left out her 8:26 3k because it was a more tactical DL win not representative of her max ability, as you’d be the first to point out. Not that any of this makes Purrier’s performance any less awesome.
I will when I have time. At least 2 can run 8:10 or faster. It is amazing how little you people know about this sort of thing. You apparently don’t understand the sport. 8:20 is not fast.
So dumb, so arrogant and rude. Who cares if 10 women in the world could run 8:20 in perfect time trial, peak shape conditions? That may be true, but it doesn’t make 8:20 “not fast,” never mind that this was a championship race and she ran the last 400 in 61.69 and the last 200 in 29.76.
As for women who could run 8:10 or faster, there’s only one I’d be confident of in peak form: Faith Kipyegon. Maybe Hassan in Doha 2019 or Tsegay on the day she ran 14:00, but we’re talking about extremely rarified territory. None of them could do it right now. It’s like talking about men who can run 7:20 or faster.
This was not a weak field by any stretch of the imagination. The other medalists were the 5000m and steeplechase WR holders in good form—you can’t ask for much better in a 3000m championship. Tsegay, by the way, has always placed her due focus on indoors and will have wanted the 40k for winning. 4th was a perennial 1500m global finalist in the shape of her life, 5th was a 3:54.50/Olympic silver medalist who’d won 2 medals at World Indoors previously, probably desperate to perform for her home crowd. Tanaka, L. Hailu and Meshesha are great runners in their own right (Meshesha ran 3:54.87 last year for Christ’s sake!)
I apologize for being inclined to do this, but the “male equivalent” would be like Cole Hocker running 7:28 with his last 400/200 in 55-low / 26-high to outkick a fit Yomif Kejelcha for the win, with Girma and George Mills in 3rd & 4th, and Getnet Wale/Telahun Haile Bekele/Andreas Almgren forgotten about in 5th through 8th. Not weak, not slow.
You seem to be jealous that I know more about this than you do. Have another drink you fool.
All 10 either have or could run 8:20 but the distance is not necessarily going to be contested by them very often. The same happens with the men.
Pretty good list with maybe a couple who would struggle to do it (certainly at the moment) and a couple missing who could hit that time under the right circumstances. Freweyni Hailu in particular should start getting some recognition for the indoor season she’s had + 3 DL wins last year + 1:57/3:54/4:14/14:23 PRs. I left out her 8:26 3k because it was a more tactical DL win not representative of her max ability, as you’d be the first to point out. Not that any of this makes Purrier’s performance any less awesome.
OK I apologize for my earlier post where I insulted you. You were out of line though. You are one of the few who knows his stuff so you don’t need to attack people personally.
I didn’t say it was slow. The OP engaged in hyperbole but of course nobody can say anything realistic about the performance. The mods won’t permit anything that would tarnish their white angel. Facts…She may be the new Shelby but of course it doesn’t matter now does it?
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