Official 2014 Monaco DL Live Discussion Thread

If you had told me Rudisha would run 1:42.xx today, I would have bet good money that he would win.

But to see 5 people break 1:43 in ONE race is completely insane. Almost definitely the only time that has happened.

Rudisha is now officially the best rabbit of all time. He dragged everybody to PRs in London 2012, and now he's done about the same today.

The Sacko wrote:

What happened to Duane Solomon?

He pulled off the track with ~90 meters to go. I didn't see if anything happened to cause that.

I'm lookin forward to the BBC Rudisha documentary on the 22nd!!

Its too bad about Solomon(sp?) ... He and his coach were talking up an AR attempt earlier in the year and this would have been a great race for it.

I've been following Bosse for years. So much speed for a young guy from a country which keeps accurate records of birth dates. 1:42.5 in his early twenties. He's destined to go sub 1:42 before his career is over. I'm not sure some of his other "young" competitors aren't somewhat older and at their peaks already.

Didn't Aman used to be unbeatable in Rudishaless races?

zuma beach wrote:

Amos looked amazing in that 800. Bosse gave him some big-ups after the race... lots of respect in that field. Rudisha obviously didn't recover from Glasgow as well as he hoped he would.

And still ran 1:42.

Exciting last 100

Bosse almost took that race.

5 guys under 1:43 has happened once before. At the London Olympic's when Symmonds got 5th

Solomon has already peaked, might have low ferritin or somethin

Awesome to see Nijel Amos back after doing nothing last year. I think it's safe to say that 1:41 silver medal performance in London was no fluke. Rudisha the GOAT is going to have his hands veryyyy full even when he gets back to WR form.

Rudisha should be pleased, sub 1:43 despite a terrible last 100m, still getting into form and should be close to 1:42 flat or under shape in another 2 months

Way to go out on a limb there.... "almost definitely."

reed wrote:

If you had told me Rudisha would run 1:42.xx today, I would have bet good money that he would win.

But to see 5 people break 1:43 in ONE race is completely insane. Almost definitely the only time that has happened.

Rudisha is now officially the best rabbit of all time. He dragged everybody to PRs in London 2012, and now he's done about the same today.

reed wrote:

But to see 5 people break 1:43 in ONE race is completely insane. Almost definitely the only time that has happened.

Olympics 2012 also.

1

AMOS Nijel

BOT

1:42.45

WL,MR

2

BOSSE Pierre-Ambroise

FRA

1:42.53

NR

3

AMAN Mohammed

ETH

1:42.83

SB

4

CHERUIYOT Ferguson Rotich

KEN

1:42.84

PB

5

RUDISHA David

KEN

1:42.98

SB

6

LEWANDOWSKI Marcin

POL

1:44.24

SB

7

ROWE Alexander

AUS

1:44.40

=NR

8

OSAGIE Andrew

GBR

1:45.68

9

KAKI Abubaker

SUD

1:46.90

SOLOMON Duane

USA

DNF

TANGUI Sammy

KEN

DNF

reed wrote:

But to see 5 people break 1:43 in ONE race is completely insane. Almost definitely the only time that has happened.

How soon we forget the London 2012 final.

LaShawn Merritt 44.30 FTW!

Made me think, do they call it the "drug cheat 400" when Ohurougu runs?

Dammit I'm not going to be able to watch the 1500 live! Argh.

FAST wrote:

The Sacko wrote:

What happened to Duane Solomon?

He pulled off the track with ~90 meters to go. I didn't see if anything happened to cause that.

Geez I noticed he was really losing ground on the backstretch. I had hoped for a real attempt on the AR but I guess that was a little optimistic.

Alright 1500m boys, hope you took note of that 800m race you just saw and be ready to roll! WR or bust Kiprop

Pl. Athlète Nat. Naiss. Résultat

1. Nijel AMOS BOT 94 1:42.45

2. Pierre-Ambroise BOSSE FRA 92 1:42.53

3. Mohammed AMAN ETH 94 1:42.83

4. Ferguson Rotich CHERUIYOT KEN 89 1:42.84

5. David RUDISHA KEN 88 1:42.98

6. Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL 87 1:44.24

7. Alexander ROWE AUS 92 1:44.40

8. Andrew OSAGIE GBR 88 1:45.68

9. Abubaker KAKI SUD 89 1:46.90

- Duane SOLOMON USA 84 DNF

- Sammy TANGUI KEN 84 DNF

Tremendous 800.

Didn't even notice Duane DNF

FYI -

http://universalsports.com/video/universal-sports-network-watch-live/

It says my preview has ended...but it is still streaming it live for me.

Try and see if you get lucky.