Dude was pretty fast with a 12:48 5k at that blistering Paris DL back in 2012 and he has also run a 7:30 3k. He's still pretty young at 26 so it's not like he's washed up yet. Anyone know what happened to him? My theory is maybe he was doping big time, realized Kenya was cracking down on EPO, and got out of the scene while he still could. Thoughts?
It was widely known that he was 4-5 years older than his listed age when he competed.
He was 2nd man out of making the final in Rio. 13:25 in the heats so that’s respectable.
Doping or not, 12:48 and 7:30 are stellar times.
Wow that's a name I haven't heard in awhile. Looking him up he seemed to have a decent run from 2011-2015. No results from last year, and only 3 races in 2018 (best a 13:50-something 5K in Kenya) and only 1 race in 2017 (a dnf).
Also that 12:48 was that super-fast race in Paris from 2012. John Kipcoech ran 12:49 there, and what did he ever do before that or after? Or Paul Longosiwa (12:49 too)? Seems like a few guys simply had the race of their life on that day.
Koech also ran 12:53 indoors in 2011. Got bronze in the 5000 in Moscow, 2013; 5th in 2012 Olympics, and 4th in Beijing, 2015. His last sub-13 was in 2013 and his best DL finish in 2016 was a 4th place in London and he had a 13:08 best that season, so it really has been a long time since he's done much.
I don't know specifically what happened to him, but having a good 5-6 years sounds pretty normal to me. Lots of little-remembered Kenyan (and some Ethiopian) distance runners who only had a good season or two. He did always have sort of a bulky looking build for a 5K guy to me.
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He was actually only 8th in Beijing. He did however win the diamond league trophy in 2012 too. Always thought he looked like a super strong runner physically, and he also ran 27:17 for 10k a couple weeks after his bronze in Moscow.
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