Official Men's 2013 Worlds 10,000 Thread- Live Lap By Lap Splits HEre

prize money for top 8 US$

1 Mohamed Farah GBR 27:21.71 SB $60,000

2 Ibrahim Jeilan ETH 27:22.23 SB $30,000

3 Paul Kipngetich Tanui KEN 27:22.61 $20,000

4 Galen Rupp USA 27:24.39 SB $15,000

5 Abera Kuma ETH 27:25.27 $10,000

6 Bedan Karoki Muchiri KEN 27:27.17 $6,000

7 Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi KEN 27:28.50 SB $5,000

8 Nguse Amlosom ERI 27:29.21 SB $4,000

Joo Fro's Biggest Fan wrote:

Levins cut his hair??? It took 5000m before I could pick him out.

I actually think Rupp ran a better race (more ballsy) than he did in the Olympics. He seemed to be more of his own man than during the Olympics.

Unfortunately he doesn't seem to have the last lap this year. It is the only thing keeping him out of the medals, possibly even gold.

Considering that Mo just ran 3:28 and only beat Rupp by about 2 seconds over the last 400m today, I think Rupp ran impressively. He outkicked (or stayed ahead) of everyone in the field except Farah and Jeilan (both great kickers) and Tanui (I don't know much about his speed).

Also, Rupp seemed to be fighting back to the front much more than Mo did. It probably took out some of his kick. I liked seeing it, since it showed Rupp aggressively covering moves and positioning, but Farah showed how it should be done by chilling a bit more and saving the energy for the end.

Maybe Galen will surprise us in the 5000m. He will be hungrier this year having just missed out on a medal...

So by that logic, say, Prefontaine sucked, right? Since he would have come in somewhere around Levins today . . . with his then-US-record time of 27:43.6. I always though the idea was to win races to get in the championships, which you then, also, WIN.

east africa struggling with the drug crackdown

Everyone complaining about the British announcers will be forced to watch the US coverage, if ever shown, with Larry R calling the race, and commercials at 4 laps to go.

1234567890 wrote:

it showed Rupp aggressively covering moves and positioning,

what moves? Nothing happened until about 800 to go.

with a level playing field, the USA will be competitive in a few years. Europe is lost though.

Just came back from talking to Derrick. Wejo talked to Ritz.

Derrick was hilarious. "It was terrible," he started. He said he "totally cracked" with six laps to go.

"It really really sucked. It was a pile of poop out there that last mile."

He's hoping to run a 5k i think he said in Brussels.

Rupp didn't stop to talk to the Internet press. Alex of flotrack tried to get him to stop to no avail. If you film anything for the internet, you are in the way back and thus by the time they get back there, they've already talked to a lot of people. As a result, I've moved up an have been doing audio recordings up front.

Rupp did talk to the written press. David Monti told me he was disappointed he didn't medal and took no solace in being the highest finisher in American history in the 10,000 at Worlds. He said he's definitely coming back for the 5,000. I was still talking to Derrick and didn't record Rupp as I would have been allowed to take an audio recording of that.

Drugs are supposedly much better now, it's easy to get around the testing; just use something they're not testing for yet.

Even so, times are slower!

Which proves that more drugs = slower times.

does anyone know where i can find a replay of the 10k?

Observations on the middle and back of the pack:

Merga faded.

Ahmed whipped Levins.

Would have thought/hoped Derrick could be up there closer to Ahmed and Ritz

LabTech wrote:

So by that logic, say, Prefontaine sucked, right? Since he would have come in somewhere around Levins today . . . with his then-US-record time of 27:43.6. I always though the idea was to win races to get in the championships, which you then, also, WIN.

You really suck at debating. Stop changing the subject.

We are not talking about all of that other stuff that you are now saying. Your original statement was that today's 10k was a strong field. That statement is wrong. The 10k hasn't been strong since sometime between 2009-2011. Nowadays we just have slower guys combined with dumb race plans.

WOW, you remember all the way back to 2011, I'm impressed.So, who running today, that WASN'T in the race, would in your expert opinion, have MADE it a strong field? As far as I know, you only need to beat the people who ARE in the race; and over a season, only the folks still competing.

cicvi wrote:

LabTech wrote:

So by that logic, say, Prefontaine sucked, right? Since he would have come in somewhere around Levins today . . . with his then-US-record time of 27:43.6. I always though the idea was to win races to get in the championships, which you then, also, WIN.

You really suck at debating. Stop changing the subject.

We are not talking about all of that other stuff that you are now saying. Your original statement was that today's 10k was a strong field. That statement is wrong. The 10k hasn't been strong since sometime between 2009-2011. Nowadays we just have slower guys combined with dumb race plans.

I think the burden is on you. Who is not running the 10000? Who would have medaled today had they bothered to enter.List of names please.

cicvi wrote:

LabTech wrote:

So by that logic, say, Prefontaine sucked, right? Since he would have come in somewhere around Levins today . . . with his then-US-record time of 27:43.6. I always though the idea was to win races to get in the championships, which you then, also, WIN.

You really suck at debating. Stop changing the subject.

We are not talking about all of that other stuff that you are now saying. Your original statement was that today's 10k was a strong field. That statement is wrong. The 10k hasn't been strong since sometime between 2009-2011. Nowadays we just have slower guys combined with dumb race plans.

Old Ultra Guy wrote:

Everyone complaining about the British announcers will be forced to watch the US coverage, if ever shown, with Larry R calling the race, and commercials at 4 laps to go.

4 laps you say? Did you know that if you went down to your local hs track that 4 laps would equal a mile? ....... thanks Larry, didn't know that.

Thanks to those who contributed thoughtful analysis. I'm waiting for NBC to see the race, and I'm sure more astute fans can analyze the race better than I can. I'm sure, as Rojo reported, Rupp is disappointed at finishing off the podium. With that said, I'm so proud of our guys. Rupp confirms, if any further confirmation is needed after the last two years, that he's an elite, world class distance runner by any definition. I didn't get in on the Ritz thread yesterday, but he finished better than I expected. He always comes ready and races hard. Derrick was clearly the most disappointing of the three, but he's young and the experience will doubtless serve him well.Thanks for the coverage brojos.

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rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

canspo wrote:

Instead of ripping the commentators how about recognizing your continued bias and ripping of Rupp who was right in the race and finished 4th. I guess he deserved to at least be MENTIONED as a contender for the bronze unless you had the top 3 all as 100% locks.

You moron, I said that Rupp looked GREAT many times on this thread. In ALL CAPS to help out slow readers like yourself.

Better luck next time.

I'm talking about your pre-race bashing saying Rupp didn't even deserve to be listed as a contender for the bronze. You're a master of shifting your argument/criticism to make it appear you're always right.

uMNtrackandfield wrote:

does anyone know where i can find a replay of the 10k?

It looked like the BBC website might have replays of the sessions available. 10k was in Day 1 Session 4. I used

to get the BBC stream to work.