Official 2016 Monaco Diamond League Live Discussion Thread

Good to see Valerie Adams back over 20m again. 20.05 for the win

Grego and Grice with good 'white-man' races

Loved seeing Rosa's golden boy Kiprop get destroyed. Lousy cheat.

Hated seeing some random doped up Kenyan get the win instead. Same ol' crap.

Go Schippers go!!!!!!!!!!!!

rojo wrote:

So the commentators - who always ripp pepole for not going with the rabbits are now ripping for Kiprop for going for it???

It shows you that commentators just are looking for controversy. A nice run for Gregson. 3:32.

Or you just have poor listening comprehension. That is not what the commentators said.

What the heck are those black squares pinned to all their shirts

800 results are now corrected:

Final

Pl. Athlete Nat. Birth Result

1. Alfred KIPKETER KEN 96 1:44.47

2. Adam KSZCZOT POL 89 1:44.49

3. Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL 87 1:44.59

4. Brandon MCBRIDE CAN 94 1:44.90

5. Jonathan KITILIT KEN 94 1:45.00

6. Michael RIMMER GBR 86 1:45.38

7. Samir DAHMANI FRA 91 1:45.51

8. Nicholas Kiplangat KIPKOECH KEN 92 1:46.35

9. Luke MATHEWS AUS 95 1:47.00

10. Brice ETES MON 84 1:48.73

- Bram SOM NED 80 DNF

wejo wrote:

I love Tim Hutchings but he so butchered the call. He had no idea who won.

If that's the situation I guess he should say, "I have no idea who that is"

****

Has anyone ever seen a 1500 that went out sub 1:50? Let's compile a list of those.

1:50 was the split the rabbit was supposed top hit per the website prior to the event. 2:17 for the 1000 was the other rabbit checkpoint.

Respect

None of these human being runners have gillsgills are meant for breathing underwatera gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide.get a clue

Coach Cookie wrote:

Just a reminder that everyone under 3:28 was doped TO THE GILLS!!!

What's up with the Texas A&M crew you say Rojo? Bralon Taplin, former Aggie currently training w/ Pat Henry in College Station, looking good taking 3rd in a world class field. Also had Shelbi Vaughn (discus), Maggie Malone (javelin), & Ricky Babineaux (400mh) w/ top notch performaces at the trials. Have heard rumblings that Brazier was immediately cut off from Texas A&m resources when he turned pro, not sure about Shamier Little.

wejo wrote:

Pl. Athlete Nat. Birth Result

1. Wayde VAN NIEKERK RSA 92 44.12

2. Machel CEDENIO TTO 95 44.34

3. Bralon TAPLIN GRN 92 44.38

4. Tony MCQUAY USA 90 44.79

5. Isaac MAKWALA BOT 86 44.90

6. Pavel MASLÁK CZE 91 45.13

7. Kevin BORLÉE BEL 88 45.36

8. Mame-Ibra ANNE FRA 89 45.82

Salami wrote:

Who even won?

Kwemoi

SHEER DOMINATION by sweet Dafne.

ANNIHILATED the competition.

Would love to see her take the double in Rio.

She's got swag, confidence... Gorgeous as hale. Bringing clean sprinting back. Awesome.

It's not like Ronald Kwemoi is new and came out of nowhere. He ran 3:28 as a junior.

Pacer ugh wrote:

Pacer slowed down way too much with 450m to go and Kiprop ran into the back of him - guy didn't even swing wide. It was like he started running 6min pace but just stayed in lane 1. Kiprop totally out of it mentally after the collision.

That's what I saw too. The second pacer was just awful. I won't say it totally took Kiprop out of it but it should be some of the blame. He tripped over the pacer and the 3rd lap was a 59 because of him slowing down.

El Keniano wrote:

He ran 3:28 as a junior.

lol you guys are adorable. And my 3-year-old just aced Calc III.

Pacer ugh wrote:

Pacer slowed down way too much with 450m to go and Kiprop ran into the back of him - guy didn't even swing wide. It was like he started running 6min pace but just stayed in lane 1. Kiprop totally out of it mentally after the collision.

Never understand why the pacers always pull off to the outside. By doing it in this race he caused a little clop of step by the 2 guys right behind him.

Why not just step off to the inside ? less chance of bumping someone. Cut across ZERO lanes as opposed to cutting out 3 or 4 lanes infont of people running up your back

El Keniano wrote:

It's not like Ronald Kwemoi is new and came out of nowhere. He ran 3:28 as a junior.

Kwemoi looked excellent. If he can keep the same form for Rio and put together another strong tactical race, he should contend for gold.

Kiprop looked great and then... not great. Perhaps the coaching issues got to him this week and/or he wasn't quite in form to go out that fast. And the second rabbit really bonked it - I'm sure that did affect his race, although I would imagine Kiprop at 100% wouldn't have been too fazed by it.

It's a shame the times haven't lived up to the hype so far, but hey, there's a reason why those times are the world records. Maybe Semenya will blast a quick one...

'clop of step' what the hell does that mean?!

Come to Algeria. I will slap you with my sandal. My 3:27 was clean. I spit on you.