Video Interviews Men’s 5000m Semifinals: Bernard Lagat, Galen Rupp, Ryan Hill, Edwin Soi, Isiah Koech

by: LetsRun.com
August 13, 2013

The first round of the men’s 5000m went largely according to form with all the favorites and all the Americans advancing to the final.

The only drama was in heat one where Kenyan John Kipkoech fell with  800m to go. He got back up and sprinted hard, immediately joining the pack within the next 200m. He would pay the price and not be able to hold the pace the final lap and not make the final.

Video Interviews With the Americans:

Bernard Lagat Says His Hip Problem is Behind Him
Bernard Lagat dropped out of his last race, the 5000m in Monaco. Today, Lagat said the he worked with a physio to take care of the hip and  he is ready to go with no problems from it. He said he thought he might have aggravated his hip by running too much mileage.

The 38 year old Lagat is sporting a beard for the first time at a major Championship. He wants some of the youngsters to show him the proper respect. Lagat noted there is some urgency to medal this year as by the end of calendar year 2014, Lagat will be 40.

Galen Rupp Had No Problem Gettting Ready After 10k
Rupp said he was disappointed to not medal at 10,000m but had no problems gearing back up for the 5000m.

Ryan Hill Makes the Final
Ryan Hill did not look like a novice in advancing automatically for the final. He said for the final he would love a race in the 13:30 range, so he can use his kick, which he thinks is a possibility.

Edwin Soi Knows He Can Beat Farah
Edwin Soi outkicked Mo Farah at the Prefontaine Classic this year, so Soi knows the “unbeatable” Farah is beatable. Soi said just realizing that Farah could be beat was what he took away from Pre.

Isiah Koech After Making Final
Edwin Soi outkicked Mo Farah at the Prefontaine Classic this year, so Soi knows the “unbeatable” Farah is beatable. Soi said just realizing that Farah could be beat was what he took away from Pre.

Diego Estrada Talks About Not Making Final Running 5000m Instead of 10,000m

SPLIT TIMES

1000M

2:40.93

Arne GABIUS

 GER

2000M

5:25.99

Aziz LAHBABI

 MAR

3000M

8:09.07

Aziz LAHBABI

 MAR

4000M

10:53.38

Aziz LAHBABI

 MAR

	POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
	1	418	Muktar EDRIS	ETH	13:20.82 Q
	2	722	Edwin Cheruiyot SOI	KEN	13:21.44 Q
	3	716	Isiah Kiplangat KOECH	KEN	13:22.19 Q
	4	1162	Galen RUPP	USA	13:23.91 Q
	5	482	Mohamed FARAH	GBR	13:23.93 Q
	6	229	Dejene REGASSA	BRN	13:25.21 q	SB
	7	772	Othmane EL GOUMRI	MAR	13:31.08
	8	143	Ben ST.LAWRENCE	AUS	13:33.64
	9	374	Aelemayehu BEZABEH	ESP	13:34.68
	10	356	Bayron PIEDRA	ECU	13:35.38
	11	684	Yuki SATO	JPN	13:37.07
	12	788	Diego ESTRADA	MEX	13:48.30
	13	928	Rinas AKHMADEEV	RUS	13:58.38
	14	844	Jake ROBERTSON	NZL	14:09.50
		1081	Moses Ndiema KIPSIRO	UGA	DNS

SPLIT TIMES

1000M

2:46.30

Ben ST.LAWRENCE

 AUS

2000M

5:31.09

Isiah Kiplangat KOECH

 KEN

3000M

8:14.69

Mohamed FARAH

 GBR

4000M

10:52.31

Mohamed FARAH

 GBR