Ethiopians catching up with the Kenyans in Men's Steeplechase.

Roba Gari, who had a bad fall finished 5th at the all african games and only managed 8:28. Maybe he can slowly get back into shape in the next 4 weeks.

I believe that he is a real talent and he can run 8:05.. terrific talent.

But it will take a while to challenge the kenyans.

Nahom Mesfin is not as good as Roba

I did not know that roba fall down at 9 th all African game. I was saying what happen to him when he finish 6 th and I know that roba gari is better than nahom mesfin.

No doubt if he recover and has the right training he will challenge Kenyan in Osaka.

What do say you about legesse lamiso? youth chap for 2000m SC I saw it on aljezira TV sprt 1 and he was really impressive specially the way he run for the last 150m is amusing

i look at the top 100 all time performers as indicative of a countries stringth in an event kenya leads with 41, morrocco is 2nd with 8, ethiopia only has one man in the top 100 all time 813.57 for 94th place. i dont know why ethiopia is not a lot stronger in the steeple, and 800 and 1500, i think it is only a matter of time before ethiopia can be a force in the steeple, i think with shaheen being out of worlds, gebremariam as the tallest elite ethiopian should run a steeple and if he wins worlds, it could inspire more ethiopians to run the event. how fast could gebremariam run the steeple? when henry rono ran his 805 world record his best 5k was 1306-1308 and rono's best 10k was 2722, gebremariam has run 1252 for 5k and 2652 for 10 recently, gebremariam is taller than rono, rono was said to have poor form, so even if gebremariam has poor form he should still be able to break 8 minutes.

rono is historically a better runner, but because of all i mentioned and training being almost 30 years more advanced gebremariam should run the steeple in under 8 minutes. which may be enough to win a major championship.

Roba did not fall at the all african games. He fell over a month ago at a meeting in europe. it was a nasty fall when he caught his foot on the hurdle. Just a lapse in concentration. He ended up up landing hard on his knee and shoulder. He tried to get up and run but he was too hurt. I believe its just a deep bruise... but he is loosing fitness and i don't think he can challenge the paul koech's etc.,

ethiopians are just starting to take the steeple seriously and i think the same is happening in the 1500. Eventually our numbers will improve.

The knowledge and the will to take on a punishing event were not there.. its easier to run the 5k than the 3000sc or even the 1500 (speed work required which results in more injuries)