Actually he needed to beat the French national record of Amdouni to get a spot, the two others were secured already because they were done by a deadline after Sevilla marathon.
Actually he needed to beat the French national record of Amdouni to get a spot, the two others were secured already because they were done by a deadline after Sevilla marathon.
Actually he needed to beat the French national record of Amdouni to get a spot, the two others were secured already because they were done by a deadline after Sevilla marathon.
Alexander Munyao (2h04'01'') et Peres Chipchirchir (2h16'16'', record du monde dans une course exclusivement féminine) ont remporté dimanche le marathon de Londres. L'Éthiopien Kenenisa Bekele prend la deuxième place en 2h04'...
You're right, Chahdi not selected, but his non-selection, in my opinion, might be a mistake because I believe that intrinsically his performance today in London was far superior to Felix's (Bour) (and even superior to Navarro and Frère) performance on the conveyor belt course in Valencia in December where all you have to do is follow, but of course, this is debatable.
If I were on the Committee, the team (my vote) would have been Amdouni, Navarro and Chahdi. Chahdi's run today in London was absolutely phenomenal going with the leaders from the gun and running with them for half the race then fading but then finishing really strong with a 2:07:30 despite very windy conditions on some parts of the course. I believe on a course like Valencia, Hassan would (have been) as good as Frère and Navarro. The youthful looking 33 year old is a real metronome. A diesel runner, with characteristics somewhat similar to Navarro. He's proved his mettle in many tough races including Boston.
By the way, many athletes in France and followers of the sport are not happy with Amdouni's selection for the Olympic marathon because they think that when he popped a 2:03:47 two months ago in Spain (Sevilla) it was not accomplished under the most honest protocol but of course that's also debatable. Rumours, rumours, without concrete evidence, are not going to stop the Corsica native from participating in the Olympic marathon in August.
Amdouni is talented, no doubt about that - and I always remember back in 2020 when he so easily followed the sub 60 pace in the world half marathon championships, in Poland, (59:47) indicating how good he was going to be in the marathon.
Actually he needed to beat the French national record of Amdouni to get a spot, the two others were secured already because they were done by a deadline after Sevilla marathon.
You're right, Chahdi not selected, but his non-selection, in my opinion, might be a mistake because I believe that intrinsically his performance today in London was far superior to Felix's (Bour) (and even superior to Navarro and Frère) performance on the conveyor belt course in Valencia in December where all you have to do is follow, but of course, this is debatable.
If I were on the Committee, the team (my vote) would have been Amdouni, Navarro and Chahdi. Chahdi's run today in London was absolutely phenomenal going with the leaders from the gun and running with them for half the race then fading but then finishing really strong with a 2:07:30 despite very windy conditions on some parts of the course. I believe on a course like Valencia, Hassan would (have been) as good as Frère and Navarro. The youthful looking 33 year old is a real metronome. A diesel runner, with characteristics somewhat similar to Navarro. He's proved his mettle in many tough races including Boston.
By the way, many athletes in France and followers of the sport are not happy with Amdouni's selection for the Olympic marathon because they think that when he popped a 2:03:47 two months ago in Spain (Sevilla) it was not accomplished under the most honest protocol but of course that's also debatable. Rumours, rumours, without concrete evidence, are not going to stop the Corsica native from participating in the Olympic marathon in August.
Amdouni is talented, no doubt about that - and I always remember back in 2020 when he so easily followed the sub 60 pace in the world half marathon championships, in Poland, (59:47) indicating how good he was going to be in the marathon.
Correction, Amdouni ran 59:40 in Gydnia, Poland, 2020, World Half. Monster. Ability to follow any pace. Gets right into the mix. Is not a "come from behind guy" so he'll be with the leaders from the gun. Either goes all the way or he breaks. Courage!
Actually he needed to beat the French national record of Amdouni to get a spot, the two others were secured already because they were done by a deadline after Sevilla marathon.
You're right, Chahdi not selected, but his non-selection, in my opinion, might be a mistake because I believe that intrinsically his performance today in London was far superior to Felix's (Bour) (and even superior to Navarro and Frère) performance on the conveyor belt course in Valencia in December where all you have to do is follow, but of course, this is debatable.
If I were on the Committee, the team (my vote) would have been Amdouni, Navarro and Chahdi. Chahdi's run today in London was absolutely phenomenal going with the leaders from the gun and running with them for half the race then fading but then finishing really strong with a 2:07:30 despite very windy conditions on some parts of the course. I believe on a course like Valencia, Hassan would (have been) as good as Frère and Navarro. The youthful looking 33 year old is a real metronome. A diesel runner, with characteristics somewhat similar to Navarro. He's proved his mettle in many tough races including Boston.
By the way, many athletes in France and followers of the sport are not happy with Amdouni's selection for the Olympic marathon because they think that when he popped a 2:03:47 two months ago in Spain (Sevilla) it was not accomplished under the most honest protocol but of course that's also debatable. Rumours, rumours, without concrete evidence, are not going to stop the Corsica native from participating in the Olympic marathon in August.
Amdouni is talented, no doubt about that - and I always remember back in 2020 when he so easily followed the sub 60 pace in the world half marathon championships, in Poland, (59:47) indicating how good he was going to be in the marathon.
Benjamin Choquert also did the standars in 2:07:42. 6 French under 2:08, not bad.
Choquert is good and he ran well in Valencia but to be honest these super shoes have really been a game changer because going back 10 years these people would not be running sub 2:08:00 - no way. He's 38 now, and 10 years ago running 1:05:00-1:07:00 half marathon..."improving" with age only possible with supershoes...I believe...but not dissing Choquert ..he's just taking advantage of this game changing technology.
In swimming, 20 years ago, they banned the new (at the time) buoyancy swim suits ...which allowed Paul Biederman (Germany) to set ridiculous records. FINA said "stop this nonsense" ....Now we have Panamanian (Castelblanco) and Argentinian (Munoz) , Paraguay (Ayala), 14:30/30:00 runners, running 2:09:00. Ridiculous...
