Will we see her in the OG marathon?
How do the Dutch pick their Olympic team?
2:25(London '07) puts her in the medal hunt I'd think.
Her PR from when she was still a Kenyan is 2:22:22 and she just won her eleventeenth Worlds Best 10K so she is still a player on the roads at 10K. With a 4 year old PR of 30:13 on the track(6th ever)she may just have a reason to look at the 10K also
Any chance of her getting a medal either place?
She probably hasn't got the basis speed to medal in the 10K.
Her best distance is 20K/halfmary.
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She probably hasn't got the basis speed to medal in the 10K.
Her best distance is 20K/halfmary.
Unfortunately there is no Olympic distance between 10k and the Marathon.
If there was she would be one of the favourites.
Her recent 10k road time of 31:02 would be a respectable time on the track. But unless she can get an A standard time for the 10,000m soon (I guess a 10k road time doesn't count?), then I guess it will be the Marathon.
she said she is doing the 10k and not the marathon.
Interesting... unlike the other poster, I'm not questioning her speed, I'm just wondering if this means she had an A standard time (does the 10k road count?), or if the Netherlands policy is to send someone with a B standard (if they don't have an A standard runner)?
Her cousin Hilda Kibet is now a Dutch citizen, too...she'll probably do the marathon.
road times dont count, but i heard kiplagat plans to get her time at a womens 10k in ostrava czechoslovakia june 12th.
I just looked at the list Lornah actually has a 5K OG A from '07 of 15:06.51 .
As an aside I see Michelle Sikes missing the standaed by 28 hundredths--15:09 being the standard
I'm a big Lornah fan. No matter the event, I'd love to see her do well at the OGs.
Lornah has already run a track 10,000m this year at the Euro Cup. She ran 31:53 to finish 17 seconds behind Abeylegesse. If she finished that far behind the leader in a relatively low-key 10,000m (and one that wasn't at THAT fast a pace), then I don't think she is going to be that big a threat when it comes to the Olympics.
That said, he chances in the marathon are just as good. She just doesn't seem to be able to crack that event like she has done with the half. Better to skip the Olympics and focus on the World Half, where she has a great chance of winning and can take advantage of the fact that most of the other top distance runners will still be f*cked from running a marathon in Beijing a couple months earlier.
Thanks Kiplagoat,
While your post is logical..... she was 5 seconds from a medal in Athens and I'm told the OG experience is addictive.