nonsense
he's aged 19y so it's likely he's going to make big improvements within 1 or 2y
his previous pbs probably indicate an under-developed guy with probable haphazard training & very young age - making finals more off talent than solid, programme based training
it's likely he's made enough money to train full-time with a proper coach & 3'30 times are just the rewards for this
silas himself was just running road-races before he knuckled down to serious training & in 1st year went 3'29.2 under canova
the ethiopians have grossly underperformed at 800/1500 until past coupla years, but know they are targeting 800/1500 we are getting 1'43 & 3'30 from the youngsters
there shoud be little reason they can't come close to the kenyans at these distances
the ethiopian records shoud really be no worse than low-1'42 & 3'28.0 if they'd put as much effort into these distances as the 5 or 10k from maybe a decade ago, with 1/2 dozen guys 1'42/1'43 & another 1/2 dozen with 3'28/3'29/3'30pbs
to believe that they can't go faster than the likes of guys some 30y ago is an idiotic view
a country that produces 12'37 & 26'17 shoud damn well produce some fast 800 & 1500 guys