The biggest long distance stars from Uganda and Ethiopia, including Joshua Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo, Yomif Kejelcha and Berihu Aregawi, will all be in action in the 5000m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Oslo next month.
Some of the biggest names in long distance running will go head to head in the men's 5000m in Oslo on May 30th, in a battle between the very best of Uganda and Ethiopia.
World record holder Joshua Cheptegei, current world number one Yomif Kejelcha and 2021 Wanda Diamond League champion Berihu Aregawi are all among the starters in what promises to be a race for the ages at the sixth leg of the 2024 Wanda Diamond League season.
Uganda's Cheptegei is hoping to emulate the form which saw him break the world record with 12:35.36 at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco in 2020 and take Olympic gold in Tokyo a year later.
He will be joined in Oslo by fellow Ugandan star Jacob Kiplimo, the reigning 5000m Commonwealth champion 10,000m Olympic bronze medallist. Kiplimo will be out to claim only his second Diamond League win, after he cruised to victory in the 3000m in Rome four years ago.
The Ugandans will have their work cut out against a formidable line up of Ethiopian stars, however, with Kejelcha and Aregawi joined by Hagos Gebrhiwet and Telahun Haile Bekele.
World number one Kejelcha is a veteran of the Diamond League circuit, who won the Diamond Trophy at the age of just 18 in 2015 before going on to claim ten victories in various cities since then. Last year, he narrowly missed out on the title in a thrilling battle with Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the final in Eugene.
Aregawi and Gebrhiwet are also former Diamond League champions, with Aregawi having claimed the title at the street event in Zurich in 2021 and Gebrhiwet having stolen Kejelcha's crown back in 2016.
They will be joined by world number four Bekele, who took victory in the 5000m in Oslo two years ago when he clocked 13.03.51 at the 2022 Bislett Games.
Guatemala's Luis Grijalva, Switzerland's Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu and local favourite Henrik Ingebrigtsen are also on the entry list.
UGANDAN AND ETHIOPIAN STARS FACE OFF IN OSLO 5000M
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Its crazy that we have a world class 5000m race and not one Kenyan is mentioned!
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Tommy2Nuttz wrote:
Its crazy that we have a world class 5000m race and not one Kenyan is mentioned!
Don't worry - there will be a couple of Aussies in there to bring up the rear!
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Tommy2Nuttz wrote:
It’s crazy that we have a world class 5000m race and not one Kenyan is mentioned!
Rumor is they will have 10K Trials at Pre Classic. If so, that probably explains it.
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THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
Tommy2Nuttz wrote:
It’s crazy that we have a world class 5000m race and not one Kenyan is mentioned!
Rumor is they will have 10K Trials at Pre Classic. If so, that probably explains it.
I think that might not be happening now. I reached out to Davor Savija and he didn't think that was happening. Btw Daniel Mateiko has been added to the Night of the 10k PBs in London
There's also a 3000 or maybe it'll be a 5000 in Stockholm a couple days after Oslo
So Cheptegei's race schedule looks like this now I think:
18 May - LA GP 5000m
30 May - Bislett Games 5000m
9 June - Belfast 5k (road)
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Interesting! Wonder where and when guys will show up ahead of Kenyan trials. Understanding Kipkorir and some of the younger Kenyans have accrued some points/qualifiers. Weird to not see any participation in LA/Oslo especially out of Nike athletes who’d traditionally be mandated at Pre (LA appears to be a replacement race for a Pre 3/5K).
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What makes you think Chep will be racing in LA? I do not see him on the start list.
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JoshuaInLA? wrote:
What makes you think Chep will be racing in LA? I do not see him on the start list.
He’s advertised in the loaded 5k field:20 -
Will Jakob defend Norwegian honor by crushing those dudes?
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snowflakes wrote:
The biggest long distance stars from Uganda and Ethiopia, including Joshua Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo, Yomif Kejelcha and Berihu Aregawi, will all be in action in the 5000m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Oslo next month.
Some of the biggest names in long distance running will go head to head in the men's 5000m in Oslo on May 30th, in a battle between the very best of Uganda and Ethiopia.
World record holder Joshua Cheptegei, current world number one Yomif Kejelcha and 2021 Wanda Diamond League champion Berihu Aregawi are all among the starters in what promises to be a race for the ages at the sixth leg of the 2024 Wanda Diamond League season.
Uganda's Cheptegei is hoping to emulate the form which saw him break the world record with 12:35.36 at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco in 2020 and take Olympic gold in Tokyo a year later.
He will be joined in Oslo by fellow Ugandan star Jacob Kiplimo, the reigning 5000m Commonwealth champion 10,000m Olympic bronze medallist. Kiplimo will be out to claim only his second Diamond League win, after he cruised to victory in the 3000m in Rome four years ago.
The Ugandans will have their work cut out against a formidable line up of Ethiopian stars, however, with Kejelcha and Aregawi joined by Hagos Gebrhiwet and Telahun Haile Bekele.
World number one Kejelcha is a veteran of the Diamond League circuit, who won the Diamond Trophy at the age of just 18 in 2015 before going on to claim ten victories in various cities since then. Last year, he narrowly missed out on the title in a thrilling battle with Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the final in Eugene.
Aregawi and Gebrhiwet are also former Diamond League champions, with Aregawi having claimed the title at the street event in Zurich in 2021 and Gebrhiwet having stolen Kejelcha's crown back in 2016.
They will be joined by world number four Bekele, who took victory in the 5000m in Oslo two years ago when he clocked 13.03.51 at the 2022 Bislett Games.
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Because of how early this meet is, it may not be a super fast race like they think. However, if Kejelcha pushes the pace with Kiplimo, this may be a sub 12:40 race waiting to happen.
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uglyjitats wrote:
Will Jakob defend Norwegian honor by crushing those dudes?
He’s racing the Bowerman Mile against Kerr and Nuguse in Eugene on May 25th, so it seems unlikely
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Norwegian and Swedish Stars Face Off in Addis Ababa 5000m
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The plot thickens here:
Article states that Pre has agreed to do the womens 10K Trial race. I wonder if that’s because they could combine with Tsegays 10K record attempt. But Kenya wants the men’s race to be contested too, which is apparently not agreed to yet.
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THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
JoshuaInLA? wrote:
What makes you think Chep will be racing in LA? I do not see him on the start list.
He’s advertised in the loaded 5k field:Looks like some great races and a lot of olympic standards met. 5k between Hocker and Cooper with be interesting, the leaders should drag them to huge PR's
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What product does Wanda make? Where can I go buy it?
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He is running in Oslo, but he will run the 1500m. I wouldnt be surprised if he aims for sub 3:27.
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THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
The plot thickens here:
Article states that Pre has agreed to do the womens 10K Trial race. I wonder if that’s because they could combine with Tsegays 10K record attempt. But Kenya wants the men’s race to be contested too, which is apparently not agreed to yet.
Interesting; hopefully they can sort it out soon to avoid further confusion. Kenya's national champs are coming up next week too where some guys probably are obliged to run like Ebenyo and Kandie who just won the 10000 at Police and KDF champs respectively
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I knew where to get Samsung stuff wrote:
What product does Wanda make? Where can I go buy it?
It’s not a product. Wanda was my piano teacher in 3rd grade.she smelled like stale coffee and Dial soap.
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