A bit faster now ... Ugandian leads, Garcia in second as they hit 3200 metres at 8:38 ... pace won't get faster until someone grows some balls ... they approach the last mile and Hall looks like he's in trouble ...
A bit faster now ... Ugandian leads, Garcia in second as they hit 3200 metres at 8:38 ... pace won't get faster until someone grows some balls ... they approach the last mile and Hall looks like he's in trouble ...
62.3 for last lap, rolling now, dobson still off the back of the pack, 2 laps to go
Ethiopians & Kenyans picking it up.
Hall has been dropped. about 30M back.
Dobson in 10th.
12 in lead pack.
800m to go and Dobson is holding on to 11th w/ pack
64 last lap, tariku in lead, 1 lap to go
Now it hots up a bit ... Ethopian takes the lead (Birhanu) ... Songok is there too ... it's al Africans, Garcia and DOboson in the front pack ... Hall is nowhere ... Dobson looks good ... it's still not that fast ... 2:42 for the last kilometre ... coming up to two laps to go and Dobson is still in it
sonkgok
t. bekele
2nd heat begins..... "rather soon"
kiprono wins, tariku 2nd, it was won in 1320, 232 last 1k
Dobson in 11th at the bell.
Being dropped in kick.
Dobson 13:27
Coming up to the bell .. Dobson in touch ... they're still not kicking !!! ... now here we go ... 300 left and Tedesa and Bekele ... stride for stride ... Dobson's been dropped ... Bekele with the lead as the hit the home straight .. it's a race for hte first 4 slots ... Songgok wins in 13:20 .... Dobson 13:27 but well beaten
Back again ... Mottram's just given a great interview on the BBC .. he sounds very confident... and he's not afraid ... he says too many European and AMerican runners get "carried away" wiht the idea of racing the Africans ... he says he treats it just as if they were a group of Australians ... good on ya, mate! ...
Heat 2 line up .... if they go faster than 13:20, they should all get the faster qualifying spots ... I suspect this semi will get taken out a bit faster ...
1 565 Limo Benjamin KEN
2 630 Goumri Abderrahim MAR
3 662 Aung Thiha MYA
4 216 Kiflemariam Samson ERI
5 933 Kipsiro Moses UGA
6 225 España Jes·s ESP
7 968 Broe Tim USA 13:11.
8 274 Sihine Sileshi ETH
9 560 Kipchoge Eliud KEN
10 635 Khanje Francis MAW
11 767 Rashed Essa Ismail QAT
12 616 Amyn Mohammed MAR
13 32 Mottram Craig AUS
14 59 Mourhit Mohammed BEL
15 691 Bakken Marius NOR
16 587 Al-Outaibi Moukheld KSA
17 905 Naasi Fabiano Joseph TAN
18 15 Saïdi-Sief Ali ALG 13:29.94
19 40 Weidlinger Günther
1 571 Songok Isaac Kiprono KEN 13:20.36 Q
2 263 Bekele Tariku ETH 13:20.66 Q
3 558 Kibowen John KEN 13:21.08 Q
4 264 Birhanu Dejene ETH 13:21.20 Q
5 765 C'Kurui James Kwalia QAT 13:21.36 (SB)
6 217 Tadesse Zersenay ERI 13:22.36
7 932 Kiprop Boniface UGA 13:22.44
8 931 Busienei Wilson Kipkemei UGA 13:25.36 (SB)
9 229 García Alberto ESP 13:25.44
10 979 Dobson Ian USA 13:27.16
11 618 Bellani Hicham MAR 13:29.44
12 647 Suárez Alejandro MEX 13:31.63 (SB)
13 943 Lebid Sergiy UKR 13:43.50
14 134 Coolsaet Reid CAN 13:53.15
15 231 García Roberto ESP 13:59.50
16 989 Hall Ryan USA 13:59.86
17 712 Buenavista Eduardo PHI 14:24.90 (SB)
18 411 Sanchez Michael GIB 15:34.82
19 713 Mostafa Mohammed PLE 15:37.04 (SB)
Dobson was 10th, so he may move to final if 2nd heat is slow and no more than 5 guys beat his time.
Poor run by Lebid
you can be pretty assured that the second heat will not be slow.
If Dobson qualifies at 13:27, I'll eat my hat.
you better get out the tenderizer.
The Beeb's following the jumps as well, so I might miss a lap or two ... Jonathan Edwards, Paul Dickenson and Stuart Storey are making nice ... it looks cold in Helsinki ....
Drug cheat Saud-Sief in the race, as is Letsrunner Marius -- Go Marius!!! ... Mottram looks enormously confident ... Broe's wearing a hat (?) ...
They're off ... it's quicker ... Limo leads but slows it down .... nothing special ... Broe right up there ... Mottram near the back .... Limo still leads ... Marius now in second ... 65 first lap
What flavo(u)r is it?