Blitzplay wrote:
Could we be seeing Bekele's successor and someone who finally has the ability to challenge the 5/10k WR in the future and actually make the 10,000m great again? I hope so anyway.
List of LRC-claimed Ethiopian "Bekele successors" who threw down some great times as a youngster then proved to be steps below Bekele at his best:
Yenew Alamirew - 7:27 @ 21
Hagos Gebrhiwet - 12:47 @ 18
Yomif Kajelcha - 12:53 @ 18 (TBD I suppose...)
Abreham Cherkos - 12:54 @ 16 (For more details and a good laugh -
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=1382614&thread=1378835#1382614)
Not a knock on these guys, they're great runners, but we should stop saying that anyone will be the next Bekele.