Anyone have splits for this ridiculous pace?
http://216.199.31.228/ath/_ath_men_5000m_final_heat_1_official.html
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From: Martin J. Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Is this the first time in any major international competition where the
men's gold medal winning performance has been slower than the women's???
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Post, Marty wrote:
Is this the first time in any major international competition where the
men's gold medal winning performance has been slower than the women's???
Did they run two extra laps or something?
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I'm calling BS on this one, must be a typo. Surely someone would have taken
off? Someone not sure about his kick would have taken off sometime during
the race.
Alan
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Is this accurate?
- Kathy Jager, a 58-year-old U.S. track athlete, was reinstated following a
suspension for a failed drug test.
http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoSports/ts.ts-09-06-0108.html
Regards,
Martin
From an AP report on the GWG 5000:
The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the
slowest 5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.
The men's 5,000 field of five Kenyans, including world champion Richard
Limo, and two Ethiopians, including Olympic gold medalist
Giving Bitok prize money for a 15:26 will certainly go down as the biggest
Goodwill gesture of the year.
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I'm answering my own post here. This is a response that was sent to the Can
list.
I'm not sure about the details of her reinstatement, but here is an August
5, 2000 news release from the MastersTrack web site that provided an update
of her attempt at early reinstatement.
First USATF informed
From an AP report on the GWG 5000:
The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the slowest
5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.
The men's 5,000 field of five Kenyans, including world champion Richard Limo, and
two Ethiopians, including Olympic gold
From an AP report on the GWG 5000:
Then, they picked up the pace a little with two laps
remaining, before going to an all-out sprint over the final 400 meters,
which was run in 51 seconds - extraordinarily fast for a 5,000-meter race.
Except that, of course, it wasn't a 5,000 meter race.
Farce?! I'd pay good money to see a race like this any day of the week.
Come to my local track, any weeknight. My friends and I will be glad to
provide a thrilling 7-man duel over 12.5 laps. We will be happy to run 2.5
minutes off our PR's, with an ungodly-fast last lap, and a winner who
Garry says:
Anybody who thinks times have to be fast for a race to be meaningful don't
appreciate the sport to the fullest.
I don't think a race has to be particularly fast to be exciting (heck, I can
get a lot of enjoyment out of a competitive middle school girls' race), but
I would like to
From an AP report on the GWG 5000:
The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the
slowest 5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.
...
Farce?! I'd pay good money to see a race like this any day of the week. Had
far more going for it than any of the
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Anybody who thinks times have to be fast for a race to
be meaningful don't appreciate the sport to the fullest.
If you want real drama, skip the first 14 minutes of the fun run, play
chicken in the street with some big trucks, then come back and watch an
open 400m,
In a message dated Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:01:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
OK, GH and the others who praised the World Indoor jog and sprint for its drama -
does the drama still hold when it plays out over 14 minutes before
anything happens, instead of 3?
At the risk
GWG 5000 results compared with athlete's PR. Ironically Bitok had the
slowest and only non-sub 13 minutes (barely) PR:
15:26.10/13:00.10 - 1. Paul Bitok
15:26.61/12:56.50 - 2. Luke Kipkosgei
15:26.63/12:59.97 - 3. John Kibowen
15:26.70/12:58.57 - 4. Hailu Mekonnen
15:27.94/12:54.07 - 5. Sammy
Too bad there were no American entrants. They could've hung on until a lap remained,
at least. Heck, Brandon Leslie might've even been able to stay with them until the
bell.
sideshow
Kurt Bray wrote:
The question I have for this particular race is: why? What's the point of
everyone running like that? I don't get it.
As it is, this race reminds me of those absurd bicycle velodrome races where
they creep around the track at a near standstill and then burst into a
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Marty posted the following info:
15:26.10/13:00.10 - 1. Paul Bitok
15:26.61/12:56.50 - 2. Luke Kipkosgei
15:26.63/12:59.97 - 3. John Kibowen
15:26.70/12:58.57 - 4. Hailu Mekonnen
15:27.94/12:54.07 - 5. Sammy Kipketer
15:28.00/12:56.72 - 6. Richard Limo
15:30.51/12:59.39 - 7. Million Wolde
What makes this funny to me is that this was a very high-class field.
Perhaps the best field of any event at the GWG. This group contains a
world champ, Oly champ, indoor 2M record holder, and a bunch of general
bad-asses.
Perhaps the tiny field and unusual parity led to nobody taking any risk.
Dull...boring...The Grote Poll is done, be patient and check letsrun.com and
hopefully those wiseguy Ivy Leaguers will post it. For what its worth,
Arkansas #3 is a total slap in the face. I don't care who they lost and who
they return. If Oliver Miller is in their top 5, I don't care, they
Wayne T. Armbrust wrote:
Post, Marty wrote:
Is this the first time in any major international competition where the
men's gold medal winning performance has been slower than the women's???
Did they run two extra laps or something?
No, they read the thread on this list about Harold
Prize Money:
Individual and Relay: Women's Steeplechase:
1st - $20,000 1st - $4,000
2nd - $12,000 2nd - $2,000
3rd - $8,000 3rd - $1,500
4th - $5,000 4th - $1,000
5th - $4,000 5th - $600
6th - $3,000 6th - $400
7th - $2,000 7th - $300
8th - $1,000 8th - $200
Bonuses*:
World Record - $100,000
from Tom Fitzgerald's nationally syndicated column:
A field of seven runners made a farce of the 5,000-meter race at the Goodwill Games
in Australia. The runners loped slowly around the track for most of the race, then
picked up the pace a little with two laps remaining before going into an
In a message dated Thu, 6 Sep 2001 2:53:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Ryan Grote
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dull...boring...The Grote Poll is done, be patient and check letsrun.com and
hopefully those wiseguy Ivy Leaguers will post it. For what its worth,
Arkansas #3 is a total slap in the
Forwarded results for men's 5000 at Goodwill Games...
-- Forwarded Message: -
1 KEN 1082 Gold Medal BITOK, Paul 15:26.10
2 KEN 1089 Silver Medal KIPKOSGEI, Luke 15:26.61
3 KEN 1087 Bronze Medal KIBOWEN, John 15:26.63
Maybe Entine was
from my TV notes
BATTLE OF THE AGENTS
The seven African runners are represented by two of the sport’s major
agents/managersa purse of $55,000 is up for grabs in each event.
KIM McDONALD
Sammy KipketerKEN 12:54.07
Luke Kipkosgei KEN 12:56.50
The question I have for this particular race is: why? What's the point of
everyone running like that? I don't get it.
As it is, this race reminds me of those absurd bicycle velodrome races where
they creep around the track at a near standstill and then burst into a
furious sprint right at
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