No love for Dibaba from fellow competitors?

It's interesting to see how congratulatory Makhloufi was - maybe a little over the top. He just looked genuinely psyched - and rightly so - I think that was the first time he ever broke 3:30.

agip wrote:

Yeh - I think it reflects more on Kiprop than on Dibaba - he seems to be a well-liked fellow in the league.

Tim Hutchings and not Steve Cram. Other announcer is referred to as Stuart.

ScratchNSniff wrote:

Kiprop has been a very sympathetic figure ever since Ramzi robbed him of his moment atop the Olympic podium in '08. He also seems to have an unsteady career, running bad races aoften, but keeps coming back from setbacks.

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Notice Mahkloufi after the race. He's all smiley like "hey Asbel, my fellow gold medalist, nice job!". Kiprop looks off into the distance during the handshake.

Actually, I think the commentators are Steve Cram and Stuart Storey

interesting I said the same thing after watching the WORLD RECORD take place. Everyone seemed to be consumed in their own pain/race to even acknowledge…HELLO…she just broke the WORLD RECORD. I didn't see much congratulations but she was running so maybe they couldn't. It was weird…

I'd rather have Dibaba holding the record than some random chinese woman who was on some serious stuff.

It's hard because you wonder if everyone is jaded by this sport…always questioning if they're "clean/dirty." So maybe it's a sense of that.

She did hug Hassan after crossing the line. Hassan said, 'what do you want, Dibaba?' She said, 'I need about about tree fiddy'.

hrmmm wrote:

Kiprop looks off into the distance during the handshake.

Did the same when the NZ guy congratulated him.

That made my day^^😂

I just watched it again. The competitors were strewn on the track, spent, knackered. And I would add in awe and trying to comprehend what happened.

Look at the reaction from Price.

Also Dibaba doesn't usually run 1500s, so maybe they don't know her that well.

Karma Police wrote:

Also Dibaba doesn't usually run 1500s, so maybe they don't know her that well.

POTD hahaha

Mr Anderson wrote:

Although Dibaba's race was more impressive than Kiprop's, how about the stark contrast in reactions from fellow competitors. Outside of Dibaba grabbing Hassan for a hug, nobody seemed to congratulate her in the moments following the race. The rabbit/pacemaker did come up and congratulate her afterwards but I assume they are cohorts.

It seemed like a large portion of Kiprop's competitors immediately congratulated him after the race.

Of course, we are not shown much post-race coverage (Dibaba).

Is Dibaba just not as well liked as Kiprop? What's the scoop?

Kenyans are generally open and friendly. Ethopians, not so much.

I watched it again. I get uncomfortable at the end. Dibaba grabs Hassan and hugs her. Hassan doesn't hug her back. Several competitors walk past Dibaba and don't even acknowledge her. Dibaba then backs up through other competitors still walking forward and no one even looks her way. Finally (thankfully), Dibaba goes off for a victory lap and hugs Price.

Just plain weird and unsettling. I don't care how tired you are, you can still give her a pat on the rump or shake her hand.

Mr Anderson wrote:

I watched it again. I get uncomfortable at the end. Dibaba grabs Hassan and hugs her. Hassan doesn't hug her back. Several competitors walk past Dibaba and don't even acknowledge her. Dibaba then backs up through other competitors still walking forward and no one even looks her way. Finally (thankfully), Dibaba goes off for a victory lap and hugs Price.

Just plain weird and unsettling. I don't care how tired you are, you can still give her a pat on the rump or shake her hand.

It doesn't have anything to do with tired. It has to do with doping. All the athletes know it, and this also applies to the other athletes that have trained with Jama Aden--Makhloufi and Souleiman--and those with Salazar, not to mention others Like Fraser-Pryce who has admitted being called a doper to her face by other athletes.

It's not just letsrun posters talking about doping programs. Pro athletes are not stupid.

coach d wrote:

It's not just letsrun posters talking about doping programs. Pro athletes are not stupid.

You just said they're stupid by all that you said.

Mr Anderson wrote:

Finally (thankfully), Dibaba goes off for a victory lap and hugs Price.

Price had the best rack so she wasn't jealous of Dibaba like the other girls.

the stereotypist wrote:

Kenyans are generally open and friendly. Ethopians, not so much.

Boo. I've never had a problem with Ethiopians, always found them to be friendly, too. The language barrier is greater sometimes, though, so perhaps that's what you're experiencing.

Females in general are catty , jealous and envy by nature , the fact that Dibaba is gorgeous doesn't help here either

Eugenicsa wrote:

Yes, she is a real good looking lady.

Bad Wigins wrote:

I think they're actually just jealous of her looks

Really? Give her the Caster Semenya hairdoo and the gender-bender surgeon that fixed her would start checking his schedule...

I like Dibaba sisters and love seeing them in action. However, the way Genzebe raced with Ayana made me sick.

First, I would like to say I didn't know they had any agreement before the race, but when I saw Ayana throwing everything to pull Genzebe, I knew there was a kind of agreement. The disappointing thing was when Genzebe had to take turn in the lead she literally killed the pace.

She is a great runner, but she comes across as jealous and bad sportsman.

Later in her interview she said Ayana's pace was so tough for her. That can't be true given the pace she unleashed in the last 600m and the fact that she just broke 1500 m world record soon after Monaco.