Great News for Grant Fisher: Ethiopia Pulls Yomif Kejelcha in 5000 for Biniam Mehary

From the past, ironically yes. But even greater in the present! And you ain't seen nothing Gebrhi-yet.

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The thing with him that I'd worry about are his tactics and kick. He hasn't really shown the ability to kick incredibly well yet. Maybe he'll pace Gebrhiwet in the final, but I'd also be almost certain Kejelcha would make the final and I can't say the same for Mehary, he should but their is great 5000 depth across the board (as far as guys who could make the final) and almost no one will get dropped by the bell if the heats go slowly for a while

Remember this is not yet confirmed and Biniam is not on the Road to Paris currently for 5000. And I don't think this is just because the 4 fastest Ethiopians are listed because if you look at the Kenyan 5000 team Benson Kiplangat is not listed but Kwemoi and presumed reserve Kemboi are.

Jakob : Hagos head to head 2:2. Hagos won one in heats in Budapest, what is not count, because he lost in the final, and he won against 18 year old Jakob in DL London 2019 with margin of 0.17s, and he lost in Florence 2021. I am sorry, I just don't see Hagos win against Jakob again, but I can easy see Jakob win against Hagos too the end of Hagos career.

you have to adjust 1 second / lap for distance. from a decadeish ago.

0.75 lap for 800

0.5 lap for 400

0.25 for 200.

and 0.12 for 100.

and 6 to 8 seconds / mile marathon.

where 201 is a 204 ish.

a guy like lopes at 207 flat converts to 203 to 204.

basically, they have to reset the record books.

standardize tracks and shoes to compare data.

in horse racing, it is the track record that is important. and the world record, no one says that was the fastest horse.

thus track and field debases itself. with records that all carry some kind of asterisk.

Thx Will, I knew you’d caught that. Good point on making the final. It’s been completely cutthroat. Partially because they do 2 heats of 21 instead of a more sensible 3 heats of 14. That many closely-matched guys vying for 8 spots is tough. I think with smaller heats you might have more breakaways/separation. As it stands, your finish has to be finely tuned or you’re out.

Very interesting and a bit strong list. If you add 3 Jakobs/Jacobs in the list + Mohammed, Grant, Luis to make Olympic final, I can easy see nobody of the ETH list medal.

we are talking about the super track with super shoes and the ultra flat marathon course.

im sayin lyles 19.3 is a 19.5

etc.

monaco actually and a couple of others have been in the super fast track category for a while now.

and im saying the montreal 1976 800 was a 142 low.

stuff loke that.

wtf happened to the 800-1500m for Ethiopia, they could easily find a gold medal contender in both events in their country.

Too bad, I think Grant would have done well if Yomif grabbed the lead with 3-4 laps to go and HAMMERED.

Well, Fisher will have a good race in any case. He is mentally sharp AF and fit.

Their 1500m Trials champ looked impressive there. But it is wild they basically have fringe qualifiers only especially considering guys like Deresse Mekonnen and Mo Aman used to be fixtures.

Fisher is a better 5k runner.

The reason he has placed better in the 10k at Worlds or Olympics is because he has a 10k in his legs going into the 5k prelims and final. Doubling is hard.

You all miss the most likely explanation!

This is about Nike.

This is about punishing Yomif.

Again.

Remember how he as a young stud had the nerve to tell his own federation that "guys, I don't think we're doing it right, I think there's an even better way than what we're doing back home here in Ethiopia" and then he signed with Nike because they thought he'd be the next Mo Farah.

He's too good to totally ignore, but ever since then they've snubbed him discretely by favoring others in his own favorite distance.

And yes, I know he's not with Nike anymore - doesn't seem to make a difference, Ethiopian federation still hold grudges.

So what.

Olympics should not be about who has had the greatest career or who has the greatest CV. It should be about who is in the best shape right now. And it's not even close.

It would be the equivalent of replacing Grant Fisher with Parker Wolfe simply because FIsher hasn't medalled in the past. Disgraceful really.

You guys are insane.

I wondered indoors if Mehary is the future but he's definitely not deserving of a spot on the team in 2024. He was just 9th at Worlds indoors and only 6th in LA (Behind Grant Fisher). It's a travesty.

Anyways, I"m stunned no one has linked to Kejelcha's faceook rant. See the link below but my favorite quote was this:

When will I be allowed to compete with a clean and calm mind???

The decision that was made on me is not fair, as it has been done repeatedly before, it is deliberately not intended for the result of the country. I request the people and the government of my country to stand with me and oppose my oppression and help me get the right justice.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=540968528266902&id=100070612793811&mibextid=WC7FNe&rdid=5RswuRoZWMQEyvic

This benefits Jakob more than anyone. Yomif could at least push sub 1240 pace. Without him in there, JI has even a better shot at gold than he did before (as the overwhelming favorite)

People need to stop acting like Jakob is just a kicker and the Ethiopians simply need to run the legs off him. Jakob is at WORST a 12:40 guy and more like a 12:32-33 guy after a little focus on the event. Their only hope is that he falters due to it being his 5th race of the week.

lets say we beat everyone in the country.

lets say we're the fastest in the world and what #2 all time?

lets say at our peak we can't qualify for the games,

there are teenagers that might do well.

lets drug test the federation leaders, and see what they are smoking.

it aint grass, its got to be along the lines of lsd, brain toxic shrooms.

then ban them for life.

done

A lot here says Kejelcha underperforms at championship races, but if you want team tactics, Kejelcha should actually be in it. Let's not forget how
the Ethiopian (Edris)finally beat Mo at 2017 WC because Kejelcha led and boxed the latter (of course Chelimo was also the key there though).

I'm not even sure this Mehary guy would make it to the final.