Aron Kemei Chemininga (KEN) 1:43.55 WL in Small Meeting

The 800 is BACK baby!!!

Really think so! Super-deep and I think outside of the top 2 could we see sub-1:43 from Moula, Sedjati, Kemei, Hoppel, Kinyamal. Bunch of other guys running well, too.

Congratulations to this man. In before coevett trolls the thread with his racism.

Has the 800m team for Kenya been selected yet?

No, they have a Trials like the US’. They allow a discretionary spot but it’ll likely be the top 3 who goes. Wanyonyi, Kemei, Ngeno Kipngetich, Kinyamal are pretty far up on the field right now. One will not make it obviously.

Can't wait to hear the praise from gastro, Seethe the addict, Corvette and Armdonglivs!

Not even on some Coevett s***, but this guy's PR was 1:46 at the start of the year and he's 25... what has he done to drastically improve this much? Was he in a different event before?

He was originally a 400m runner. He has been with his current coach (also coach of Moraa) starting after the Pandemic it seems. The coach says he took a good bit to adjust. Also worth noting he didn’t have races outside of Kenya until this year. And within Kenya aside from him 2023 PB (1:46.2), his races usually had no pacemakers, but did have heats and then a final so not one-offs. He’d often lead out the races in 49-50pt and be unable to hold the pace from what I saw. Now he can hold a good pace and even kick off of it. But he’s definitely improved a ton.

nation.africa

New star born as Cheminingwa claims African Games 800m title

Cheminingwa was making his first appearance in national colours.

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Go away Coevett.

At this point, I have to say that with the exception of Hoppel all the above guys that you mention, especially the 25 year old with the three second pr and the same coach as Mary Moraa, are going to be banned at some point in their career. Let's revisit this thread in 2028 and see how many have been nabbed.

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So basically to run 1:43 you must be white or doped. Got it. Hey you might be right, but everyone is operating under the same anti-doping system.

You were warned Coevett.

His WA page: Name is Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa

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Aaron Kemei CHEMININGWA | Profile | World Athletics

Aaron Kemei CHEMININGWA, Kenya - 800 Metres, 400 Metres, 1500 Metres

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Lol. Yep, perfectly normal to drop almost 3 seconds off your PR at age 25.

Coevett and Ben Pattinson go home DEVASTATED

I just hope he knows how to run through the rounds and can make it through the brutal Kenyan trials which starts like 12 runners in the final.

What makes you so confident Hoppel is clean? Oh, right...

Corn-fed American white.

Personally my only wish is for transparency. If this person was tested 8 times in the past 6 months that seems impressive. If he has been tested once, well then 1:43 isn't much of a challenge for this person.