The two big misses here are Jacob Kiplimo and Jakob. Last year the two Kenyans Krop and Kimeli dominated and ran 12:46. This year, though, Cheptegei, Katir and Aregawi seem to be in better form and the field is deeper with Fisher, Grijalva, Lobalu etc. A couple of guys are due for big PBs in Grijalva, Chelimo, Tefera and McSweyn.
AHMED Mohammed CAN 12:47.20
AREGAWI Berihu ETH 12:50.05
BEKELE Telahun Haile ETH 12:52.98
CHELIMO Oscar UGA 13:00.42
CHEPTEGEI Joshua UGA 12:35.36
FISHER Grant USA 12:46.96
GRIJALVA Luis GUA 13:02.94
KATIR Mohamed ESP 12:50.79
KEJELCHA Yomif ETH 12:46.79
KIPKORIR Nicholas KEN 12:46.33
KROP Jacob KEN 12:45.71
LOBALU Domnic Lokinyomo SSD 12:52.15
MCSWEYN Stewart AUS 12:56.50
NDIKUMWENAYO Thierry BDI 12:59.39
TEFERA Samuel ETH 13:04.35
WALE Getnet ETH 12:53.28
Florence DL 5000 Ridiculously Stacked Again: Cheptegei, Krop, Fisher, Aregawi, Katir, Kipkorir Kimeli, Kejelcha, Ahmed
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Weird. The website isn't showing updated full start lists for me. Did you see this somewhere else or is the website just being glitchy for me?
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?question wrote:
Weird. The website isn't showing updated full start lists for me. Did you see this somewhere else or is the website just being glitchy for me?
Updated, list downloadable here.
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Florence coming through with the distance events.
Stacked women's 1500:
Kipyegon, Muir, Mageean, Hull, DeBues-Stafford, Maclean, Welteji, Hailu, Meshesha, Caldwell. A 4:00-4:01 could see you come tenth.
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Why the eff is Jakob not in this race?
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Entirely possible the entire field runs under 13 minutes. Cheptegei would be the favourite if this is in July but he seems better at championship racing - doesn't dominate the circuit like Jakob does. If it's in May I think Aregawi or Krop takes it.
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Funky Sombrero wrote:
Why the eff is Jakob not in this race?
Too close to Rabat. I don’t see him running the 5k outside of world champs, unless he tries to double in the DL final.
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THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
McSweyn might be "due" for a PB, but he pulled out of the Doha 3K after a couple laps.
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Mocazilla wrote:
Entirely possible the entire field runs under 13 minutes. Cheptegei would be the favourite if this is in July but he seems better at championship racing - doesn't dominate the circuit like Jakob does. If it's in May I think Aregawi or Krop takes it.
It's in June, and historically Cheptegei has not been at his best by this sort of spot. However, he did run a creditable 3rd at World XC. Krop hasn't really been up to his standards yet, though maybe he's gearing up for this one. Kipkorir Kimeli went 26:54 at Road to Records, Aregawi very strong in the Doha 3k, Kejelcha (12:50 in Lille), Katir (7:24i) seem to be in top form. So, I'd probably put Aregawi and Kipkorir Kimeli as the co-favorites with Cheptegei, Krop and Katir next up, and then Fisher, Kejlecha, and Lobalu as dark horses.
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all focus on the 15 wrote:
Funky Sombrero wrote:
Why the eff is Jakob not in this race?
Too close to Rabat. I don’t see him running the 5k outside of world champs, unless he tries to double in the DL final.
He can not run the DL final 5000 if he doesn't run any DL 5000...
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Dick Mineau wrote:
McSweyn might be "due" for a PB, but he pulled out of the Doha 3K after a couple laps.
It's true, and there always seems to be something when he runs a 5K.
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all focus on the 15 wrote:
Funky Sombrero wrote:
Why the eff is Jakob not in this race?
Too close to Rabat. I don’t see him running the 5k outside of world champs, unless he tries to double in the DL final.
He's racing Rabat? Where did you see that, I may have missed it but hadn't seen any race announcements from him yet for a season opener
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Loppas wrote:
all focus on the 15 wrote:
Too close to Rabat. I don’t see him running the 5k outside of world champs, unless he tries to double in the DL final.
He can not run the DL final 5000 if he doesn't run any DL 5000...
Jakob could race Monaco 5000. Oslo he'll almost certainly run the 1500, also announced for 1500 in Lausanne (5000 there has Cheptegei, Lamecha Girma, Selemon Barega). Then there's Zurich on 31 August but there's also a 1500 there
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Curious scheduling for Ahmed.
A 10km road race on Saturday in Ottawa vs Levins, followed up with a 5000m in Florence just 6 days later. Tough dealing with travel/jet lag with 10k of concrete pounding in your legs. You would have thought he'd want to be fresh given this could be the best opportunity of the year for a fast time.
Please though not a complaint - happy Schumacher is letting Ahmed out to race twice in a 7 day period!
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Dick Mineau wrote:
THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
McSweyn might be "due" for a PB, but he pulled out of the Doha 3K after a couple laps.
Anybody know why he dropped out of Doha?
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THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
The two big misses here are Jacob Kiplimo and Jakob. Last year the two Kenyans Krop and Kimeli dominated and ran 12:46. This year, though, Cheptegei, Katir and Aregawi seem to be in better form and the field is deeper with Fisher, Grijalva, Lobalu etc. A couple of guys are due for big PBs in Grijalva, Chelimo, Tefera and McSweyn.
AHMED Mohammed CAN 12:47.20
AREGAWI Berihu ETH 12:50.05
BEKELE Telahun Haile ETH 12:52.98
CHELIMO Oscar UGA 13:00.42
CHEPTEGEI Joshua UGA 12:35.36
FISHER Grant USA 12:46.96
GRIJALVA Luis GUA 13:02.94
KATIR Mohamed ESP 12:50.79
KEJELCHA Yomif ETH 12:46.79
KIPKORIR Nicholas KEN 12:46.33
KROP Jacob KEN 12:45.71
LOBALU Domnic Lokinyomo SSD 12:52.15
MCSWEYN Stewart AUS 12:56.50
NDIKUMWENAYO Thierry BDI 12:59.39
TEFERA Samuel ETH 13:04.35
WALE Getnet ETH 12:53.28Another big miss is Girma. Would love to see him race this field at 5000 this year given his recent results.
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THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
The two big misses here are Jacob Kiplimo and Jakob. Last year the two Kenyans Krop and Kimeli dominated and ran 12:46. This year, though, Cheptegei, Katir and Aregawi seem to be in better form and the field is deeper with Fisher, Grijalva, Lobalu etc. A couple of guys are due for big PBs in Grijalva, Chelimo, Tefera and McSweyn.
AHMED Mohammed CAN 12:47.20
AREGAWI Berihu ETH 12:50.05
BEKELE Telahun Haile ETH 12:52.98
CHELIMO Oscar UGA 13:00.42
CHEPTEGEI Joshua UGA 12:35.36
FISHER Grant USA 12:46.96
GRIJALVA Luis GUA 13:02.94
KATIR Mohamed ESP 12:50.79
KEJELCHA Yomif ETH 12:46.79
KIPKORIR Nicholas KEN 12:46.33
KROP Jacob KEN 12:45.71
LOBALU Domnic Lokinyomo SSD 12:52.15
MCSWEYN Stewart AUS 12:56.50
NDIKUMWENAYO Thierry BDI 12:59.39
TEFERA Samuel ETH 13:04.35
WALE Getnet ETH 12:53.28Girma, Kincaid, Berega are missing. Mcsweyn will be a no show.
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Loppas wrote:
all focus on the 15 wrote:
Too close to Rabat. I don’t see him running the 5k outside of world champs, unless he tries to double in the DL final.
He can not run the DL final 5000 if he doesn't run any DL 5000...
Yeah I’m an idiot, I forgot WC performance doesn’t factor into DL final qualification. I don’t see him focusing on the 5k if the rumors about targeting the 1500 record are true. Someone mentioned Monaco 5k as a possibility, but surely they’ll have a 1500 even if it’s not a Diamond discipline, right?
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Will coop wrote:
all focus on the 15 wrote:
Too close to Rabat. I don’t see him running the 5k outside of world champs, unless he tries to double in the DL final.
He's racing Rabat? Where did you see that, I may have missed it but hadn't seen any race announcements from him yet for a season opener
It has been the rumour for some now regarding Jakob. I believe the reason that Girma will not be present is a wr attempt in Rabat 4 days previous with he and El Bakkali.
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No Jakob or Jacob.
Too bad
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Of General Interest
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Megan Keith (14:43) DESTROYS Parker Valby's 5000 PB in Shanghai
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Official Suzhou Diamond League Discussion Thread (7-9 am ET+ Instant Reaction show at 9:05 am ET)
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adizero Road to Records with Yomif Kejelcha, Agnes Ngetich, Hobbs Kessler & many more is Saturday
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Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
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2024 Boston marathon - The first non-carbon assisted finisher ran..... 2:34