Official 2015 Lausanne Diamond League Live Discussion Thread

simpson low key got run out of that race

anyone else notice Gabe's start? She was in lane 1...then immediately jagged off to lane 2, straight into the maelstrom. Why would you do that? it's dangerous and pointless. She needs to practice running in a straight line

rojo wrote:

i.c. dong wrote:

Is he really a strategic genius? I don't see the strategy in not pushing the pace, covering a move, and then having and using (seemingly) unmatchable speed on the last lap. It just seems like he is at another level of fitness and ability.

What do other people see that I don't? Honest question.

You make a good point. He's just better than everyone. People think he wins because he controls it from the front but Rupp tries that strategy and gets his doors blown off.

Fitness wins races not tactics.

Rojo, if you really believe this, then why do you defend absurdly slow "tactical" races (aka jogfests) like this year's NCAA championship 1500 or the Penn Relays 4xmile. These sorts of races are an embarrassment to the sport. The race is supposed to be 5000m, not 4800m of up-tempo running and 200m of jogging. Pre would be rolling in his grave.

100m to go. Hassan with Simpson being gapped.

Simpson fades down the stretch into 3rd.

59.4 final lap, for Hassan, leading the whole way.

I was wrong. Hassan really showed some strength with that run. Started her move with 500 to go to get into position, then ran just fast enough, just fast enoug, just fast enough to hold off Simpson. Simpson burned her match with 150, and ran out of fire with 50m to go.

Ni mo foofy wrote:

This proves once and for all Farah is a fraud. Not even close to the GOAT.

He'a a great racer but a p***y runner.

Y, winning a DL race proves that he sucks and is a total pansy.

Sifan Hassan just destroyed Jenny Simpson over the final 100. That doesn't happen very often.

Tim Hutchings had Hassan's last lap at 59.4.

Remember that Hassan was the world leader last year outdoors at 3:57.00.

Christian Taylor taking the challenge 18.06 Diamond league record

Gatlin's Guns wrote:

Gatlin had this race won in 20 meters. Wants he got out ahead of Powell, I knew Powell was psychologically destroyed.

Certainly it looks like Gatlin used his time off to master the art of the start.[/quote]

Gatlin's drive phase is freaking incredible.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Sifan Hassan just destroyed Jenny Simpson over the final 100. That doesn't happen very often.

Tim Hutchings had Hassan's last lap at 59.4.

Remember that Hassan was the world leader last year outdoors at 3:57.00.

29.1 last 200 for Hassan.

The clock said the last lap was 63.50 but that's not right as it was 3:03 at the bell so Hutchings is probably right.

agip wrote:

anyone else notice Gabe's start? She was in lane 1...then immediately jagged off to lane 2, straight into the maelstrom. Why would you do that? it's dangerous and pointless. She needs to practice running in a straight line

In the U.S. championships she tried to thread her way up on the inside lane when there was no room and ended up doing a header against a timer. She is changing her tactics.

stop centro

David Rudisha will never be world Nr. 1 over 800m again.

Aman will win today.

DC Wonk wrote:

Well, unless the Africans grow a couple and realize the only way they are going to beat Farah is push hard from a long way out. If they aren't willing to do that, then be happy with 2nd, also known as "first loser."

Ridiculous here wrote:

"This was the first time I saw Farah win and cringed at it. I don't think I can be happy for his victories anymore."

-couldn't have said it better myself.

This is right. It's incomprehensible to me why they ran Mo's ideal race. What's more, this was kind of their chance, given that the whole NOP thing might have taken a big toll on him. (Who knows if it did, but, a hard early pace might have caused Mo to doubt himself a little...). And even if no one wanted to go from the gun, why the he** are they running 64s with 4 and 3 laps to go?!?

I know that a lot of you don't like sit and kick races, but, the point of racing is to cross the finish line first. Mo ran the race that best assured that he would. The rest of the guys did not.

Why wasn't Gebrhiwet in this race??

Another Women's 1500m race run faster than the 2015 Canadian Men's 1500m final.

dwightarm wrote:

Oooph... Can Simpson improve that quickly before Worlds? She just got slaughtered...

How can your brain generate enough power to move your legs?

Ni mo foofy wrote:

CoachDB wrote:

Diamond League Victory. $$

Your genius jd is expecting world record times in July in a WC year? Yeah, right.

A DL victory? Seriously. He was celebrating like it was the WCs. He's is a bozo. This proves once and for all Farah is a fraud. Not even close to the GOAT.

He'a a great racer but a p***y runner.

Please post a youtube channel of all your gutsy track performances, okay?

Get back to us when you run under 14.

He was celebrating a return to the top position of the podium. Clearly he was enjoying the return to victory, and victory itself. And maybe a sense of vindication at all the British tabloid bs, which is about 100 times more extreme than US supermarket tabloids.

I couldn't quite catch what they were saying about Simpson. Did they say that she had run 1:58 in training and was trying to get into an 800m in Europe but was having trouble?

Taylor gets the Diamond League record, but not world lead (Pichado jumped farther in Cuba) with an 18.06 to PPP's 17.99.

re: 5000m

The best tactic is to be the strongest in the race. There is very little one can do to beat someone so much better than them. Farah's tactic is to make sure that he has a clear run to the finish; he gets to the front with 900m to go not to push the pace, just to get some airspace. He's strong enough to run everyone off his heels.

They were talking about Hassan.

jjjjjj wrote:

I couldn't quite catch what they were saying about Simpson. Did they say that she had run 1:58 in training and was trying to get into an 800m in Europe but was having trouble?