Genzebe Dibaba aims to break her sister's 5000m WR at Pre!

I heart Genzebe

i know, kratochvilova was clean too!

I doubt she is in shape to do it. I am glad to see Molly Huddle in the race. She stands a good shot if conditions are right to regain her AR after Rowbury beat it last year.

She looked mortal in Doha, no chance.

Doubt it without Jama Aden's special sauce coursing through her veins.

xagzig wrote:

She looked mortal in Doha, no chance.

Correct answer. Unless you're protected, you have to at least make your performances look believable. The 1500 wr was a huge mistake.

Yawn wrote:

http://mailchi.mp/preclassic/sub-4-onslaught-in-womens-1500-at-pre-754121?e=c7aeff239a

clean

Sometimes this website is so funny it's hysterical.

Another fat american wrote:

xagzig wrote:

She looked mortal in Doha, no chance.

Correct answer. Unless you're protected, you have to at least make your performances look believable. The 1500 wr was a huge mistake.

To be fair, there is little correlation between 800m shape and 5000m shape. You can't judge her chances based on a race that is 10 laps shorter. As good as Ayana was when she ran 14:12, I doubt she would have gone under 2 had she given it a go.

That said, I feel like she is not in world record shape. It seems like meet directors like to advertise world record attempts even though the star athlete has no intention of going for it. I predict Dibaba runs 14:32, barely holding off Cherono.

CDA2017 wrote:

To be fair, there is little correlation between 800m shape and 5000m shape. You can't judge her chances based on a race that is 10 laps shorter.

Dibaba could run way under 1:59 in her sleep with Jama's EPO stash. If she has lost that much speed then she has no chance anymore.

CDA2017 wrote:

Another fat american wrote:

Correct answer. Unless you're protected, you have to at least make your performances look believable. The 1500 wr was a huge mistake.

To be fair, there is little correlation between 800m shape and 5000m shape. You can't judge her chances based on a race that is 10 laps shorter. As good as Ayana was when she ran 14:12, I doubt she would have gone under 2 had she given it a go.

That said, I feel like she is not in world record shape. It seems like meet directors like to advertise world record attempts even though the star athlete has no intention of going for it. I predict Dibaba runs 14:32, barely holding off Cherono.

So how do you feel she is not in world record shape other than that average 800m

i think she'll probably run about 14.45 which is really about all shes capable of these days,if shes running clean.

both Dibaba sisters are simply incredible and amazing to watch

I hope they never fail a test, it would be so disappointing, but I suspect they have so much genetic talent they aren't even tempted

Doclove wrote:

CDA2017 wrote:

To be fair, there is little correlation between 800m shape and 5000m shape. You can't judge her chances based on a race that is 10 laps shorter. As good as Ayana was when she ran 14:12, I doubt she would have gone under 2 had she given it a go.

That said, I feel like she is not in world record shape. It seems like meet directors like to advertise world record attempts even though the star athlete has no intention of going for it. I predict Dibaba runs 14:32, barely holding off Cherono.

So how do you feel she is not in world record shape other than that average 800m

You can have a hunch without having concrete evidence to support your thoughts... everybody was guessing Kipchoge's time for sub2 even though he hadn't raced a marathon since Rio.

zxvxzcv wrote:

I doubt she is in shape to do it. I am glad to see Molly Huddle in the race. She stands a good shot if conditions are right to regain her AR after Rowbury beat it last year.

same here, I care more about Molly's race.

Is she in distance shape? I always thought of her as a middle distance runner so I'll be sure to see what kind of form she bears as she busts out sub 14. If she has been eating her vegetables and leafy greens I think she's got it in the bag.

Aden's Viles wrote:

Doubt it without Jama Aden's special sauce coursing through her veins.

It probably is coursing through her veins. Hell, nothing has happened to Aden. Officials are hoping we'll all forget and go back to marveling a bunch of juiced up frauds who are literally never tested out of season / out of competition, with the added benefit of officials doing their best to fix things when one of these special people screws up and is caught red-handed.

She's a 1458 runner clean. 1424doped to the MF gills.

LOL

these the two most doped-up sisters in all of sports?

maybe she caught a cold prior to Doha?