Official 2014 IAAF Shanghai Diamong League Discussion Thread

I just farted and the gas spelled 4:02.83

I think she'll use Shanghai as a test as she's probably gearing up for a super fast time in the Pre Classic where she'll run a 3:56-3:58

Simpson\\\\\\\'s 4:00.4 last year showed she could run sub-4, why? Her last lap was 59 seconds and the 3rd lap slowed... So in a even race and considering the fact that she just ran 4:03 solo for a rust buster tells me that she\\\\\\\'s ready for it... This next race? Idk, but hey, they ran so fast in Doha for the men\\\\\\\'s 1500 and women\\\\\\\'s 3k so obviously people are in shape in May (except for Rupp haha JK) so maybe these girls are ready for it... I would say:

1) Abregawi- 3:58

2) Simpson- 3:59

3) that girl from the Doha 3k- 3:59

Jenny's got her handsfull in Shanghai on Sunday taking on Aregawi.Jenny should get second. If Argawi runs 3:56, I'm have no idea what the others will do. Jenny isn't in 3:56 shape.Moser and Uceny also in the field.Prediction:1) Aregawi 3:562) Simpson 3:59Moser 4:04Uceny 4:06

Update at 1 am Sunday ET: This thread started out as the Jenny Simpson Prediction Thread but we've changed its title to the Official 2014 Shanghai DL Discussion Thread as the meet starts in about 7 hours and wanted to have something up as we're going to sleep.

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Aregawi over Simpson 3:58:72.

Easy win for Aregawi.

Sverige! Sverige! Fosterland...!

va bra!

Moser 4:03, Uceny 4:10

Simpson was 4:00:42

9.92 Gatlin WL

och hur lätt som helst.

Gatlin opens the season with a 9.92, the rest a good couple of steps behind.

Bubbadeeboo wrote:

Moser 4:03, Uceny 4:10

correction:

Moser 4:06 in 8th

Ucency 4:10 in 10th

just precis!

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djäveln wrote:

Sverige! Sverige! Fosterland...!

Looks Ethiopian to me. Do you know if she's learned the language yet? Does she do interviews in Swedish?

1 AREGAWI Abeba SWE 3:58.72

2 SIMPSON Jennifer USA 4:00.42

3 HASSAN Sifan NED 4:01.19

4 KIBIWOT Viola Jelagat KEN 4:01.31

5 BELETE Mimi BRN 4:01.98

6 ARAFI Rababe MAR 4:02.86

7 TSEGAY Gudaf ETH 4:05.13

8 MOSER Treniere USA 4:06.38

9 KOSTER Maureen NED 4:06.42

10 UCENY Morgan USA 4:10.93

11 LIU Fang CHN 4:26.62

12 ZHAO Jing CHN 4:35.38

Självklart !

Montsho beaten by Novlene Williams-Mills in low 50s.