Confirmed, Gebrselassie and El-G 5000m showdown in World Champs.

What makes you think Geb will run the 5000, since he skipped it in Sydney and again in Edmonton?

Sevatonic, please stop saying things that don't make any sense.

and I thought sevatonic was an intelligent one when it came to running. now, he has lost all credibility.

Hey rocket scientist, if you have the start lists already for every final in Paris, I would love to get a hold of a copy please, I could make some money with it.

unless geb is brave enough, there will be no chickenrun show.

I read somewhere that besides to improve 26:22, he actually wanted to run a sub 12:36,breaking his own 12:39 if im not mistaken.

A person can't change his persona from being chicken to a front-row-warrior in a night. So Maybe if we're unlucky,geb would skip 5000m again and again.

They said geb is a true legend, i did agree but seeing things work out, im pretty much disappointed.

Your most recent post is even more idiotic than your first one. What does Haile have to prove to anyone in the running world? How many WC Golds, Olympic Golds, and WR's does he need to prove to you(NO ONE) that he is not a "chicken", outkicking Paul Tergat showed some guts to me on severallll occasions, what is the definition of warrior in your book?

Name me one modern-day "front-row-warrior"? I would say there is only one: PAULA RADCLIFFE. El G and Geb BOTH follow rabbits, as does Khannouchi, etc. Paula seems to be the only one who doesn't. Realize that most world records are done ALONE after a certain point in the race: that's why it's a world record.

2nd place when Geb ran 26:22 was 27:29, by Habte Jifar (ETH). 2nd place when Geb ran 12:39 was 13:07 by Luke Kipkosgei (KEN). Those are pretty impressive margins of victory and in the 10K he was solo the last 4K, and in the 5K he took the solo, front-row-warrior position only after SIX laps.

Sev, your knowledge of this sport is lacking.

No way in Hell EL-G runs that 5k

Okay sir, you're more knowledgable I admit. However Im still learning and eager to improve. At least I gave all I had.

Im 17 and still new to this sport and dont want to always follow people's wave. I want to be a front runner. Im not a chick.

Thanks.

-^*karangasem*^-

Geb will run what Jos Hermans tells him too. For $$$ and gold, Geb will run the 10K. Conversely, the Moroccans will want ElG as their standard bearer at 1500.

Personally, I'd love to see an epic 5,000 between these two but, the nature of today's sport is to duck serious threats and focus on your best chance to win and cash in on appearance fees, endorsements, national pride, etc. No gets mad bling-bling or immortality for running 12:32 and finishing second.

Geb, the greatest 5000 runner ever, has never run a championship 5000. It would be nice to see but that isn?t his goal.

Have they rearranged the schedule for the 1500 and 5000 for El G'S attempt? They are usually both run on the last day or second to last day of competition. You would figure he would need at least a day between finals and couldn?t run a trials for one the same day as a finals for the other.

There was an interview with Jos Hermens after Geb's road 10k WR in Doha where Hermens said Geb would not double but would run the 10k and Bekele would run the 5k.

Also, Geb has run a championship 5k, he finished second in the 93 World Champs to Kirui.

EXACTLY! For all of you with short memories, or not enough info or history with this sport, HAILE GEBRSELASSIE (ETH) HAS NOT ONLY RACED A CHAMPIONSHIP 5K, BUT HE HAS ALSO DOUBLED. It is pure Internet myth as to people "wishing he would have doubled at least once in his career." He did, and here's the history:

1993 World Championships in Stuggart

* Geb turns in fastest qualifying time with a 13:25.27

16 August 1993- 5000 meters: 1. Ismael Kirui (Ken) 13:02.75 [60.0/29.1], 2. Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) 13:03.17 [56.5/27.4], 3. Fita Bayissa (Eth) 13:05.40.

* Kirui, 18 years 5 months, was the youngest winner in the history of the Worlds. Geb was 20 years old.\

1993 World Championships in Stuggart

22 August 1993- 10,000 meters: 1. Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) 27:46.02 [55.0/26.6], 2. Moses Tanui (Ken) 27:46.54 [55.4/28.0-with one shoe], 3. Richard Chelimo (Ken) 28:06.02.

Geb may follow rabbits, but he dictates the pace of every single race he has been in.

Alberto wrote:

Name me one modern-day "front-row-warrior"? I would say there is only one: PAULA RADCLIFFE. El G and Geb BOTH follow rabbits, as does Khannouchi, etc. Paula seems to be the only one who doesn't.

Paula is a great front-runner, but she had pacers in Chicago (guess who?), and her 10K record this weekend featured lots of men to use as race "surrogates". It may take pacers for her to get the Junxia 10,000 WR, at that point she will be utilizing the full resources that the men are forced to use when confronting very serious records.

An even better "fromt runner" example is the 1500 runner, Ayhan. No rabbits can keep up with her opening sprint!

I stand corrected.

That silver in the 5000 in 93 after winning the 10000 makes Geb look even better.