Rank Nat Name Time 1 KEN KOECH Phanuel Kipkosgei 3:28.82 MR 2 GBR KERR Josh 3:29.37 SB 3 POR NADER Isaac 3:31.55 4 GBR WIGHTMAN Jake 3:31.58 SB 5 AUS THOMAS Jude 3:32.36 6 GBR GILES Elliot 3:32.51 7 NOR NORDÅS Narve Gilje 3:32.54 8 AUS SPENCER Adam 3:32.88 SB 9 ETH BAREGA Selemon 3:32.93 PB 10 GBR GOURLEY Neil 3:33.69 11 AUS HOARE Oliver 3:34.03 12 GBR MILLS George 4:18.37 13 AUS MYERS Cameron 4:24.03 14 GER FARKEN Robert 4:27.54
Rank Nat Name Time 1 KEN KOECH Phanuel Kipkosgei 3:28.82 MR 2 GBR KERR Josh 3:29.37 SB 3 POR NADER Isaac 3:31.55 4 GBR WIGHTMAN Jake 3:31.58 SB 5 AUS THOMAS Jude 3:32.36 6 GBR GILES Elliot 3:32.51 7 NOR NORDÅS Narve Gilje 3:32.54 8 AUS SPENCER Adam 3:32.88 SB 9 ETH BAREGA Selemon 3:32.93 PB 10 GBR GOURLEY Neil 3:33.69 11 AUS HOARE Oliver 3:34.03 12 GBR MILLS George 4:18.37 13 AUS MYERS Cameron 4:24.03 14 GER FARKEN Robert 4:27.54
Props to Selemon Barega (OL 10000 Champ) who took it out slow in last place and ran the last lap pretty much as fast as Koech and Kerr - dude's gonna kick in the 5000 and 10000 come WC this year!
Rank Nat Name Time 1 KEN KOECH Phanuel Kipkosgei 3:28.82 MR 2 GBR KERR Josh 3:29.37 SB 3 POR NADER Isaac 3:31.55 4 GBR WIGHTMAN Jake 3:31.58 SB 5 AUS THOMAS Jude 3:32.36 6 GBR GILES Elliot 3:32.51 7 NOR NORDÅS Narve Gilje 3:32.54 8 AUS SPENCER Adam 3:32.88 SB 9 ETH BAREGA Selemon 3:32.93 PB 10 GBR GOURLEY Neil 3:33.69 11 AUS HOARE Oliver 3:34.03 12 GBR MILLS George 4:18.37 13 AUS MYERS Cameron 4:24.03 14 GER FARKEN Robert 4:27.54
Props to Selemon Barega (OL 10000 Champ) who took it out slow in last place and ran the last lap pretty much as fast as Koech and Kerr - dude's gonna kick in the 5000 and 10000 come WC this year!
You heard it here first! ;-P
Just reminding you that the current 5000 champion has run 3:26. Hell, Fisher just ran 3:48.
Props to Selemon Barega (OL 10000 Champ) who took it out slow in last place and ran the last lap pretty much as fast as Koech and Kerr - dude's gonna kick in the 5000 and 10000 come WC this year!
Very sad to see that Koech is blamed for doping because of Chepngetich. Chepngetich literally took 1.5% off WR. In 1500m 1.5 % improvement would mean running 3:22.76.
Chill out: The guy is in 3:27 shape - that isn't otherworldly stuff where someone is clearly doping. Even Habz ran 3:27
Very sad to see that Koech is blamed for doping because of Chepngetich. Chepngetich literally took 1.5% off WR. In 1500m 1.5 % improvement would mean running 3:22.76.
Chill out: The guy is in 3:27 shape - that isn't otherworldly stuff where someone is clearly doping. Even Habz ran 3:27
It's not sad, his coach is sketchy as hell and Koech came out of nowhere.
Very sad to see that Koech is blamed for doping because of Chepngetich. Chepngetich literally took 1.5% off WR. In 1500m 1.5 % improvement would mean running 3:22.76.
Chill out: The guy is in 3:27 shape - that isn't otherworldly stuff where someone is clearly doping. Even Habz ran 3:27
Yes, he ran 3:27...but remember that Koech is 18 and Habz was 31 when he ran 3:27.
Running 3:27 at those ages is unheard of. Not even Jakob ran 3:27 at 18 years old.
Very sad to see that Koech is blamed for doping because of Chepngetich. Chepngetich literally took 1.5% off WR. In 1500m 1.5 % improvement would mean running 3:22.76.
Chill out: The guy is in 3:27 shape - that isn't otherworldly stuff where someone is clearly doping. Even Habz ran 3:27
As if Habz isn’t doping lol 7th at Euros to 6th fastest of all time in a year.
Are you or Gault going to ask him in the press conference what he says to those who think his sudden rise is too good to be true? You should! It's not as if the Kenyan parliament are so shameless that they would publicly criticize you again. Or maybe they are...
Rank Nat Name Time 1 KEN KOECH Phanuel Kipkosgei 3:28.82 MR 2 GBR KERR Josh 3:29.37 SB 3 POR NADER Isaac 3:31.55 4 GBR WIGHTMAN Jake 3:31.58 SB 5 AUS THOMAS Jude 3:32.36 6 GBR GILES Elliot 3:32.51 7 NOR NORDÅS Narve Gilje 3:32.54 8 AUS SPENCER Adam 3:32.88 SB 9 ETH BAREGA Selemon 3:32.93 PB 10 GBR GOURLEY Neil 3:33.69 11 AUS HOARE Oliver 3:34.03 12 GBR MILLS George 4:18.37 13 AUS MYERS Cameron 4:24.03 14 GER FARKEN Robert 4:27.54
Props to Selemon Barega (OL 10000 Champ) who took it out slow in last place and ran the last lap pretty much as fast as Koech and Kerr - dude's gonna kick in the 5000 and 10000 come WC this year!
You heard it here first! ;-P
Barega finished with a 29.1 and Koech, a 26.7. I wouldn’t concede the WC 5000m and 10000m to him, just yet:
Very sad to see that Koech is blamed for doping because of Chepngetich. Chepngetich literally took 1.5% off WR. In 1500m 1.5 % improvement would mean running 3:22.76.
Chill out: The guy is in 3:27 shape - that isn't otherworldly stuff where someone is clearly doping. Even Habz ran 3:27
You haven't seen the threads about Habz.
Kenyan distance running has lost all credibility with the Chepngetich bust. The next big name will come, like clockwork.
Rank Nat Name Time 1 KEN KOECH Phanuel Kipkosgei 3:28.82 MR 2 GBR KERR Josh 3:29.37 SB 3 POR NADER Isaac 3:31.55 4 GBR WIGHTMAN Jake 3:31.58 SB 5 AUS THOMAS Jude 3:32.36 6 GBR GILES Elliot 3:32.51 7 NOR NORDÅS Narve Gilje 3:32.54 8 AUS SPENCER Adam 3:32.88 SB 9 ETH BAREGA Selemon 3:32.93 PB 10 GBR GOURLEY Neil 3:33.69 11 AUS HOARE Oliver 3:34.03 12 GBR MILLS George 4:18.37 13 AUS MYERS Cameron 4:24.03 14 GER FARKEN Robert 4:27.54
Side notes:
-This was a real chance for Nordas to return to form after a lot of time to dig into training, but he increasingly looks like a European B-teamer like he was before 2023, just now in the 1500.
-Mills and Farken are always in falls, no surprises there
-Sorry, Olli has to be demoted from the DL
- I know the frenzy is over Koech, but a 13.4 last 100 is just OK to me…it seemed more to me like Kerr’s finish was missing after an honest pace for now
Rank Nat Name Time 1 KEN KOECH Phanuel Kipkosgei 3:28.82 MR 2 GBR KERR Josh 3:29.37 SB 3 POR NADER Isaac 3:31.55 4 GBR WIGHTMAN Jake 3:31.58 SB 5 AUS THOMAS Jude 3:32.36 6 GBR GILES Elliot 3:32.51 7 NOR NORDÅS Narve Gilje 3:32.54 8 AUS SPENCER Adam 3:32.88 SB 9 ETH BAREGA Selemon 3:32.93 PB 10 GBR GOURLEY Neil 3:33.69 11 AUS HOARE Oliver 3:34.03 12 GBR MILLS George 4:18.37 13 AUS MYERS Cameron 4:24.03 14 GER FARKEN Robert 4:27.54
calling it now. Koech will win the WC and then break the WR next year. He will go down as the GOAT along with El G. Jakob is past tense.
Props to Selemon Barega (OL 10000 Champ) who took it out slow in last place and ran the last lap pretty much as fast as Koech and Kerr - dude's gonna kick in the 5000 and 10000 come WC this year!
You heard it here first! ;-P
Barega finished with a 29.1 and Koech, a 26.7. I wouldn’t concede the WC 5000m and 10000m to him, just yet:
I didn't say he was gonna win, I said he was gonna kick come WC, he clearly didn't run to win today and the way he structured his race hints that the goal was to see how many 1500 guys he could overtake in the last part. I mean, he basically even lined up in the filler guy position at the starting line. Did he even get a starter's fee or did he line up for free?
Methinks he's trying to build back the kick he had when he emerged and his last laps looked liked Kenenis Bekele's used to do. There's probably a bigger story there - what happened - injury? His kick is not what it used to be and what it should be - but he's drawing closer again methinks.
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