Official Brussels 10k live update thread

Rank

Athlete

Nation

Result

1

BEKELE Kenenisa

ETH

26:43.16

WL

2

ROTICH Lucas Kimeli

KEN

26:43.98

PB

3

RUPP Galen

USA

26:48.00

AR

4

BETT Emmanuel Kipkemei

KEN

26:51.95

5

KIPCHOGE Eliud

KEN

26:53.27

6

KIRUI Geoffrey

KEN

26:55.73

YB

7

MBISHEI Titus Kipjumba

KEN

26:59.81

PB

8

LONYANGATA Paul

KEN

27:21.62

SB

9

KIGEN Mike Kipruto

KEN

27:30.53

PB

10

MASAI Denis

KEN

27:32.97

PB

11

BETT Josphat Kipkoech

KEN

27:57.60

BEUGNET Gregory

FRA

DNF

ESHO Benson Marrianyi

KEN

DNF

KIPLIMO Joseph Kitur

KEN

DNF

WATANABE Kazuya

JPN

DNF

TANUI Paul Kipngetich

KEN

DNS

Official 26:43.16.

KB is back.

yourewelcome wrote:

Im truly amazed and shocked at this turnabout of events. How come Bekele and Rupp couldn't do this at Daegu??? They could easily been medalists!!!!! IM GOING NUTS!

Very different races. This was a time trial, Deagu was a race. These results don't surprise me at all. If Bekele can stay healthy and get races in next year he will not lose.

yourewelcome wrote:

How come Bekele and Rupp couldn't do this at Daegu???

Super excited about the AR - to those wondering why Rupp couldn't do this in Daegu though - This is what he did in Daegu, he was right up there until the kick in both races. How much he got dropped by isn't as big of a deal here, as he got the AR.

yourewelcome wrote:

Im truly amazed and shocked at this turnabout of events. How come Bekele and Rupp couldn't do this at Daegu??? They could easily been medalists!!!!! IM GOING NUTS!

Farah was in Daegu, where Rupp was 5th. Put him in here and Rupp is 4th today, but Rupp looked better than Daegu here. People forget that he not race sharp at Daegu, he hadn't raced in a month or so before it and that was when he went down.

All those goons saying Bekele is done can eat their words. Next year, double Gold in London. As a Brit I'd love Farah to win but Bekele is unbeatable when fully fit and another double in the 5 + 10k will finally cement him as the GOAT.

Incredible run by Rupp, kudos to that man!

coach d wrote:

Official 26:43.16.

KB is back.

coach d, no credit for the first white man under 26:50? an american under 26:50? are you not american?

yourewelcome wrote:

Im truly amazed and shocked at this turnabout of events. How come Bekele and Rupp couldn't do this at Daegu??? They could easily been medalists!!!!! IM GOING NUTS!

This is exactly what Rupp did in Daegue. He was with the leaders going into the final lap and then got his doors blown off by about 5 seconds by winners on the last lap.

The king is back wrote:

All those goons saying Bekele is done can eat their words. Next year, double Gold in London. As a Brit I'd love Farah to win but Bekele is unbeatable when fully fit and another double in the 5 + 10k will finally cement him as the GOAT.

Incredible run by Rupp, kudos to that man!

Well, he'll have to hold up to the pressure. His body may still have it, but with Farah in the race his head may cater like in Daegu.

Fast last 1600 and 1200 too for Rupp. He didn't have to kill himself to get to that point. Bodes very well for him in the future.

wowee wrote:

coach d wrote:

Official 26:43.16.

KB is back.

coach d, no credit for the first white man under 26:50? an american under 26:50? are you not american?

he's a bitter old man. if lagat ran 26:48, he'd be going nuts right now.

Sonlinsky: first man undr 27:00

Rupp: First man under 26:50

I have always thought of rupp as a sissy( looks like 17, rupp mask, pollen etc.) but what can I say, he has my full respect. U R A MAN RUPP!

wowee wrote:

The king is back wrote:

All those goons saying Bekele is done can eat their words. Next year, double Gold in London. As a Brit I'd love Farah to win but Bekele is unbeatable when fully fit and another double in the 5 + 10k will finally cement him as the GOAT.

Incredible run by Rupp, kudos to that man!

Well, he'll have to hold up to the pressure. His body may still have it, but with Farah in the race his head may cater like in Daegu.

The way the media works in Britain (ie, they're all f*cking w*nkers) Farah will be hyped up so much that he'll be more likely to be feeling the pressure than Bekele.

Blacked out homepage?

Perspectivation wrote:

Rupp!!! wrote:

26.48.00. It's official! Rupp is a MONSTER!!!

Damn fine running, I'm thinking back to the thread a year ago when rupp did pacework and got nailed and people discounted what he could have run if the roles were reversed in that race. I'm also thinking back to when Farah said at PRE about Rupp being able to run what he did.

Had those guys not had the afterburners today Rupp may have been under 26:47. It's hard not to tighten up when guys roll away from you like that, but he is certainly a medal threat now, but he'll need to get on the speed work a bit.

Salazar said Rupp has more raw speed than Farah. Speed work is not what Rupp needs. He just needs to be stronger so he can use his speed when he's tired.

Remember when roger bannister broke 4 and then all the other runners that were psychologically incapable to do it before ran sub-4? Rupp's sub 27 run is impressive but there is no doubt that solinsky should be credited with this victory for US running. Rupp seems to have been held back mentally until this huge break through performance. Brilliant non-the-less.

VIDEO?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!

Rupp is now the 16th fastest 10k runner ever.

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=10K/detail.html

yourewelcome wrote:

I have always thought of rupp as a sissy( looks like 17)

Yeah, f**k him for how he looks, right? He should knock that off.