Official 2022 Monaco DL Discussion thread: Will Grant Fisher break the 3000 AR, Will Faith Kipyegon break the 1500 WR?

Yikes. Only 3 tenths off

Faith gave it a helluva go!!!!!

Uhh not quite.

Anyway, incredible from Faith. Really wanted her to get that 3:49.

That was crazy! She was gaining on that light. It must have been set right on pace.

Women’s 400 hurdles: Clayton edges Russell in a battle of Jamaicans

There was no Sydney McLaughlin, Femke Bol, or Dalilah Muhammad in this race (though McLaughlin was shown watching in the stands), so there were no crazy fast times, but the fans were treated to a nice battle between Jamaicans Rushell Clayton and Janieve Russell. At the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, Russell took the win as Clayton missed the podium in 4th, but Clayton got a measure of revenge today by holding off a hard-charging Russell and taking the win in a pb of 53.33.

Men’s 1000: Jake Wightman Cracks Top Ten All-Time

The 1000 is an odd distance. One might think since it’s closer in distance to 800 than 1500 that it benefits the 800 men but the reality is the opposite. Most pure 800 guys are scared to death of the 1000 so the advantage normally goes to the 1500 men and you say that this evening in Monaco as 1500 world champ Jake Wightman got the win in a meet record 2:13.88 (#9 all-time) while Olympic and world 800 champ Emmanuel Korir finished last in 2:18.19.
Eric Sowinski rabbitted this one out through 600 (51.0 and 1:17.7) before Canadian world champion 800 bronze medallist took over as a 2nd rabbit/racer. Arop promised to keep things fast and then try to finish and that’ s what he did as hit 800 in 1:45.46 and when he did he had 15 meters on Wightman (1:47.2) who had 15 meters on the rest of the field. Arop started to tire and Wightman came by him with about 25 meters to go as Arop held on for second in a national record 2:14.35.
American Clayton Murphy was best of the rest as he went from 10th at 800 (1:49.6) to third at the finish (2:15.73), just ahead of two-time Commonwealth Games 800 champ Wyclife Kinyamal (12:15.78). American teen Hobbs Kessler made his European Diamond League debut in this one and finished 8th in 2:16.46.
If you are wondering what a good 1k time is, a messagebaord poster has found some equivalents on the WA scoring tables.
Wightman 2.13.88 ~= 800 1.43.95 = 1500 3.32.77
Murphy 2.15.73 = 1.45.35 = 3.35.87
Hobbs 2:16.46 ~= 1.45.92 = 3.37.11

kipyegon is a mom

Wow dude. Nice call.

2nd and 3rd for the Americans Maclean and Cranny!

Duh. What did you think the light would be set to?

Wow! MacLean and Cranny 2 and 3, both under 4:00! Glad to see the best 1500 US women in this race (wonder what Elle would have run).

big PBs for both of them too!

If she had just had a little more help in that 3rd lap to 1200 she would have smashed 3.50. 2.01 to 3.04 just was enough to make it the fraction too hard to overcome. Awesome race though. Awesome

Huge runs for MacLean and Cranny under 3:59 in PBs to win the non-WR race. Cranny made a HUGE move at the bell and held it.

What’s there to say about Faith. The best ever, hope she takes down the dubious Jama Aden Dibaba mark. Pacemaking was good, though a touch fast so less drafting than there could’ve been. I was thinking Tsegay would’ve loved how the pace was set.

MacLean knocks another 2.5 seconds off her four day old PB in the 1500. 3:58.89 today with Cranny right behind her in 3:59.06.

As I predicted it's Arop that made the pace.

Every time there is a quality 1000m it is a reminder of how underrated Wohlhuter is.

Serious question. When was the last time there was a women's world record holder who set the record after pregnancy?

Arop should work his running strategy, especially at the end.

The Kenyans (as expected) not consistent. The younger could have done better if he had took part to the race.

The light is NOT always set at record pace. Sometimes they set the light slower, expecting the runner to have a kick at the end. Sometimes they set the light faster. It's negotiated between the meet and whichever runner is going for the record.