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8 in top group, three off the back incl K Bekele

Longosiwa, Koech, Gebremeskel top 3 at bell, 11:52

Gebremeskel takes it in 12:46.81!!!!!!!

12:46.81...54.7 last lap...good second half!

What happened to KB? Not a contender at all?

Gideoon wrote:

Gebremeskel takes it in 12:46.81!!!!!!!

Message to the Rupp fans. 12:50 won't be fast enough.

12:46 damn

Would love to see the km splits. 5:09 at 2k, so 7:37 last 3k, not bad

Gebrehiwott second with world junior record 12:47.53

Isaiah Koech third in 12:48.64

Looks like 10th fastest 5000 ALL TIME.

coach d wrote:

Gideoon wrote:

Gebremeskel takes it in 12:46.81!!!!!!!

Message to the Rupp fans. 12:50 won't be fast enough.

It will be fast enough, but note that it will come on the heels of a 12:00 4600.

coach d wrote:

Message to the Rupp fans. 12:50 won't be fast enough.

Message to the Lagat fans: last chance for Olympic gold has come and gone.

What was Bekele's time? He said he thought he could run 12:50 and he was only a few seconds off even though he was no where near the front.

12:55 for k. bekele in 9th!

GEBREMESKEL Dejen

ETH

12:46.81

WL

8

1

2

GEBRHIWET Hagos

ETH

12:47.53

WJR

8

2

3

KOECH Isaiah Kiplangat

KEN

12:48.64

PB

3

4

4

ALAMIREW Yenew

ETH

12:48.77

PB

5

LONGOSIWA Thomas Pkemei

KEN

12:49.04

PB

2

5

6

KIPKOECH John

KEN

12:49.50

PB

1

6

7

BEKELE Tariku

ETH

12:54.13

SB

8

KIPCHOGE Eliud

KEN

12:55.34

SB

9

BEKELE Kenenisa

ETH

12:55.79

SB

10

SOI Edwin Cheruiyot

KEN

12:55.99

SB

11

MASAI Moses Ndiema

KEN

12:59.21

12

EDRIS Muktar

ETH

13:04.34

PB

13

KIPTOO Mark Kosgei

KEN

13:06.23

SB

14

HIRT Hassan

FRA

13:10.68

PB

15

DURAND Yohan

FRA

13:32.18

CHEPKOK Vincent Kiprop

KEN

DNF

GATHIMBA Gideon

KEN

DNF

MERGA Imane

ETH

DNF

1

6

NDIWA Remmy Limo

KEN

DNF

Temps intermédiaires:

1000mNdiwa, Remmy Limo (KEN)2:32.73

2000mNdiwa, Remmy Limo (KEN)5:09.66

3000mGathimba, Gideon (KEN)7:43.53

4000mKoech, Isaiah Kiplangat (KEN)10:19.54

20 second PR wrote:

What was Bekele's time? He said he thought he could run 12:50 and he was only a few seconds off even though he was no where near the front.

12:55

There were ELEVEN guys under 13:00 in that race!

20 second PR wrote:

What was Bekele's time? He said he thought he could run 12:50 and he was only a few seconds off even though he was no where near the front.

12:54, so not exactly terrible.

rojo wrote:

roflcopter3 wrote:

did anyone else see the Moroccan epo machines in the the 1500?

One of them was turkish. Maybe borns or trains in Morocco or were you mistaken?

If you take EPO, you should be banned for life. Proven intentional doping should be a lifetime ban.

just assumed the turkish one was moroccan because they looked similar and i knew selousi was morrocan. i couldn't read the name on the bib on the feed i was watching.

coach dbag wrote:

coach d wrote:

Message to the Rupp fans. 12:50 won't be fast enough.

Message to the Lagat fans: last chance for Olympic gold has come and gone.

Message to Bekele fans: 12:55 won't be fast enough for gold in London.