I think an above poster made a valid point that some of the top runners who finished a little behind the lead pack in Stockhold also ran on Friday in Paris. The runners I am talking about are Chebii, Ebuya, Boniface Songok, and Warga. Warga ran 7:51 in Paris, then came to Stockholm and ran 7:41. Pretty impressive.
It still looks like Tegenkamp knew what he was doing and did it well. There's no doubt in my mind he will be in similar form this Olympics as he was at the world champs last year. I wish the best of luck to him and am curious to know how he feels about this race.
Friday, July 18th, in Paris:
1 SOI, Edwin KEN 7:36.71
2 EBUYA, Joseph KEN SB 7:36.84
3 CHEBII, Abraham KEN SB 7:37.51
4 CRAGG, Alistair IRL EL 7:38.21
5 KIPTOO, Mark KEN SB 7:38.98
6 SONGOK, Boniface KEN SB 7:39.64
7 WARGA, Sahle ETH PB 7:41.05
8 WONDIMU, Mulugeta ETH 7:42.99
9 KOSGEI, Joseph KEN 7:43.04
10 ZERGUELAINE, Anter ALG PB 7:47.68
11 KHADAR, Samir ALG PB 7:48.20
12 DISI, Dieudonne RWA PB 7:50.81
13 LONGOSIWA, Thomas KEN 7:51.92
KIPTUM, Bernard KEN DNF
KOMEN, Jonathan KEN DNF
Tuesday, July 22nd, in Stockholm:
1 Craig Mottram [AUS] AUS 7:37.73 20
2 Isaac Kiprono Songok [KEN] KEN 7:38.97 16
3 Daham Najim Bashir [QAT] QAT 7:39.45 14
4 Matthew Tegenkamp [USA] USA 7:40.75 12
5 Jonas Cheruiyot [KEN] KEN 7:40.79 10
6 Juan van Deventer [RSA] RSA 7:41.06 8
7 Kevin Sullivan [CAN] CAN 7:41.61 6
8 Boniface Kiprotich Songok [KEN] KEN 7:42.53 4
9 Joseph Ebuya [KEN] KEN 7:44.07 3
10 Abraham Chebii [KEN] KEN 7:46.32 3
11 Shadrack Kosgei [KEN] KEN 7:46.53 3
12 Samir Khadar [ALG] ALG 7:47.11 3
13 Ed Moran [USA] USA 7:47.86
14 Titus Kipjumba Mbishei [KEN] KEN 7:50.23
15 Sahle Warga [ETH] ETH 7:51.49
Benson Marrianyi Esho [KEN] KEN DNF
Vickson Naran Polonet [KEN] KEN DNF