LONDON DIAMOND LEAGUE START LISTS RELEASED

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

This is the meet where Bol ran 51.30 last year. I see Wiley has the top SB in the field, coming off that strong race in Monaco maybe she can get a DL win.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Posted in another thread, but I’m skeptical Wanyonyi/Koech start here.

Kenyan Trials are July 22nd. It is a straight final, but that leaves minimal time to recover after an all-out race with both guys facing competitive fields. The change to July 22 was recent so it’s possible they were entered before the schedule change.

High hopes wrote:

I could see Wanyonyi showing up. He'd be given a spot by AK irrespective of what happens at the trials, he's the Olympic champ. Koech will have to qualify. He hasn't got the star power of Wanyonyi

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

This is the meet where Bol ran 51.30 last year. I see Wiley has the top SB in the field, coming off that strong race in Monaco maybe she can get a DL win.

Last year Bol ran 52:49, then 51.30 nine days later. So here she's coming off a 51.95 eight days later.

Sifan wrote:

Sifan Hassan is running in the Sydney marathon on the 31st of August.
According to her management:

"Participation in Australia means that Sifan will not participate in the
World Championships in Tokyo in principle.This is not 100 percent certain, because Sifan can always decide differently."

So it will probably depend how she feels after Sydney, but even if all goes well, I doubt she would run more than 1 event.

High hopes wrote:

I'm fascinated to see what the pacing will be for the 1500. I think Mills will want a crack at the British record and he might have a willing front-runner in Koech. When Jakob scratched, I wasn't hopeful for a fast race, but Mills and Koech give me hope, and Kerr will latch onto the back of any pace. Still a big question mark over Kerr in a fast race. He has the chops as we know from previous years, but he's been running 3:35 races so far. Time to see what's in the tank for him

Sifan wrote:

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

Last year Bol ran 52:49, then 51.30 nine days later. So here she's coming off a 51.95 eight days later.

Last year the London DL was 2 weeks before the Olympics, so she was peaking. This year it's almost 2 months before Worlds and Bol doesn't have trials to consider. Another 51 should be on the table, but I don't think she's gonna beat her own MR this year.

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

But she's ahead of last year's 52.49 by .54 seconds and currently only .65 behind what she ran in London. That track is super fast, look at the results from last year.

Link:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_London_Athl...

Live from London, UK wrote:

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

But she's ahead of last year's 52.49 by .54 seconds and currently only .65 behind what she ran in London. That track is super fast, look at the results from last year.

Link:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_London_Athl...

You aren't kidding. Last year's women's 800m:

Keeley Hodgkinson - Lifetime best
Jemma Reekie - Lifetime best
Bell - Lifetime best
Natoya Goule-Topping - Lifetime #3, best since 2021
Renelle Lamonte - Lifetime best
Halimah Nakaayi - Lifetime best
Allie Wilson - Lifetime best
Laura Muir - Lifetime #2, best since 2021
Catriona Bisset - Lifetime #3
Elena Bello - Lifetime best

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

But she's ahead of last year's 52.49 by .54 seconds and currently only .65 behind what she ran in London. That track is super fast, look at the results from last year.

Wise Old Man wrote:

So it seems she's now a road racer. Thats fine, but in typical Hassan weirdness she's running the mile in London. Why??

Sifan wrote:

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

But she's ahead of last year's 52.49 by .54 seconds and currently only .65 behind what she ran in London. That track is super fast, look at the results from last year.

She's not running near a PB at this stage of her season. Last year the London DL was her last meet before the Olympics, so she was literally in Olympic shape. This year she going on a 2 week training camp right after the London DL, after which she'll do a 200m at nationals, a 400mH in Budapest, 2 Diamond League meets (Silesia and Brussels) and finally the Diamond League final in Zurich. That final is the closest comparison to the London DL last year, since it's ~2 weeks before the World Championships in Tokyo.

Live from London, UK wrote:

Porfirio Altamoremo wrote:

But she's ahead of last year's 52.49 by .54 seconds and currently only .65 behind what she ran in London. That track is super fast, look at the results from last year.

Link:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_London_Athl...

You aren't kidding. Last year's women's 800m:

Keeley Hodgkinson - Lifetime best
Jemma Reekie - Lifetime best
Bell - Lifetime best
Natoya Goule-Topping - Lifetime #3, best since 2021
Renelle Lamonte - Lifetime best
Halimah Nakaayi - Lifetime best
Allie Wilson - Lifetime best
Laura Muir - Lifetime #2, best since 2021
Catriona Bisset - Lifetime #3
Elena Bello - Lifetime best