Official 2014 Brussels DL Live Discussion Thread

3:34.15 for Rupp

Well that was a very Leo Manzano performance.

Liverpool wrote:

Makhloufi and Kiplagat both celebrated early. wtf lol. You would have thought that Mak would have learned his lesson from the last time.

Hilarious.

Who wins if neither celebrates early?

Always make sure to lean

Rupp was boxed in deep that whole last lap+ but he wasn't gaining the last stretch. Good run anyways

Memo to Tim Hutchings. There is something called the DL title. Kiplagat was celebrating winning $40,000.

The lean didn't cost him. I think Makhloufi was coming back on him no matter what.

Felix is back!

Rudiger wrote:

Always make sure to lean

Rupp was boxed in deep that whole last lap+ but he wasn't gaining the last stretch. Good run anyways

Good run??

Rupp's fan boys have been saying he could break 3:30. He gets his doors totally blown off in a slown race and you say a good run. He was awful.

3:34.15 is a PB for Rupp.

rojo wrote:

Memo to Tim Hutchings. There is something called the DL title. Kiplagat was celebrating winning $40,000.

Kinda looked like he was celebrating a win. Isn't that why he got the flowers?

Not nop fan wrote:

Rudiger wrote:

Always make sure to lean

Rupp was boxed in deep that whole last lap+ but he wasn't gaining the last stretch. Good run anyways

Good run??

Rupp's fan boys have been saying he could break 3:30. He gets his doors totally blown off in a slown race and you say a good run. He was awful.

PRs and beat Kiprop. Can't ask for much more than that.

1 MAKHLOUFI Taoufik ALG 03:31.78

2 KIPLAGAT Silas KEN 03:31.80

3 SOULEIMAN Ayanleh DJI 03:32.82

4 CHEBOI Collins KEN 03:32.85

5 WOTE Aman ETH 03:32.94

6 TESFAYE Homiyu GER 03:33.22

7 INGEBRIGTSEN Henrik NOR 03:33.47

8 KIBET Vincent KEN 03:33.58 PB

9 GEBREMEDHIN Mekonnen ETH 03:33.70

10 IGUIDER Abdelaati MAR 03:33.78

11 RUPP Galen USA 03:34.15 PB

12 KIPROP Asbel KEN 03:34.41

13 HANNES Pieter-Jan BEL 03:37.65

14 MAGUT James Kiplagat KEN 03:39.26

15 MANZANO Leonel USA 03:42.62

KOMBICH Ismael Kipngetich KEN DNF

ROTICH Andrew Kiptoo KEN DNF

Intermediate times:400m ROTICH, Andrew Kiptoo (KEN) 54.99

800m ROTICH, Andrew Kiptoo (KEN) 01:53.0

1200m WOTE, Aman (ETH) 02:51.3

By standard conversion factor of 1.0798, Rupp's 3:34.15 converts to a 3:51.23 mile.

Three tenths off his PB. No reason to expect him to run much faster.

Not nop fan wrote:

Rudiger wrote:

Always make sure to lean

Rupp was boxed in deep that whole last lap+ but he wasn't gaining the last stretch. Good run anyways

Good run??

Rupp's fan boys have been saying he could break 3:30. He gets his doors totally blown off in a slown race and you say a good run. He was awful.

Yeah, he set several ARs this year indoor and outdoor, was WL in 10k and just got a pb in 1500. Truly awful.

Can always count on the idiots and haters to puke up stupidity on this site.

midway wrote:

By standard conversion factor of 1.0798, Rupp's 3:34.15 converts to a 3:51.23 mile.

Three tenths off his PB. No reason to expect him to run much faster.

It doesn't matter. Rupp could win the Oly GM, set a WR and some A-hole on here would say he didn't do it right.

Kiprop was 12th place in this race. Finishing just ahead of him means Rupp was 11th place for this race. BFD.

midway wrote:

By standard conversion factor of 1.0798, Rupp's 3:34.15 converts to a 3:51.23 mile.

Three tenths off his PB. No reason to expect him to run much faster.

Tell that to the 8% of people who said he'd break 3:30.00. They honestly shouldn't be allowed to post on here.

Rupp got a PR. Not bad, but not competitive in the last 200 which was to be expected given he's a 10k guy. But some just couldn't understand that coming in.

Weldon gave me permission to offer $3,330 as a guarantee that wasn't going to happen but I was on a train this morning and forgot to post it.

it is funny though that he 'beat' both Kiprop and Manzano.

Gatlin may be a damn dirty doper, but at least he's out there destroying the competition this year. Pretty weak for Bolt and Blake to just sit this season out.

Gatlin blew away the field in the 200 with a 19.71 win.

He only needed to run 19.90 to have the best 100-200 combined time in a single day.

Gatlin the best 100-200 day EVER in the sport.

Barshim with a ridiculous clearance at 2.37!