Defar WR 9:10.47

[tafnut]

Only won by about 150m! :shock:

Goucher 3rd in 9:41.21

[eldrick]

"bubka"ed it by 1.5s

come back next year for another ?$25k payday

[gh]

I'll post her 440 splits later today.

[Mennisco]

What's this worth for 3000 meters? Looking forward to gh posting her splits. Surely she could run under 9 minutes with the right competition. In fact, it would be nice to see this distance officially ratified and put in the Olympics. :lol:

[gm]

According to my extensive calculations, run through my home Cray SuperComputer, her time is worth exactly 8:37.69 for 3000m.

[tandfman]

According to my extensive calculations, run through my home Cray SuperComputer, her time is worth exactly 8:37.69 for 3000m.

That, of course, was her actual split at 3000m, but that doesn't answer the question. Because she ran the last lap faster than her average pace, her 2 Mile time was probably worth better than her 3000m split.

[26mi235]

Not too shabby, 8:29.7

[bad hammy]

8:29.85, actually. But it doesn't matter. It means two 4:35s miles in a row.

[Mennisco]

8:29.85, actually. But it doesn't matter. It means two 4:35s miles in a row.

Over 6 seconds slower than she ran indoors when pushed by a fellowette Ethiopian. I think she's ready to run at least 8:20 outdoors sometime soon, so sub-9 would be attainable. All the more reason to make it a legal distance, same with the men's 100 yards. And imagine, a nice round sub-10 for the women to shoot for. How titillating it must be for the general fan to fixate on 9.77 and 10.49. Ho hum. I'm so bored with the current "records". :P

[Bruce Kritzler]

Think Defar won by 200m, as her last 200 was 31.

[CookyMonzta]

Re: Defar WR 9:10.47

Only won by about 150m! :shock:

Goucher 3rd in 9:41.21

I hate to spoil the mood, but the world record before and after Defar broke it is soft. Wang's 8:06.11 is the equivalent of an 8:45 2-mile.

[Half Miler]

Re: Defar WR 9:10.47

from the AP:

The 23-year-old Ethiopian got sick minutes before the race.

"I threw up two or three times, and I was scared that maybe I couldn't do it," Defar said through a translator. "I was surprised I got the world record."

Holy crap!

Run + Puke + Run = WR.

Sorry, Reebok!

[doug091463]

at the boston indoor games, several of the ethiopians who were scheduled to run pulled out the day before the meet claiming being sick, and defar was throwing up after her 830 for 3k win. maybe they need to get used to american food, or the next time she runs in los angeles, go to fairfax blvd where there is a lot of ethiopian restaurants in a couple of blocks, i also heard samuel wanjiru got sick on kenyan food even though he is kenyan before the cross country trials, because he had been living in japan and was not used to it. i often get sick when i eat a foreign food even though it is delicious, because i am not used to it, or maybe because i eat to much, i read defar weighs 93 pounds that is about how much over my running weight i am now. (haha)

[EPelle]

After a 4:35.4, Defar closed with a 62.3 final 400 and breaking the finish tape with both arms raised in celebration much to the delight of a large Ethiopian following of 6,208.

http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_5945614

[EPelle]

Defar passed through splits of 2:16.2, 3:25.0, 4:35.4, 5:47.6, 6:58.5 and 8:08.2 in the solo effort and raised her arms in celebration as she broke the finish tape.

http://www.iaaf.org/WAF07/news/Kind=2/newsId=38765.html