Heat 3 was a rare negative split in the 800m. Went out in 54.42, finished in a bit under 53 for the leaders. Kenyan Kitilit in 1:47.27, Jake Wightman in 2nd. Should be a cracking final.
Heat 3 was a rare negative split in the 800m. Went out in 54.42, finished in a bit under 53 for the leaders. Kenyan Kitilit in 1:47.27, Jake Wightman in 2nd. Should be a cracking final.
Amos looked great in the heats. I expect him to cruise to gold in the final, but you never know in the 800...
Jonathan Gault wrote:
Amos looked great in the heats. I expect him to cruise to gold in the final, but you never know in the 800...
Right. Kinyamal looked really good as well. Who knows, if the final goes out stupid fast, one of the guys that finished well for 2nd in the heats could poach the win on the homestretch.
Sage Watson sighting in 400m hurdles. Omg...no words.
HAHAHA
At least Bekele and Geb didn't have such little talent to lose to guys who get lapped in the Olympics before/if they started doping. I'm sorry but Mo is pathetic.
That's weird wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Demonstrably false: off the top of my head (without mentioning the CG team), currently active Kenyan 800m runners that compete with and routinely beat Bosse and Langford - Rudisha, Bett, Korir, Saruni, Kipketer, Rotich, Tarbei, Kipkoech, Kitilit, Cheruiyot . That's ten runners right there, meaning Bosse and Langford would struggle to make the final at a Kenyan trials. But according to you, no Kenyans can compete with them.
I've heard some weird things before but for Bosse to struggle to make a Kenyan final? Yes, just like Rudisha would struggle to make a US NCAA final. That's how ridiculous your statement is.
Did you mean Bett, Rotich etc. can beat Bosse when he is coming off no training due to injury? Then maybe yes.
Let's see the finals of some recent world events: (and where it counts)
2017 WC
919 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:44.67 SB
2 1244 Adam Kszczot POL POL 1:44.95 SB
3 1126 Kipyegon Bett KEN KEN 1:45.21
4 966 Kyle Langford GBR GBR 1:45.25 PB
5 707 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:45.83
6 892 Mohammed Aman ETH ETH 1:46.06
7 713 Thiago Andrè BRA BRA 1:46.30
8 760 Brandon McBride CAN CAN 1:47.09
2016 OLYMPICS
1 2696 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN KEN 1:42.15 SB
2 2009 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG ALG 1:42.61 NR
3 3091 Clayton Murphy USA USA 1:42.93 PB
4 2415 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:43.41 SB
5 2695 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN KEN 1:43.55 SB
6 2844 Marcin Lewandowski POL POL 1:44.20 SB
7 2681 Alfred Kipketer KEN KEN 1:46.02
8 3050 Boris Berian USA USA 1:46.15
Random DL events:
Rabat 2016
1 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:44.51 10
2 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG ALG 1:44.91 6
3 Amel Tuka BIH BIH 1:45.41 4
4 Marcin Lewandowski POL POL 1:45.76 3
5 Abdelati El Guesse MAR MAR 1:46.80 2
6 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:47.34 1
7 Amine El Manaoui MAR MAR 1:48.83
8 Jamal Hairane QAT QAT 1:50.58
London 2016
1 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:43.88 10
2 Brandon McBride CAN CAN 1:43.95 6
3 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN KEN 1:44.38 4
4 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:44.66 3
5 Jeff Riseley AUS AUS 1:45.13 2
6 Thijmen Kupers NED NED 1:45.23 1
7 Erik Sowinski USA USA 1:45.35
8 Mark English IRL IRL 1:45.36
9 Charlie Grice GBR GBR 1:45.53
10 Charles Jock USA USA
Edwin Kiplagat Melly KEN KEN DNF
Yeah, they sure beat him often. Bosse would really struggle there.
Do you care to explain what you have against the man?
So, in the "random" DL events he didn't race any Kenyans in one, and raced only one I'd listed in the other? You're not helping your argument at all.
El Keniano wrote:
That's weird wrote:
I've heard some weird things before but for Bosse to struggle to make a Kenyan final? Yes, just like Rudisha would struggle to make a US NCAA final. That's how ridiculous your statement is.
Did you mean Bett, Rotich etc. can beat Bosse when he is coming off no training due to injury? Then maybe yes.
Let's see the finals of some recent world events: (and where it counts)
2017 WC
919 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:44.67 SB
2 1244 Adam Kszczot POL POL 1:44.95 SB
3 1126 Kipyegon Bett KEN KEN 1:45.21
4 966 Kyle Langford GBR GBR 1:45.25 PB
5 707 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:45.83
6 892 Mohammed Aman ETH ETH 1:46.06
7 713 Thiago Andrè BRA BRA 1:46.30
8 760 Brandon McBride CAN CAN 1:47.09
2016 OLYMPICS
1 2696 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN KEN 1:42.15 SB
2 2009 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG ALG 1:42.61 NR
3 3091 Clayton Murphy USA USA 1:42.93 PB
4 2415 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:43.41 SB
5 2695 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN KEN 1:43.55 SB
6 2844 Marcin Lewandowski POL POL 1:44.20 SB
7 2681 Alfred Kipketer KEN KEN 1:46.02
8 3050 Boris Berian USA USA 1:46.15
Random DL events:
Rabat 2016
1 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:44.51 10
2 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG ALG 1:44.91 6
3 Amel Tuka BIH BIH 1:45.41 4
4 Marcin Lewandowski POL POL 1:45.76 3
5 Abdelati El Guesse MAR MAR 1:46.80 2
6 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:47.34 1
7 Amine El Manaoui MAR MAR 1:48.83
8 Jamal Hairane QAT QAT 1:50.58
London 2016
1 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:43.88 10
2 Brandon McBride CAN CAN 1:43.95 6
3 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN KEN 1:44.38 4
4 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:44.66 3
5 Jeff Riseley AUS AUS 1:45.13 2
6 Thijmen Kupers NED NED 1:45.23 1
7 Erik Sowinski USA USA 1:45.35
8 Mark English IRL IRL 1:45.36
9 Charlie Grice GBR GBR 1:45.53
10 Charles Jock USA USA
Edwin Kiplagat Melly KEN KEN DNF
Yeah, they sure beat him often. Bosse would really struggle there.
Do you care to explain what you have against the man?
So, in the "random" DL events he didn't race any Kenyans in one, and raced only one I'd listed in the other? You're not helping your argument at all.
That kind of seemed you were completely wrong, no? I remember him beating Aman, Rotich, and Rudisha in Monaco a few years ago when he ran that 1:42. Seems like he beats the best Kenya has to offer more often than not.
Chump Change wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
So, in the "random" DL events he didn't race any Kenyans in one, and raced only one I'd listed in the other? You're not helping your argument at all.
That kind of seemed you were completely wrong, no? I remember him beating Aman, Rotich, and Rudisha in Monaco a few years ago when he ran that 1:42. Seems like he beats the best Kenya has to offer more often than not.
Dude, he didn't even win that race. He's won about three or four international races his entire career. What are you on about?
I love watching these bulky decathletes jog the 1500m.
El Keniano wrote:
Chump Change wrote:
That kind of seemed you were completely wrong, no? I remember him beating Aman, Rotich, and Rudisha in Monaco a few years ago when he ran that 1:42. Seems like he beats the best Kenya has to offer more often than not.
Dude, he didn't even win that race. He's won about three or four international races his entire career. What are you on about?
Lol. He beat all your vaunted Kenyans, that's what it's about. Are you lost? I do believe he has won at least a dozen international races. That's more than any of the names you mention other than Rudisha.
Chump Change wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
Dude, he didn't even win that race. He's won about three or four international races his entire career. What are you on about?
Lol. He beat all your vaunted Kenyans, that's what it's about. Are you lost? I do believe he has won at least a dozen international races. That's more than any of the names you mention other than Rudisha.
Whatever, man. I still maintain he'd be eliminated in the semis of a Kenyan trials because there are at least a dozen Kenyan runners currently better than him. Not taking away from his becoming world champion, though.
Women's 400m in 3 semis. Amantla Montsho in the 1st.
No gold medals for Kenya yet. They're behind even Bermuda so far. Can they win the 1500W?
1500m in decathlon in 4:30?!?!!? have Year 8 student (13 years old) who runs 3 days a week run 4:21! Watching one of them run 5:07 is just plain embarrassing.
Men's 400m coming. Isaac Makwala may be a showboat but I'm rooting for him after the treatment he got in London. Go Makwala!
1-2 for Botswana as Makwala wins 44.35 finally winning a major title. Bravo! And he's surprisingly restrained, no press-ups this time.
El Keniano wrote:
So, in the "random" DL events he didn't race any Kenyans in one, and raced only one I'd listed in the other? You're not helping your argument at all.
"That's ten runners right there, meaning Bosse and Langford would struggle to make the final at a Kenyan trials."
Do you still stand behind this ridiculous statement? (regarding Bosse).
asdasdf wrote:
No gold medals for Kenya yet. They're behind even Bermuda so far. Can they win the 1500W?
The golds will come towards the end of the week. Winny Chebet, the only one capable of challenging Semenya for the 1500mW got tripped and won't be in the final. Hoping steeplechaser Beatrice Chepkoech can get a medal.
Play by play on the womens 1500m would be nice. My usual live stream is blocked.
El Keniano wrote:
1-2 for Botswana as Makwala wins 44.35 finally winning a major title. Bravo! And he's surprisingly restrained, no press-ups this time.
He did push-ups after the finish.