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I think Andrews makes it. She is tied for 10th and her season best is 14:25.37, Hall's is 14:43.61, and Belaynah's is 14:30.90. Wins the tiebreaker.

1. Chebet 32
2. Tsegay 17
3. Battocletti 13
4. Haylom 11
5. Eisa 11
6. Baweke 11
7. Amebaw 11
8. Nyaga 10
9. Meshesha 9
10. Andrews 8
11. Belaynah 8
12. Hall 8

Coscoran and Sisk are going to take eachother out in the final lap

well someone was going down

wow - great finish

Laros is not a good matchup for Kerr in this form

Alright Laros is the favorite officially imo. To gap a couple 3:27 guys like that. That is no joke.

fantastic 1500. the 3 guys we were looking for all in it with a chance through the back stretch.

The future is now -- Laros has to be the favourite for Tokyo. Incredible finish - he looked so strong.

Wooooooow Laros. He is def the favorite going into world's now. I think Nuguse could have beaten Koech and gotten second if he didn't get shuffled back at the start, but he wasn't beating Laros

Hockeresque

He’s the favorite - as everyone is saying

Great race, Laros shows both speed and strength. To my eyes he totally controlled that race, positioned very well and finished so strong. What was his last lap? 53ish?

Salty, but anything goes in a tactical race. He needs to make sure it's honest with 400 to go.

Help you jump three big river

Kessler pretty disappointing in that 1500. I generally liked his positioning, but when people started flying by him with 200 to go, he just mailed it in. He's an intriguing athlete, in that he has great speed, but seemingly doesn't deal with pace changes and disruptions in his rhythm very well. He races best when there's someone at the front turning it into a pure time trial (e.g. Jakob, Nuguse).

If Nuguse wants a chance at winning the DL final next week, he absolutely can’t be starting in the back and running on the outside for most of the race. Needs to start in the top three and stay on the inside.

Did Kessler even finish?

I think he's gotta be. This was a scorching last 200 even after an early move that would've taken more out of a less athlete.

53.5 / 25.5 / 12.5

14.3 -> 13.6 -> 13.0 -> 12.5 in a 3:30.58 race