Seville Marathon Results

Rahma Tahiri

Qualified for the Olympic Games

She join Guardadi.

these courses in Spain are extremely doubtful

The men's list is like a who's who of the doping world

Testers must be on holidays during this event

I don't think that includes world ranking promotions from guys like: Abdi Ali Gelelchu (BRN -former 75 rank - 2:08:22 today), Byambajav Tseenravdan (MGL - 83 with 2:09:19 today) however without place points they may fall just shy of Korir

Also athlete refugee team member Tachlowini Gebriyesos (2:09:07 today) I feel will get selected which would take a spot?

It´s an insurance company

Zurich Insurance. It’s pretty reputable here in Europe.

Well, given the constant scrutiny Kiptum came under on here, we should give people the benefit of the doubt.

U.S. trials are a one-shot deal. Everyone MUST run the in the exact same race. U.S. rules which were made up when the U.S. always had three people make it. That is no longer the case. If the U.S. keeps the ancient rules, and no one runs the standard who finish 1-3, it is possible that the U.S. would have only one token representative at a future Olympics.

Testers were definitely on holiday during the U.S. trials.

Seems like there was an error in the updated RoadToParis list with only 2 Ethiopians accounted for in the qualifying spots. Leonard Korir should actually be #71.

The new rankings will be released on Wednesday. Gelelchu should go up from #76 to #73, Tseveenravdan should go up from #84 to #77.

Looking ahead to next weekend, Osaka's entry list has a couple more Mongolians who will try to push him further down: Jamsran (#75, PB 2:08:58) and Bat-Ochir (#82, PB 2:08:50)

We should do away with the Olympics as they are a colossal waste of money.

What’s everyone’s prediction with the men’s marathon fields? Not looking optimistic that many will get through on points. Maybe 5?

The Swedish NR runner in Sevilla Suldan Hassan did he make the Swedish requirement? I know he ran the Olympic q time but last Olympics the Swedish federation had a very steep requirement (I remember it as 3-4 minutes faster than the Olympic requirement).

Their argument was that they didn't want to send off some people that were not gonna make top20 or so. I believe David Nilsson fell short of that (maybe it was another dude) even though he ran the Olympic time, was it 2:11:30 at the time(?)

Maybe some Swedes can weigh in? JS?

I actually meant on the BBC they did an overview of his race wins/interviews. It was a tough watch. It wasn't shown on the stream.

That is the big question right now. They only want to send athletes if they have a shot at top 8 (or as a promising/developing athlete as was the case for Carolina Wikström last time). Considering the winning time in Tokyo was a 2:08, I think people will go bonkers if they refuse him the spot

Hassan came to Sweden when he was 11, so he is more Swedish than Lagat is American.

Cheers to them. These are the kind of races that I think Americans need to get into if they want faster times. Need to consider more options than Chicago and Houston.

They are designed to flat and fast, the weather is often great, the competition is deep, and the race is usually well organized. Creating a good environment for fast runners goes