Tefera and Wale are running 5000 in Oslo on 16 June, so maybe one of them will run faster than Edris/Bekele
Edris already has a bye since he is the defending world champ.
Ethiopia has 2 wild cards (Edris and Aregawi as Diamond League winner) but they can use only one, and can select Kejelcha, Tefera, Wale and Aregawi as will card
Barega and Kejecha did just do a sub 27 10,000m...
That is a great point. These 2 had 3 days rest as they did the 10000m on June 5 and the 5000m on June 9. When you think about it, it is not surprising that they were not at full strength in the 5000m.
If you look at the top 20, you will see that nine athletes have done it under super shoe conditions and era. Cheptegei, Barega, Gebrhiwet, Kimeli, Kejelcha, Krop, Ahmed, Ingebrigtsen, Kiplimo.
1 12:35.36 Joshua CHEPTEGEI 12 SEP 1996 UGA 1 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 14 AUG 2020 1302 2 12:37.35 Kenenisa BEKELE 13 JUN 1982 ETH 1 Blankers-Koen Stadion, Hengelo (NED) 31 MAY 2004 1294 3 12:39.36 Haile GEBRSELASSIE 18 APR 1973 ETH 1 Helsinki (FIN) 13 JUN 1998 1286 4 12:39.74 Daniel KOMEN 17 MAY 1976 KEN 1 Bruxelles (BEL) 22 AUG 1997 1285 5 12:43.02 Selemon BAREGA 20 JAN 2000 ETH 1 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 31 AUG 2018 1273 6 12:45.82 Hagos GEBRHIWET 11 MAY 1994 ETH 2 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 31 AUG 2018 1262 7 12:46.33 Nicholas Kipkorir KIMELI 29 SEP 1998 KEN 1 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 09 JUN 2022 1260 8 12:46.53 Eliud KIPCHOGE 05 NOV 1984 KEN 1 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 02 JUL 2004 1259 9 12:46.79 Yomif KEJELCHA 01 AUG 1997 ETH 3 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 31 AUG 2018 1259 9 12:46.79 Jacob KROP 04 JUN 2001 KEN 2 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 09 JUN 2022 1259 11 12:46.81 Dejen GEBREMESKEL 24 NOV 1989 ETH 1 Paris (FRA) 06 JUL 2012 1258 12 12:47.04 Sileshi SIHINE 29 JAN 1983 ETH 2 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 02 JUL 2004 1258 13 12:47.20 Mohammed AHMED 05 JAN 1991 CAN 1 Jesuit High School Track, Portland, OR (USA) 10 JUL 2020 1257 14 12:48.45 Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN 19 SEP 2000 NOR 1 Stadio Luigi Ridolfi, Firenze (ITA) 10 JUN 2021 1252 15 12:48.63 Jacob KIPLIMO 14 NOV 2000 UGA 1 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 08 SEP 2020 1252 16 12:48.64 Isiah Kiplangat KOECH 19 DEC 1993 KEN 3 Paris (FRA) 06 JUL 2012 1252 17 12:48.66 Isaac Kiprono SONGOK 25 APR 1984 KEN 2 Zürich (SUI) 18 AUG 2006 1252 18 12:48.77 Yenew ALAMIREW 27 MAY 1990 ETH 4 Paris (FRA) 06 JUL 2012 1251 19 12:48.81 Stephen CHERONO 15 OCT 1982 KEN 1 Ostrava (CZE) 12 JUN 2003 1251 20 12:49.04 Thomas Pkemei LONGOSIWA 14 JAN 1982 KEN 5
If you look at the top 20, you will see that nine athletes have done it under super shoe conditions and era. Cheptegei, Barega, Gebrhiwet, Kimeli, Kejelcha, Krop, Ahmed, Ingebrigtsen, Kiplimo.
I’m fairly sure Barega, Gebrhiwet and Kejelcha ran 12:43/12:45/12:46 in Brussels without super shoes. Certainly Gebrhiwet ran 12:47 in 2012 without super shoes.
Again, Nicholas Kimeli and Jacob Krop had a lot left in the tank which, I'm guessing, was good for about 12:42 for Kimeli and possibly 12:43 for Krop. But they were racing Kejelcha instead of going for time.
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