The first European DL of the year is on Thursday in Rome. It will be broadcast live from 2- 4 pm ET on Thursday (8-10 pm in Rome).
Start lists, a full schedule and entries can be found here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/06/schedule-entries-results-2017-rome-diamond-league-golden-gala-pietro-mennea/
TV & Streaming info is here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/06/tv-streaming-information-2017-rome-diamond-league-golden-gala-pietro-mennea/
With NCAAs taking place this weekend, we don't have time to write up a full preview but qill quickly say something quick about the 4 mid-d and distance events.
Men's 800
American Donavan Brazier will be making his Diamond League debut in a stacked field which also surprisingly includes 1500 ace Elijah Manangoi.
Country Athlete SB / PB
BOT AMOS, Nijel 1:47.72 1:41.73
KEN BETT, Kipyegon 1:44.2h 1:43.76
USA BRAZIER, Donavan 1:44.63 1:43.55
DEN BUBE, Andreas 1:47.21 1:44.89
KEN KINYOR, Job 1:45.2h 1:43.76
KEN KIPKETER, Alfred 1:45.4 01:42.87
KEN KIPKOECH, Nicholas Kiplangat 1:44.9h 1:43.37
POL KSZCZOT, Adam 1:45.45 1:43.30
POL LEWANDOWSKI, Marcin 1:45.76 1:43.72
KEN MANANGOI, Elijah Motonei 1:44.8h 1:44.8h
CAN MCBRIDE, Brandon 1:45.36 1:43.95
KEN ROTICH, Ferguson Cheruiyot 1:44.7h 1:42.84
Women's 1500.
Sifan Hassan will make her first run of the year at 1500 outdoors in this one. Since joining coach Alberto Salazar, she's lowered her 5000 pb from 14:59 to 14:41
The field also includes Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany, who has been making waves, all year long and just ran 14:51 all alone for 5k.
Country Athlete SB / PB (if there is only one time it means they haven't run it this year)
ETH ANBESA, Adanech 4:05.22
MAR ARAFI, Rababe 4:01.75 4:01.75
SWE BAHTA, Meraf 4:01.34
KEN CHEBET, Winny 4:13.5h 4:02.66
POL CICHOCKA, Angelika 4:06.23 4:03.06
USA ECCLESTON, Amanda 4:12.86 4:03.25
POL ENNAOUI, Sofia 4:05.74 4:01.00
NED HASSAN, Sifan 3:56.05
KEN JEPKOSGEI, Nelly 4:06.37 4:04.26
GER KLOSTERHALFEN, Konstanze 4:06.91
NED KOSTER, Maureen 4:07.38 3:59.79
IRL MAGEEAN, Ciara 4:01.46
ITA MAGNANI, Margherita 4:09.65 4:06.05
ROU PIERDEVARA, Florina 4:07.95
ETH SADO, Besu 4:03.10 3:59.47
CAN STAFFORD, Gabriela 4:07.43 4:06.53
ETH TSEGAY, Gudaf 4:01.78 4:00.18
ETH WORKU, Fantu 4:06.93 4:05.84
Men's Steeple
This is the first men's steeplechase at a DL event this year. The field is loaded with African talent and includes 2016 Olympic champ Conseslus Kipruto, star Ezekiel Kemboi and 2017 world leader Jairus Birech. US Olympians Hilary Bor and Donn Cabral will also race.
Country Athlete SB / PB (if there is only one time it means they haven't run it this year)
ITA BAMOUSSA, Abdoulla 8:30.93 8:30.93
USA BAYER, Andrew 8:28.89 8:16.11
KEN BETT, Nicholas Kiptanui 8:21.66 8:10.07
KEN BIRECH, Jairus Kipchoge 8:10.11 7:58.41
USA BOR, Hillary 8:23.08 8:13.68
USA CABRAL, Donald 8:13.37
ITA CHIAPPINELLI, Yohannes
MAR EL BAKKALI, Soufiane 8:14.35
ITA FLORIANI, Yuri 8:34.02 8:22.62
ERI HAILESELASSIE, Yemane 8:22.52
KEN KEMBOI, Clement Kimutai 8:35.82 8:10.65
KEN KEMBOI, Ezekiel 7:55.76
KEN KIBIWOTT, Abraham 8:10.62 8:09.25
KEN KIPRUTO, Conseslus 8:00.12
KEN KIPSANG, Lawrence Kemboi 8:17.79
KEN KIPYEGO, Barnabas 8:09.13
KEN KIRUI, Amos 8:20.43
BRN KOECH, John 8:33.14 8:09.62
FRA KOWAL, Yoann 8:12.53
ETH SIMA, Tesfaye 8:32.18 8:16.14
POL ZALEWSKI, Krystian 8:16.20
ITA ZOGHLAMI, Ala 8:33.85 8:32.20
Women's 5000
The women's 5000 will feature a battle between the 4th fastest (Genzebe Dibaba) and 6th fastest (Hellen Obiri) women in history. Obiri actually enters the race with a better seasonal best (14:22 versus 14:25). The field also includes 2017 World XC champ Irene Cheptai who races on the track for the first time since Worlds (She did $26,000 in a road 10k last month).
Country Athlete SB / PB (if there is only one time it means they haven't run it this year)
BRN BONTU, Edao
TUR CAN, Yasemin 14:53.50 14:37.61
BEL CARTON, Louise 15:23.82
KEN CHELANGAT, Sheila 15:40.0h 15:40.0h
KEN CHEPTAI, Irine Chebet 14:43.42
ETH DEGEFA, Beyenu
ETH DIBABA, Genzebe 14:25.22 14:15.41
ETH DIRO NEDA, Etenesh 15:09.49 14:33.30
ETH GIDEY, Letesenbet 14:36.84 14:36.84
NOR GRØVDAL, Karoline Bjerkeli 14:57.53
KEN KIPKEMBOI, Margaret Chelimo 14:45.95 14:45.95
BLR KUSHNIR, Viktoriya
ESP LOZANO, Ana 15:43.49 15:43.49
GBR MCCOLGAN, Eilish 15:07.43 15:05.00
KEN OBIRI, Hellen 14:22.47 14:22.47
RSA SCOTT, Dominique 15:24.60 15:24.60
CAN SECCAFIEN, Andrea 15:21.64 15:17.81
ETH TESFAYE, Haftamnesh 15:20.71 15:10.85
KEN TIROP, Agnes Jebet 14:50.36
GBR TWELL, Stephanie 14:54.08
FRA WESTPHAL, Liv 15:28.71
The IAAF preview of the meet is here:
https://www.iaaf.org/news/preview/2017-rome-diamond-league-preview
Official 2017 Rome Diamond League Discussion Thread
Report Thread
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LetsRun.com wrote:stacked field which also surprisingly includes 1500 ace Elijah Manangoi
mandingo was in great shape last year as seems also currently, but bad luck in games
he was in spectacular 800 shape last year but stuck to 1500 :
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/04/asbel-kiprop-elijah-manangoi-vincent-yator-put-show-2016-kenyan-police-championships/
Kiprop may be unbeatable, but then again, one should never count out a Maasai. After the Thursday prelims, I had the privilege of driving back to the city with 2015 1,500 World Championships silver medalist Elijah Manang’oi. The 25-year-old Maasai has been sensational this year, cruising to victory in every race he’s entered (I know that the IAAF has his birthday listed as 1993, but 25 is what he told me. In fact, he claimed that we were age-mates, a term used by Kalenjins and Maasai that designates persons born around the same year. Since I’m 25, you can rest assured that Elijah is too. He also said that his name is spelled “Manang’oi,†not “Manangoi†as listed on the IAAF site). Two weeks ago in Eldoret, he negative-split his way to a convincing win in the 800-meter semis, rocking a USA singlet en route to running 1:46 at 7,000 feet of altitude. This weekend, he was again looking to fine-tune his speed with a couple of 800-meter efforts. I knew that Manang’oi had originally been a 400-meter runner, and as we careened down Nairobi’s highways in his black Subaru Forester with Nike swooshes on the front and back, I asked him how he managed to transition from a long sprinter to miler.
“It only took about two weeks,†Manang’oi replied with a smirk. My doubtful look prompted him to continue.
“Seriously! I was always training hard for the 400, and much of that training worked for 1,500. My weeks were full of running 40- to 50-minute runs between my speedwork days. So when my manager encouraged me to move up in distance, it just came easy.â€
Manang’oi’s manager is Jukka Harkonen, a Finnish agent who is a dear friend of the young Maasai. His respect for the elderly manager was so great, in fact, that above both Nike swooshes read, “Jukka†in an italic font: he named his car after his agent.
“I would not be the runner I am today without my manager,†Manang’oi said. “When people are good to you, you must be good to them in return.â€
It was impossible for me to not be astounded by the young man’s almost supernatural talent. I have heard of long sprinters making successful moves to the middle distances before, but to go from a 400-meter runner to the world silver medalist at 1,500m in only a few years … well, that’s almost providential. I guess that’s why I wasn’t surprised to discover the meanings behind his names. “Elijah†is his given Christian name, the name of one of the greatest prophets in the Bible, who is supposed to have been able to outrun chariots (1 Kings 18:46). And as for the Maasai word Manang’oi, “It means many things,†said Elijah, “but most of all, it means blessed.â€
All I can say is that after watching Manang’oi race the two-lap distance twice over the past weekend, its obvious that he has a gift. In the Friday semifinal, Elijah absolutely torched his competition, sprinting away over the last 150 meters from a field of Kenya’s finest 800-meter athletes to a time of 1:47. During his race, I was standing at the 200-meter mark, and when I shouted some encouragement to Elijah, he just winked and gave me a “thumbs up†before catapulting himself around the turn to win by over a second. After the race, he told me, “I was relaxing today, just wait for tomorrow.â€
True to his word, the final of the men’s 800 meters was something to behold. It featured a talented cast of characters, including Jeremiah Mutai (1:43.9h 800-meter PR), Timothy Sein (2:17 1k PR) and Job Kinyor (1:43 800-meter PR). But as the competitors emerged from the tunnel that Saturday afternoon, all eyes were fixated on the young Maasai in the pink singlet. Like Kiprop, Manang’oi was a member of the Presidential Escort Unit, and most likely the youngest athlete to have been invited by President Uhuru Kenyatta. As he took his strides before the race, it was hard to imagine a better form for running the middle-distances. Manang’oi has a slender yet muscular body with long limbs that extended his stride to lengths envied by taller athletes. His posture is aggressive as well, with his torso and hips constantly pressing forward in such a way to give one the impression that his whole being was begging to go faster. After being called to his start line in lane 6, he was afforded that opportunity.
The gun fired and the eight racers charged around the turn, staying in their lanes until the break on the backstretch. This final featured a rabbit, and he was making certain that the race was anything but slow. Hitting the 200-meter mark in 23-mid, the competitors were already strung out single-file, with Manang’oi looking good in the fifth spot. They reached the bell in 49-high, and the rabbit slid out into lane two, his work finished for the day. That’s when Kinyor charged to the lead, shadowed closely by Sein and Mutai. Manang’oi was still lurking back in fifth place up until the pack hit 250 meters to go. There, Manang’oi launched into his signature kick, shooting into the lead with only 200 meters remaining. The entire police force was in a frenzy, cheering Elijah on to what we all hoped would be a fast time.
But right at the start of the final turn, Manang’oi did something strange. He looked backed at his teammate from the PEU, and pointed at him to come up and run on his shoulder. The fellow PEU athlete obliged, and the two men in pink singlets cruised down the final turn together, effectively blocking out their competitors from passing. It was an odd show of sportsmanship, but a powerful demonstration of how confident Manang’oi is in his kick. Coming off the final bend, with the top two spots safely in the PEU team’s hands, Manang’oi shifted gears and rocketed across the final 90 meters, waving to the crowd and sticking out his tongue in stride as he crossed the line in a world-leading 1:44.1. Manang’oi must have been watching some of Usain Bolt‘s highlights from the 2008 Olympic final
i believe final time given was 1'45+, but he thrashed some off the best kenyans & jogged the stretch !!
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Meet has started.
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Meet isn't on NBCSN on tv right now - just the app as the french open semifinal is finishing up. It just ended so we'll see if it comes up on regular tv.
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rojo wrote:
Meet has started.
I like that they are giving the option to watch without commercials for this meet. Now if only they had an option to watch distance races without cutting away to field events... -
teddy_farley wrote:
rojo wrote:
Meet has started.
I like that they are giving the option to watch without commercials for this meet. Now if only they had an option to watch distance races without cutting away to field events...
I mispoke, the meet is not streaming on NBCSN app.
I'm on the regular NBCSN app and am just still seeing commercials/tennis.
I guess I'll have to log in to my gold pass. I don't get why it's not streaming on NBCSN app. Ok, now tennis is over but there is n o indication they'll actually go to track.
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Now it's on NBCSN on the app and on tv.
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Have any races been run? NBCSN is just being ridiculous at the moment and showing nothing.
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Finally showing pole vault and triple jump. Stadium is EMPTY.
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Assuming the W 400 hurdles took place before TV picked it up. Men's steeple in 2 minutes - loaded. Top American - Bor Cabral or Bayer?
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Nothing happened and were back to commercial break.
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2:35.67 1st k
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If you are on gold, you are actually getting to watch the steeple. It's started.
Kipruto right on the second rabbit straight away (first one has a gap of a few meters Birech following but even after one lap, there’s a bit of a gap. Now he’s made sure to latch on and after two laps, they’ve already separated.
Here is a recap of the events not shown on tv but on gold.
Women’s shot put: China’s Lijiao Gong earns second straight DL win in dominant fashion
Gong won on home soil in Shanghai on May 13 and showed that she can win outside of China as well, putting the shot 19.56m on her fifth attempt -- the second-furthest throw in the world this year.
Gong was truly dominant tonight, as she was the only woman over 19 meters on the night and managed to throw at least 19.18 on all six of her attempts -- a distance only two other women have surpassed all year.
Women’s 400 hurdles: Janieve Russell wins it from the outside
Russell, who was 7th in Rio last year, got out hard in lane 8 and despite a late charge from Denmark’s Sara Petersen, held on to win in a season’s best of 54.14, just .18 off her PR. -
235 through the 1km in the men's steeple
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NBC broadcast basically 4-5 minutes behind live broadcast.
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Josh cox - not good.
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5:23 at 2k.
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And 247 2nd km, so now it's back to being slow like every steeple last year
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It seems that almost always when there's a rabbit in steeple, the first kilometre is something like 2:35. Do they want to break the WR by eight seconds?
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Kipruto wins in 8:04.63. El Bakkali second in 8:05, a nine second PR.