rojo wrote:
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/1410623471508463622
Is Gidey not doubling: only running the 10000?
Story has been updated with quotes from Bekele's agent Jos Hermens. He was critical of EAF changing its selection procedure, said the Trials should have been held at sea level and thinks that Bekele deserves the third spot on the team ahead of Sisay Lemma, whom Bekele beat by two minutes in Berlin in 2019.
He also reveals that Bekele is not retiring -- he will be running a marathon this fall.
Hopefully Laura sacks off doing the 800 and just focuses on the 1500 now or she’ll fall short of medals I think.
This is very upsetting news for marathon fans. I can’t imagine how Bekele is feeling right now. Has there ever been a top runner that has been screwed over more than bekele by his own country?
FatScottishJogger wrote:
Hopefully Laura sacks off doing the 800 and just focuses on the 1500 now or she’ll fall short of medals I think.
Agreed. I've no idea why she's doing the 800. She was smoked by Hodgkinson at the British trials. I don't think she even makes the final in Tokyo, the 800 is too deep for someone who can't reliably run sub-2:00
This seems very unstable.
Why make a committee at all if they do not follow their instructions?
hl wrote:
This seems very unstable.
Why make a committee at all if they do not follow their instructions?
Ethiopia isn't exactly the most stable and non-corrupt place at the moment.
Based on the list of who will be in the 1,500, the following is the world power rankings in the 1,500:
1. Faith Kipyegon
2. Laura Muir
3. Gabriela Debues-Stafford
4. Freweyni Hailu
5. Elinor Purrier St Pierre
6. Winny Chebet
7. Rababe Arafi
8. Linden Hall
Those are the only women with sub-4:00 qualifying times, and I think it will take sub-4:00 to medal. You have to think that Faith Kipyegon is a heavy favorite for gold now and Laura Muir is a heavy favorite for one of the other medals. Any of 3-6 seem like a good bet for one of the other medals. Then, Arafi and Hall are good runners, but not quite sure if they are medal contenders. Honestly, this is one of the weaker events in the Olympic program this year.
JBaller33 wrote:
Based on the list of who will be in the 1,500, the following is the world power rankings in the 1,500:
1. Faith Kipyegon
2. Laura Muir
3. Gabriela Debues-Stafford
4. Freweyni Hailu
5. Elinor Purrier St Pierre
6. Winny Chebet
7. Rababe Arafi
8. Linden Hall
Those are the only women with sub-4:00 qualifying times, and I think it will take sub-4:00 to medal. You have to think that Faith Kipyegon is a heavy favorite for gold now and Laura Muir is a heavy favorite for one of the other medals. Any of 3-6 seem like a good bet for one of the other medals. Then, Arafi and Hall are good runners, but not quite sure if they are medal contenders. Honestly, this is one of the weaker events in the Olympic program this year.
Do we know if Hassan is doubling and running the 1500, because that throws a monkey wrench into the plans.
Hassan has said she is planning on the 5,000/10,000 double.
@rojo: it seems this way, but just to confirm...
No Gebrhiwet at 5,000 for Ethiopia? If so, huge mistake by him to run the 10 at the Trials instead of the 5. The third-placer was well back of 12:53 and 12:54 performances and he ran 12:49 a few days later after finishing out of the top 3 in the loaded 10,000.
We've updated the article with quotes from Jos Hermens. He slammed the Ethiopians but didn't rule out Bekele winning gold in Paris.
Complete shambles. Really feel for Bekele who keeps getting screwed over. Hope he can respond with a WR in the fall, but you just know he really wanted that shot at another Olympic gold.
Ohhh mannn here we go again .. What In the world is up with these officials... Greed greed politics ,it will be the thing that will eventually consume them ..was really looking forward to Bekele run .
cramberrys wrote:
Complete shambles. Really feel for Bekele who keeps getting screwed over. Hope he can respond with a WR in the fall, but you just know he really wanted that shot at another Olympic gold.
everyone is working against him. he would still have the records too if it wasn't for their miracle shoes. what he should do is race a marathon the same day of the olympic marathon so he can drop a WR on all their faces. maybe it would give them a wakeup call.
JBaller33 wrote:
7. Rababe Arafi
She is at least 9 years finalist of almost all finals but never medalist.
Someone yesterday, said that she lack confidence.
It will difficult for us to find a freak like Hasna Benhassi:
https://aujourdhui.ma/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/hasna-benhassi-je-pense-que-jai-le-droit-detre-malade.jpgvery sad news. This could have been the most glorious marathon showdown of them all. But hey with Bekele gone the chances of a Japanese medal just got a lot higher.
JBaller33 wrote:
Based on the list of who will be in the 1,500, the following is the world power rankings in the 1,500:
1. Faith Kipyegon
2. Laura Muir
3. Gabriela Debues-Stafford
4. Freweyni Hailu
5. Elinor Purrier St Pierre
6. Winny Chebet
7. Rababe Arafi
8. Linden Hall
Those are the only women with sub-4:00 qualifying times, and I think it will take sub-4:00 to medal. You have to think that Faith Kipyegon is a heavy favorite for gold now and Laura Muir is a heavy favorite for one of the other medals. Any of 3-6 seem like a good bet for one of the other medals. Then, Arafi and Hall are good runners, but not quite sure if they are medal contenders. Honestly, this is one of the weaker events in the Olympic program this year.
Yeah I don't. think 6-8 are true contenders. Winny Chebet is good but has never shown 3:55-6 capability. You are missing the 2nd placer at Ethiopian Trials, Welteji. She just PB'ed in the 800 with a 1:59.46 and is listed as 19 years old. She won Gold at World Juniors and looks quite young. Could be a factor.
Just went off of qualifying times on World Athletics site, and they didn't have Welteji's updated. I see that she went 3:58.93 in Hengelo, so, yes, she is definitely a contender, and this event seems primed for an up-and-comer to medal. Maybe Winny Chebet has one last good race in her?
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these