Official 2017 Stockholm DL Discussion Thread

El Keniano wrote:

Bahta barely wins her home event after she's almost out kicked by a classic sit and kick Ethiopian who drafted off her the entire race.

Tell us how you really feel...

dont know wrote:

rojo wrote:

For those of you watching on NBCSN and not gold, who is the female commentator? I switch back and forth and don't think I recognized the voice.

They said her name is Kelly??

SOunds like an ex-athlete - maybe a sprinter??

Kellie Wells-Brinkley

(athlete)

dont know wrote:

rojo wrote:

For those of you watching on NBCSN and not gold, who is the female commentator? I switch back and forth and don't think I recognized the voice.

They said her name is Kelly??

SOunds like an ex-athlete - maybe a sprinter??

Kelly Wells - London Bronze medalist in the 100m hurdles

Kellie Wells Brinkley, 2012 bronze medallist

Women’s 3,000: Meraf Bahta wins it on home soil

The Eritrean-born Meraf Bahta, an Olympic 1500 finalist last year for Sweden, did most of the work in this one and was ultimately rewarded with the victory in 8:47.07. The pace went out fairly quickly (2:52.09 for the rabbits at 1k), and by that point, the lead group had dwindled to five women, with Bahta the first racer behind the rabbits.

But Bahta would back off over the next kilometer, and at 2k (5:50.9), there were still five women up front, including Ethiopia’s Azemra Gebru and Haftamnesh Tesfaye, Bahrain’s Dalila Abdulkadir and another Swede, Sarah Lahti.

It remained a close race at the bell, with Bahta, Gebru, Abdulkadir and Lahti all still in it, but once they entered the final lap, Bahta finally made her move and the lead group quickly strung out. Gebru was the only one to follow her, and with 200 to go, they had separated with Bahta unable to drop her rival.

Gebru then went by coming off the final turn and looked as if she was about to steal the race, but Bahta responded on the inside and took the lead back with 40 meters to go. From there, she held on to the line to earn a well-deserved win in 8:47.07 to Gebru’s 8:47.26.

1 BAHTA Meraf SWE 26 JUN 1989 10 8:47.07

2 GEBRU Azemra ETH 5 MAY 1992 1 8:47.26

3 ABDULKADIR Dalila BRN 27 JUN 1998 6 8:50.24

4 LAHTI Sarah SWE 18 FEB 1995 9 8:54.95

5 TESFAYE Haftamnesh ETH 28 APR 1994 5 8:57.95

6 MAGNANI Margherita ITA 26 FEB 1987 3 8:58.62

7 NILSSON Linn SWE 15 OCT 1990 7 9:01.50 PB

8 BUSCOMB Camille NZL 11 JUL 1990 4 9:08.74

9 CHEMUTAI Peruth UGA 10 JUL 1999 8 9:13.09 PB

10 KACZYNSKA Paulina POL 24 JUL 1991 2 9:16.26

BUCKMAN Zoe (PM) AUS 21 DEC 1988 11 DNF

TVERDOSTUP Tamara (PM) UKR 17 JUL 1979 12 DNF

Intermediate times: 1000m 2:52.09 TVERDOSTUP Tamara (UKR)

2000m 5:50.93 BAHTA Meraf (SWE)

Men's 400: Steven Gardiner Remains Unbeaten in 2017

21-year old Steven Gardiner, who opened his season with a blistering 44.26 on April 6 and then won the DL in Doha, remained undefeated on the year as he won the men’s 400 in 44.58. Running in lane 4, Gardiner started slow as Botswana's Baboloki Thebe (44.22 pb), the 20-year old who won in Oslo on Thursday, got out hard in lane 5. However, Gardiner really picked it up and quickly ate up the deficit and then some as they approached the second turn. In the final 100, Gardiner held of Thebe who was second in 44.99. Former Florida State runner Kevin Borlee was third in a seasonal best of 45.47

1 GARDINER Steven BAH 12 SEP 1995 4 0.143 44.58 16 2

2 THEBE Baboloki BOT 18 MAR 1997 5 0.171 44.99 22 1

3 BORLÉE Kevin BEL 22 FEB 1988 7 0.151 45.47 SB 11 6

4 JANEŽIC Luka SLO 14 NOV 1995 2 0.166 45.56 5 11

5 OMELKO Rafal POL 16 JAN 1989 8 0.143 45.76 8 9

6 YOUSIF Rabah GBR 11 DEC 1986 3 0.172 46.06 3 15

7 NKOBOLO Onkabetse BOT 22 JUL 1993 1 0.179 46.24 2 17

8 CONRADIE Pieter RSA 20 OCT 1994 6 0.169 47.22 4 12

8:15.03 for new Moroccan steeple discovery, El Bakalli.

I wish Kenyans with wild cards to the worlds would show up for these meets. Why worry about winning the trials if you're going anyway?

El Bakkali an easy winner, only 21 yrs old. 6'2" 135 lbs. Am same height, but 175. Wonder how much time I could shave off my 5K if I was 40 lbs. lighter!

Women’s discus: Cuba’s Yaimi Perez snaps Sandra Perkovic’s 16-meet win streak

Perkovic’s win in Oslo on Thursday was her 16th straight, tying the longest win streak of her career, but once again #17 proved too much as Perez threw 67.92m to Perkovic’s 67.75m, handing Perkovic her first loss since the 2015 World Champs. Since the start of 2013, only three women have won a Diamond League discus event: Perez has two wins, the U.S,’s Gia Lewis-Smallwood has one and Perkovic has won the remaining 28.

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rojo wrote:

For those of you watching on NBCSN and not gold, who is the female commentator? I switch back and forth and don't think I recognized the voice.

Kellie Wills Brinkley

Shubenkov always looks somewhat haughty.

Pozzi DQed for false starting the 110H.

Another DQ in the 110H, this time the South African Alkana.

Men’s 3,000 steeplechase: Soufiane El Bakkali picks up his first career Diamond League victory

Despite the absence of Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto, Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali, who was fourth in Rio last year, wanted to push the pace and he was close behind the rabbits when they hit 1k on sub-8:00 pace (2:39.02).

By that point, El Bakkali led by 15 meters and even after slowing over the next kilometer (5:24.98 at 2k), he was well clear of the field. The more interesting battle was for second place, where 19-year-old Eritrean Yemane Haileselassie was trying to hold off France’s Yoann Kowal and Kenya’s Nicholas Bett. Kowal mounted a serious challenge over the penultimate lap, but faded badly to 9th place by the finish as he appeared to miscount his laps.

After the hot early pace, no one closed particularly well as El Bakkali held on to win in 8:15.01 to Haileselassie’s 8:18.29. El Bakkali’s time was the slowest to win on the Diamond League circuit since this meet two years ago, when the field was similarly depleted by the Kenyan World Championship trials.

Quick Take: El Bakkali is good, but he’s not solo sub-8:00 good yet

Considering Kipruto, the world’s best steepler, still has never broken 8:00, it was bold of El Bakkali to go out so quickly and, predictably, he slowed considerably over the second half of the race. However, the Moroccan did show confidence in his ability and toughness over the final kilometer, and his performances the last two weeks have stamped him as a medal contender in London.

Quick Take: The steeplechase really suffers without the top Kenyans

Few countries have dominated an event like Kenya has dominated the men’s steeplechase, and when the top Kenyans are absent, it really drags down the quality of the event, as the results in Stockholm in 2015 and 2017 have shown.

1 EL BAKKALI Soufiane MAR 7 JAN 1996 14 8:15.01 15 1

2 HAILESELASSIE Yemane ERI 21 FEB 1998 4 8:18.29 11 2

3 BETT Nicholas Kiptanui KEN 20 DEC 1996 7 8:21.98 6 5

4 BEYO Chala ETH 18 JAN 1996 8 8:22.65 5 7

5 MARTOS Sebastián ESP 20 JUN 1989 3 8:22.85 4 8

6 KIPSANG Lawrence Kemboi KEN 15 JUN 1993 10 8:23.93 SB 3 10

7 KEMBOI Clement Kimutai KEN 10 FEB 1992 11 8:23.98 SB 2 12

8 ZALEWSKI Krystian POL 11 APR 1989 6 8:28.50 1 14

9 KOWAL Yoann FRA 28 MAY 1987 13 8:31.49

10 KOECH John BRN 23 AUG 1995 5 8:35.25

11 HESSELBJERG Ole DEN 23 APR 1990 1 8:39.18

12 BLOMBERG Emil SWE 9 APR 1992 2 8:41.53

13 KIPKOGEI Nelson BRN 9 MAR 1993 12 8:47.97

NGANGA Bernard (PM) KEN 1985 16 DNF

SIGUENI Hicham MAR 30 JAN 1993 9 DNF

TINDOUFT Mohamed (PM) MAR 12 MAR 1993 15 DNF

Intermediate times: 1000m 2:39.02 NGANGA Bernard (KEN)

2000m 5:24.98 EL BAKKALI Soufiane (MAR)

Women’s 200: Murielle Ahoure wins by .01

Ahoure was robbed of a win on Thursday in Oslo after Dafne Schippers’ result was allowed to count despite a blatant false start. With no Schippers in the field today, Ahoure got redemption, but she had to work for it as Canada’s Crystal Emmanuel closed well in lane 2 and almost nipped her at the line, running 22.69 to Ahoure’s 22.68.

Men’s discus: Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres earns his first career Diamond League victory

Sweden’s Daniel Stahl won in Oslo on Thursday, but he couldn’t do it again on home soil in Stockholm as Dacres, the runner-up in Oslo and 2017 world leader, turned the tables on him, throwing 68.36 to Stahl’s 68.13. In years past, Dacres had managed big throws in his native Jamaica or North America but hadn’t competed much on the DL circuit. But in the past four days, he’s gone 67.10 in Oslo (2nd place) and now 68.36 in Stockholm -- his first 68-meter throw outside of Jamaica/USA.

Ortega over Shubenkov by 0.01 second.

After two tossed for false starts, Ortega in a photo finish 110H

Jakob Ingebrigtsen up next on 1500m

El Keniano wrote:

Shubenkov always looks somewhat haughty.

I thought the same but for the hurdles that's probably an advantage. You can't lose your nerve with hurdles

Halviking wrote:

Jakob Ingebrigtsen up next on 1500m

Why race the 16 yr old SO much?????