deriba merga just finished 4th in the world half marathon championships in 5916 and he is listed on the start list for fukuoka, but not under invited runners, he is listed under participated overseas, his marathon best is only 213, but since he has some blazing races at shorter distances very recently and even 213 i would think would get an invitation, why is merga not listed under invited runners?
also under participated overseas is a guy named colin fishwick from the usa who i never heard of who is he?