rdn wrote:
Geb´s manager Jos Hermens on the topic:
'' He can still run in the 2.05, but in his country there are many runners who currently faster. The Olympics in London, he can forget.
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http://www.nusport.nl/overig/2749951/hermens-gebrselassie-weet-voorbij-is.html(Google translate only)
"Haile loves walking. It is his life." - man I hate Google Translate.
Agreed that if Mosop runs Rotterdam, Haile will not run it. Also Paris has usually some very good Kenyan runners that can run 2:04/2:05 that wouldn't work for him either. Anyway, he claims that running London is not an option because of allergies but that is really the same problem pretty much all over Europe. Maybe he can run in Scandinavia....far up north.
It seems like he claims to have gotten the back problems from the long flight - well, why do you run in Japan then? Run Dubai....oh well, too late.
I predict Berlin 2012, since it will be a "best of the rest" event. Or maybe NYC again.