Official 2015 Monaco Diamond League Discussion Thread

Tuka took it! Fast!

Soul Man is now a sub-3:30 and sub-1:43 guy. What a BOSS.

Bosse the Boss got owned. Ran another Duane-esque race. Bad idea.

TUKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boris Berian 1:43.34 shows he's not a one hit wonder. Curious why he sucked it up at USAs.

Soprano wrote:

TAA wrote:

Another fun stat. Farah's 3:28.93 broke the WR for fastest 4th place.

Former record was 3:29.58.

Not surprisingly, a lot of the previous "best times for place" were from the 2014 version of this race. But many went down today. Best times for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th now all come from Monaco 2015.

Not sure about the others, but the record for 3rd is 3:28.51 so that wasn't broken.

Berian time? Looked fast….1:43:34!!

Tuka 1:42.51!!!!

Hutchings "It's almost an unvelievable improvement".

Tha'ts basically the sentiment I had.

The state of our sport is when you come from nowhere to 1:42.51, the drug testers need to be ready. I was pumped to see that but my god was that unreal. Wow.

Great race.

Berian PBS!!!

Looks like a skinny Jacob Burcham

Amel Tuka with a HUGE final 100 to take the win in the 800. You don't see someone run down Nijel Amos very often in the final 100.

1:42.51 for Tuka, 1:42.66 for Amos, 1:42.97 PR for Souleiman

Berian 1:43.34 PR for 4th. How did this guy not make the final at USAs?

Boris Berian replaced David Mack as the 5th fastest American ever.

GO SCHIPPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the times these people are running - looking good for a Jenny S shot at the AR

TAA wrote:

Another fun stat. Farah's 3:28.93 broke the WR for fastest 4th place.

Former record was 3:29.58.

Not surprisingly, a lot of the previous "best times for place" were from the 2014 version of this race. But many went down today. Best times for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th now all come from Monaco 2015.

So that's a complicated way of saying this was the deepest 1500m race ever.

Berian now #5 all-time U.S.

Only Johnny Gray, Duane Solomon, Nick Symmonds and Mark Everett are faster.

Shoebacca wrote:

Men's 1500m will likely be a bust. Kiprop isn't in shape to run away with it. ...

POTY

That was silly. And the skinny Jacob Burch. same exact thing i was thinking.

are u from wv or oklahoma?

my oh my whos ready for the womens 1500 holy shit.

70%=3:26

100%=2:39?!?!

rojo wrote:

Tuka 1:42.51!!!!

Hutchings "It's almost an unvelievable improvement".

Tha'ts basically the sentiment I had.

The state of our sport is when you come from nowhere to 1:42.51, the drug testers need to be ready. I was pumped to see that but my god was that unreal. Wow.

Great race.

Berian PBS!!!

Check out his "Progression". I would love to know what he did in training to improve so much in a year!

They took the flowers from Schippers?!?!?! EMBARRASING

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Berian 1:43.34 PR for 4th. How did this guy not make the final at USAs?

I feel like he would've made the team were it just one final with the fastest (by entry time) 8 people, but making it through the rounds is a skill he needs to have. Hopefully he can work on it for next year; he's a stellar talent.