The Dibaba FREAK SHOW Continues... New W.R. 2000m - 5:23.75

Happy Birthday to Genzebe Dibaba she turns 26 today.

seems reasonable.

Even splits all the way. Plus great violin work!

"full race here: "

Race? Time trial, surely? Very impressive running but watching it was pretty boring. At least Muir's 8:26 came in a genuinely competitive situation. Do you think the two of them will race each other this winter?

No. Dibaba is running in Torun (IAAF World Indoor Tour) and then in Madrid while Muir is scheduled to run in Birmingham (WIT) and then at EIC (both 1500 and 3000).

But of course it's only Africans who cheat in modern athletics? Just read about Dawn Harper-Nelson being suspended for 3 months for a doping offence. Never heard much about that on this site!

of course theyre all doping.them,and the kenyans.

mark b wrote:

But of course it's only Africans who cheat in modern athletics? Just read about Dawn Harper-Nelson being suspended for 3 months for a doping offence. Never heard much about that on this site!

Yeah you never hear about Rupp or any of the other Americans accused drug use on here......

As for Harper-Nelson - 3 months? must have been very minor and she's a sprinter and this is a distance site.

Muir tried to go with Dibaba at the Olympics, and look lhow that ended for her.

Les wrote:

It's sad. Dibaba always does well indoors and early outdoor season. Where she trains there's no drug testing so she just needs to come off before the competition. Outdoors where she gets tested regularly, she has to stay off and her results aren't so good toward the end of the season. Such a farce. Where are the Ethiopian whistleblowers? Perhaps they're all doping.

Yes, they should be tested before every competition. But you're forgetting something. Genzebe Dibaba is from the talented Dibaba family(Look up Tirunesh Diabab). She's really talented and clean, period.

njj wrote:

Yes, they should be tested before every competition. But you're forgetting something. Genzebe Dibaba is from the talented Dibaba family(Look up Tirunesh Diabab). She's really talented and clean, period.

I used to think that until the Jama Aden raid took place in Spain last summer. I don't believe it was a coincidence that both sisters were in the same hotel at the time the police found a truckload of EPO and steroids ready to be administered. I don't think that it is right that they have been allowed to compete after that incident.

She can run fast indoors but come outdoors she is relatively lackluster. She's not on drugs, she just trains for indoor WRs; which nobody has ever done so the records are weak.

sub par record wrote:

jjjjj wrote:

mcmillan calculator indicates that 5:23 flat (just over 4:19 mile pace) is equivalent to 1:54, 2:30.1, 3:55, 8:22, 14:43 (??). So, she is clearly ready to challenge Mutola's 1k record. It is a farce that this drug show continues, and the arrogance to have this in Sabadell!

So basically it's not that good a performance but arouses suspicion?

Not that good a performance? 1:54 800m would be the fastest since Kratochvilova's hyper-hormone induced world record. This isn't on the level of the 3:50 or 8:16 but it is fast (equivalent to four seconds better than Muir's 8:26, which was 3 seconds ahead of Obiri), and we can surmise that nothing has changed in the doping world of Sabadell.

Bad Wigins wrote:

1) there is no "2000m world record"

2) indoor is not slower than outdoor anymore, hence all these crazy "records," Galen Rupp solo'ing 3:51 and 13:01, and so forth, in the offseason.

Still slower as you pointed out the 2,000m is not a world record.

Give me the list of legit WR's faster indoors than out compared to the other way around.

Bad Wigins wrote:

NOP Skeptic wrote:

1) that's a 3:50.92

2) the record were not solo, he had pacers and in the 13:01 Chelenga was breathing down his neck til the last 400m

3) the indoor season is not an off season, it's the indoor season

1) and it's his PB, isn't it?

2) It was indoors in a race nobody cared about and he was competing against one guy, then he goes out to Historic Hayweird Field and his adoring fans and can only do 13:14

3) it is the off season

1) Yes it is. He trains for the 10k outdoors. How the hell can you PR in the mile at that level doing workouts like 5x2k the week before?

2) He had pacers, then was competing against one guy later in the race.

3) It was not his off season. NOP peaks for indoor then again for outdoor. They do 2 cycles a year. Not a long one like most. So, for him, he was in peak shape when he did this stuff. Alberto even admitted he trained through the 13:01. Plus, not every race at that level is a ball-busting time trial. Ever watch the Olympics?

I used to be a fan boy (before I met a former "inside member" of the NOP and they told me all about their drug use.) So, I have done plenty of research and have seen plenty of interviews. You obviously know nothing about the NOP or how they do their training cycles...

Used to like NOP wrote:[/b

I used to be a fan boy (before I met a former "inside member" of the NOP and they told me all about their drug use.) So, I have done plenty of research and have seen plenty of interviews. You obviously know nothing about the NOP or how they do their training cycles...

You are such a liar. "Inside member" LOL.

You wish you had inside information about the NOP, but there is none to support your "drug use" pipe dream.

Nice try though

komens indoor 3k is faster than 99% of all outdoor 3ks

There's something kind of creepy watching that race video. All by herself doing lap after lap for a crowd to marvel at, the clapping each homestretch. It's less a race than an exhibition. A specimen trotted out for our amusement.

sbeefyk1 wrote:

She can run fast indoors but come outdoors she is relatively lackluster.

Except Monaco, obviously, which was the very opposite of lackluster.

sbeefyk1 wrote:

She's not on drugs, she just trains for indoor WRs; which nobody has ever done so the records are weak.

They're not weak anymore, almost entirely due to her.