The Official Men's 1500m Thread

Wheating is 6th time qualifier at 3:40.9

Southern Chicken Lover wrote:

This last heat needs to be super slow. The 6th place needs above 3:40. Right now Wheating has the last spot.

Wheating gets it-3 americans in semi-final

Chepseba OUT! Pending protest?

asbel seemed to be "walking" most of last lap

( i thought he was injured ! )

got about 3'37

if this was not an injury, then he is probably down to 3'27 shape

expect 3'27 after these games

Weekend at Romneys wrote:

Centro showing off his amazing tactical sense already.

See how he slid in effortlessly at the bell? amazing.

Naturally Gifted wrote:

This link I can barely see the pics. It is blurred. ANyone idea how to fix?

Belivesports1

This link working great for me.

Wheating is In. Centro too.

Willis like a BOSS

Centro looked good too.

Kenyan OUT!

Wheating IN! (not confirmed)

Holy crap, Centro in, Wheating maybe in??? Nixon Chepseba out!

Bummer for him, but all 3 American's through to the Semis.

That heat being so slow... Means Wheating also gets in? All three Americans advance?

slim chance wrote:

I think Wheating is 6th fastest loser as it stands.

yep, wheating is waiting for the next heat to be won in 3:50, lol. what a turd.

Centro ran a perfect heat.

Centro is a BAWSE!

That's all...

Wheating ran 3:40.92. 6th fastest. So the winner of the 3rd race ran about that, so the 7th had to be 3:41.xx

They all made it (barely)

Koneko wrote:

Duurrrty wrote:

lol at the Algerian doing a Ramzi

3:35

Not quite, Ramzi's time was 3:32!

Anyway, that Algerian looks pretty boss. Could be a dark horse in the final.

He is a 1:43 800m this season and won African champs in that event. So he is not just a show-off...he is legit and could cause upset if the final gonna be slow.

Results here

http://www.iaaf.org/mini/oly12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=08-03-2012/sex=M/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#detM_1500_hash_h

Centro runs with an amazingly cool head. Just doesn't get rattled. Knew exactly what place he was in and what was needed and glided right in there. Even avoided the Kenyan trip on the backstretch without incident. Solid, solid, running right there.

Weekend at Romneys wrote:

Centro showing off his amazing tactical sense already.

Seriously racing is in this kids blood. I got a little nervous when Nixon got tripped up but centro came back like a mfing boss. Wheating needs to watch centro's races over and over again.