Barega? Yes you are right he should be a factor in the 10,000m.
His 3:32 PB in London seemed very solid considering he was probably impacted by the fall in front of him and no doubt could have run a little bit faster. I'm assuming jumping into this 1500m was with an eye on the WC, where finishing speed is crucial.
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I'm a bit mystified as to why his first couple cracks at the marathon were not more successful. Were his builds hampered by injury or something?
I do think he has the pedigree to be a world beater at the distance, but when you see other less talented athletes debuting at sub 2:03 is does make you wonder a bit.
There is no doubt he can be a great marathoner, for some athletes it takes a couple tries to figure things out. Btw, just one successful season of marathoning can set up a Kenyan for life.
maybe, though I could see aregawi, fisher, barega, maybe kejelcha all medalling in the 10k and that's just off the top of my head. It's just not very likely that Nico Young beats one of those guys to medal.
Yes, as has been stated already, Cheptegei already announced that he was done with the track after last year's olympics. At the time, he kind of annointed Fisher as the man to beat.
2 Ethiopian men and two women are out of the World's marathon: Tola, Mengesha, YY, and Beriso. Changes things so much