Berlin m1500: Kipchirchir Komen beats Lagat

[Jon]

Daniel K Komen is becoming the 'Sanya Richards' of the men's 1500m - great in one-off races, but not so hot at championships.

1 KOMEN, Daniel Kipchirchir KEN 3:34.09
2 LAGAT, Bernard USA 3:34.79
3 KORIR, Shedrack Kibet KEN 3:35.55
4 SIMOTWO, Suleiman Kipses KEN 3:35.73
5 RONO, Geoffrey Kipkoech KEN 3:37.12
6 KEMBOI, Nicholas KEN 3:37.80
7 MÜLLER, Wolfram GER 3:37.91
8 KIPTUM, Bernard-Kiptanui KEN 3:38.31
9 SCHLANGEN, Carsten GER 3:38.34
10 BIWOTT, Yusuf Kibet KEN 3:38.38
11 SULLIVAN, Kevin CAN 3:38.75
12 MULAUDZI, Mbulaeni RSA 3:40.82
13 MOTTRAM, Craig AUS 3:40.93
14 RUÍZ, Diego ESP 3:41.19
ABDI, Yousef AUS DNF
BABA, Youssef MAR DNF
LUKEZIC, Christopher USA DNF
SURUM, Samson KEN DNF

[nevetsllim]

This is only his second victory of the season. His other one in Eugene was three months ago.

[joeltetreault]

This is only his second victory of the season. His other one in Eugene was three months ago.

Third actually...he won in Brussels two days ago as well.

[Jon]

Well aware of that - so I exaggerate a bit :roll:

But for someone who has won three big international races, it is still shocking that he finished 10th in his WCh semi. Likewise in 2005 - he didn't even make it out of the WCh heats when he was in even better form than he is in 2007!

[nevetsllim]

Fair enough, he bombed out in Helsinki but he fell in the home straight in Osaka, which wasn't his fault.

[Jon]

He was out of it before then - okay, he may have scraped through, but the point is his form at outdoor championships (he was the slowest qualifier in the heats) is always a far cry from the kind of form he shows on the circuit.

[croflash]

The pacemakers didn't do a stellar job today, but it's also not the right time for personal bests after Osaka.