sanofi sam wrote:
Surprised that they still call this a Diamond League meet. Weak fields compared to other DL meets, every year.
Not true. The only comprehensive meet on the entire circuit. Solid MRs. Only "weak" this year because of USCs next week. Warholm showed what's up with his ER and 4th fastest 100h time ever from Danielle, trying to convince Jamaican selectors they need to retire and let some ladies run the show.
John Wesley Harding wrote:
sanofi sam wrote:
Surprised that they still call this a Diamond League meet. Weak fields compared to other DL meets, every year.
I know what you mean regarding past years, but I think this year’s MD/distance races are plenty intriguing.
Men’s 800 has 5 of the top 10 in the world right now IMO (Amos, Rotich, Kinyamal, Korir, Tuwei) plus the Flying Poles and Vazquez, who’s running well. It has the same pacer and top 2 finishers as last week in Monaco, when Amos broke 1:42 and Rotich moved to #15 AT. I’ll be looking to see if Korir can improve on his lackluster form.
Women’s 800 (Non-DL) should be Natoya Goule all the way.
Men’s mile (Non-DL) has at least 3 of the top 10 in the world (Tefera, Grice, and F. Ingebrigtsen) + V. Kibet, Gregson, Simotwo, Ramsden and perhaps most intriguingly, Kerr. Hometown hero Grice or Ingebrigtsen are probably favored, but don’t be surprised if Tefera gets his first win of the outdoor season—he was in 2nd place late at Pre and Lausanne (3:31.39) before fading in the stretch and his fitness seems to be improving.
Women’s 1500 is absolutely stacked: Arafi, Stafford, Embaye, Kipyegon, Klosterhalfen, Muir, Nanyondo, Tsegay and a few others who could break 4 if they’re in PB form. Kipyegon or Muir are favored but I’m interested to see what Klosterhalfen does in her first top-class 1500 of the year.
Men’s 5,000 (non-DL) will be fascinating, with Rhonex Kipruto, Jakub Ingebrigtsen, Morgan McDonald, Gebrhiwet, Kimeli, McSweyn, Tanui, Butchart, Crippa, & several of the other top Brits and Aussies. Very curious to see if Rhonex has the speed to go well under 13 some day, and how Jakub and McDonald will fare. I think smart money’s on the proven 5k ace Gebrhiwet in this one.
Women’s 5,000 features Hassan, who’s on a roll with 8:18 & 4:12y, Obiri, Gidey, Kipkemboi, Kipkirui, McColgan, Rengeruk, Weightman, and Tirop. Hassan seems like the biggest threat to the WR since Ayana a few years back, but was outkicked by Kipkemboi in her one 5,000 this season. Keep an eye out for Letsenbet Gidey, only 21 years old, she ran 14:23 last year and made the 2019 Pre Classic 3k the great race it was by pushing the pace once the pacers had dropped.
All in all I’m excited for this meet.
Hey chief, in the mile do you think Wightman can beat any of Kerr, gregson, tefera, or simotwo? I do.
Aussiestatman wrote:
Aussiestatman wrote:
Salpeter is in, this changes everything for me
There is no doubt in my mind that she takes 25 sec off her best here, but will that be enough to put her in the mix. Class field.
Fascinating race to see who makes the Brussels final 12. Because Koko ran the 1500 and Fanta worku is not here, it opens up opportunities for Weightman and Kipkemboi to leapfrog them with forward showings here.
Aussiestatman wrote:
Heat lists done here too, same 3+3 qualification. First one has SAFP, Schippers, and Ahoure as the class. The Pole and Lansiquot could nudge them.
About to go, I have SAFP 10.94, ahoure 11.02, schippers the other qualifier, with lansiquot the only time qualifier and ahye missing
Who is allowing this latest clown to flood the message boards with irrelevant rubbish ?
Aussiestatman wrote:
Aussiestatman wrote:
Heat lists done here too, same 3+3 qualification. First one has SAFP, Schippers, and Ahoure as the class. The Pole and Lansiquot could nudge them.
About to go, I have SAFP 10.94, ahoure 11.02, schippers the other qualifier, with lansiquot the only time qualifier and ahye missing
Almost right. Now heat 2. Asher-Smith 10.97, Talou 10.98, okagbare 11.02, luckenkemper and jonielle Smith time qualifiers under 11.15 with Neita just missing.
Aussiestatman wrote:
Aussiestatman wrote:
About to go, I have SAFP 10.94, ahoure 11.02, schippers the other qualifier, with lansiquot the only time qualifier and ahye missing
Almost right. Now heat 2. Asher-Smith 10.97, Talou 10.98, okagbare 11.02, luckenkemper and jonielle Smith time qualifiers under 11.15 with Neita just missing.
Close again
Gplusa wrote:
Who is allowing this latest clown to flood the message boards with irrelevant rubbish ?
Why irrelevant?
The Brits were a bit disappointing in that mile. Two truly world class runners were in the field and ran like it. Everyone else showed they were content to compete for first Brit.
Aussiestatman wrote:
Gplusa wrote:
Who is allowing this latest clown to flood the message boards with irrelevant rubbish ?
Why irrelevant?
Because you are wrong 99% of the time and annoyingly keep quoting yourself.
Aussiestatman wrote:
Aussiestatman wrote:
Salpeter is in, this changes everything for me
There is no doubt in my mind that she takes 25 sec off her best here, but will that be enough to put her in the mix. Class field.
my top eight here in order are: Kipkirui, Hassan, Obiri, Gidey, Salpeter, Tirop, Kipkemboi, and Rengeruk.
Pacer is messing this up. Need 68s and she goes 66 and 72.
Terrible.
They looked to be 7:16 at halfway.
wejo wrote:
Pacer is messing this up. Need 68s and she goes 66 and 72.
Terrible.
Weird that the Diamond League website where they have live results shows such different splits (slow but even):
LAP TIMES
1
1:10.99
2
1:10.84
3
1:10.43
4
1:10.16
5
1:09.65
I was thinking the same thing, those can't be lap to lap
8 Kenyan women in the top 10 with 2 laps to go. WOW.
Obiri 14:20, Tirop 14:20, Hassan 14:22
Wow 66.94, 65.47, 62.24 the final 3 laps and the win for Obiri . Triop 2nd and Hassan only 3rd.
ncrecuvuer wrote:
I was thinking the same thing, those can't be lap to lap
Maybe they measure the splits off of the first non-rabbit?
Speaking of which, did the 3rd rabbit (Gloriah Kite) finish the race? The results make her appear as though she was a rabbit through 3k. If so, that sort of bothers me. It seems like a conflict of interest if she decides she wants to finish the race and maybe purposely slows things down in the middle, which may suit her just fine (for a 14:50 runner) but hurts the runners she's supposed to be pacing to a fast time (sub 14:20). I assume you get paid to be a rabbit. Is there a stipulation that if you finish the race you forfeit any payment for rabbiting?
A Chinese Man just ran 19.88 Wind Legal 0.9