Lamecha Girma, 7:27.98, miscounted laps in Lievin

He miscounted the laps in Lievin. He “won” what he thought was the race on the penultimate 200m lap, then stopped, tripped, almost fell....easily lost 3-4 seconds.....This guy is an absolute monster!

1.500m 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen (nor) 3:31.80; 2 Marcin Lewandowski (pol) 3:36.83; 3 Mohamed Katir (esp) 3.36.89; 4 Ignacio Fontes (esp) 3:36.89; 5 Andrew Coscoran (irl) 3:27.20; 6 Istvan Szogi (hun) 3:37.58; 7 Jimmy Gressier 3:38.03; 8 Simon Denisel 3:38.23; 8 Quentin Tison 3:39.04; 10 Bethwell Birgen (ken) 3:39.27; 11 Samuel Tefera (eth) 3:39.27; 12 Filip Ingebrigtsen (nor) 3:40.09

3.000m 1 Getnet Wale (eth) 7:24.98; 2 Selemon Barega (eth) 7:26.10; 3 Lamecha Girma (eth) 7:27.98; 4 Berihu Aregawi (eth) 7:29.24; 5 Birhanu Balew (brn) 7:37.99; 6 Worku Tadesse (eth) 7:41.06; 7 Mike Foppen (ned) 7:42.55; 8 Djilali Bedrani 7:46.52; 9 Jonas Raess (sui) 7:47.50; 10 Yassin Bouih (ita) 7:47.98; 11 Adel Mechaal (esp) 7:48.26; 12 Davis Kiplangat (ken) 7:49.27; 13 Justus Soget (ken) 7:54.31

Andrew Coscoran, Eire, 18 June 1996.

Good improvement by this Irish athlete. 3:37.20. About one second better, intrinsically, compared to his indoor mile in 2020 (3:56.85). Took down French monster, Gressier.

1500 Metres 3:40.79 Heusden-Zolder (BEL) 20 JUL 2019 1096

One Mile 4:01.45 Cork City (IRL) 14 AUG 2019 1057

3000 Metres 8:29.67 Cork (IRL) 08 JUL 2014 889

5000 Metres 14:08.26 Greystones (IRL) 06 MAY 2017 972

10,000 Metres 29:01.21 Mary Peters Track, Belfast (GBR) 19 DEC 2020 1039

3000 Metres Steeplechase 9:43.71 Dublin (IRL) 22 JUN 2014 821

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score

1500 Metres 3:37.20 Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (FRA) 09 FEB 2021 1196

One Mile 3:56.85 Boston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) 25 JAN 2020 1171

3000 Metres 8:15.06 Athlone (IRL) 11 DEC 2019 990

Girma did not miscount the number of laps. The problem came from the race organizers. The scoreboard indicated one lap less than what was left, before this was rectified in the penultimate lap. That's why Barega accelerated more than 500m from the finish. He thought he was only 300m from the line.

However, this error was helpful. Without Barega's and Girma's accelerations on the penultimate lap, Wale would never have won in less than 7'25. For a tenth, we could have had a new world record.

Any idea what Gressier ate post meal?

Ghost1 wrote:

1.500m 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen (nor) 3:31.80; 2 Marcin Lewandowski (pol) 3:36.83; 3 Mohamed Katir (esp) 3.36.89; 4 Ignacio Fontes (esp) 3:36.89; 5 Andrew Coscoran (irl) 3:27.20; 6 Istvan Szogi (hun) 3:37.58; 7 Jimmy Gressier 3:38.03; 8 Simon Denisel 3:38.23; ....31

Is that the same Szogi who went to Southern Utah (and who was a pretty slow runner there)?

Big race for him...

Is that the same Szogi who went to Southern Utah (and who was a pretty slow runner there)?

Big race for him...[/quote]

Yep seems to be him. Transferred from SU to FSU where he ran 3:45 in 2019, big jump to 3:37... ironically Coscoran also ran 3:45 at FSU but left after his true freshman year

dxttfdtdr wrote:

Ghost1 wrote:

1.500m 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen (nor) 3:31.80; 2 Marcin Lewandowski (pol) 3:36.83; 3 Mohamed Katir (esp) 3.36.89; 4 Ignacio Fontes (esp) 3:36.89; 5 Andrew Coscoran (irl) 3:27.20; 6 Istvan Szogi (hun) 3:37.58; 7 Jimmy Gressier 3:38.03; 8 Simon Denisel 3:38.23; ....31

Is that the same Szogi who went to Southern Utah (and who was a pretty slow runner there)?

Big race for him...

Istvan Szogi (12 Sep., 1995)

Same guy, but he has improved greatly from his time in the US. 2015/2016 he was 20-21, and he is a late bloomer getting much better as he ages. Similar to Hungarian wine. Go Magyar !

Szogi he’s built like a tank as he comes from a former canoe-kayak background which demands exceptional upper body strength. He can do 30 pull-ups with good form and not many middle distance or long distance runners can do that. The guy is a monster.