GL Bruxelles m10000m - Sileshi Sihine 27:06.97

[Aiden]

It's hard to feel too bad for a guy set to marry T. Dibaba.

Quite true.

[lapsus]

Nice to see Sihine win a race now and then. He's finished 2nd to Bekele in the last four Oly/WC 10K races, 2nd to Benjamim Limo in the '05 5K (pretty good double!) and was 3rd to Bekele/Geb in '03 10K. He's a "winning horse" except when Bekele is in the race.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

Poor guy is this era's Paul Tergat. Well, without the world records and XC titles.

It's hard to feel too bad for a guy set to marry T. Dibaba.

I guess Kenyans will just have to resign to losing to dominant Ethiopian runners in future generations, as well

[Powell]

He is indeed a strong candidate for ``worst career timing of all
times''---he might even be ahead of Mike Powell by now.

I'd vote for Harald Schmid.

[Aiden]

Nice to see Sihine win a race now and then. He's finished 2nd to Bekele in the last four Oly/WC 10K races, 2nd to Benjamim Limo in the '05 5K (pretty good double!) and was 3rd to Bekele/Geb in '03 10K. He's a "winning horse" except when Bekele is in the race.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

Poor guy is this era's Paul Tergat. Well, without the world records and XC titles.

[bpence]

He was 9th in Brussels in 2002:

1 Sammy Kipketer [KEN] KEN 26:49.38
2 Assefa Mezgebu [ETH] ETH 26:49.90
3 Richard Limo [KEN] KEN 26:50.20
4 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah [QAT] QAT 26:50.67
5 John Cheruiyot Korir [KEN] KEN 26:52.87
6 Patrick Ivuti [KEN] KEN 27:05.88
7 John Yuda Msuri [TAN] TAN 27:06.17
8 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam [ETH] ETH 27:25.61
9 Sileshi Sihine [ETH] ETH 27:26.12

That's the only one I can find, though.

[lapsus]

Nice to see Sihine win a race now and then. He's finished 2nd to Bekele in the last four Oly/WC 10K races, 2nd to Benjamim Limo in the '05 5K (pretty good double!) and was 3rd to Bekele/Geb in '03 10K. He's a "winning horse" except when Bekele is in the race.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

He was also 2nd in the 10000 meters in the 2002 world junior championships, behind Gebre Gebremariam.

Has he ever lost to a non-Ethiopian in the 10000 meters?

[imaginative]

Nice to see Sihine win a race now and then. He's finished 2nd to Bekele in the last four Oly/WC 10K races, 2nd to Benjamim Limo in the '05 5K (pretty good double!) and was 3rd to Bekele/Geb in '03 10K. He's a "winning horse" except when Bekele is in the race.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

He is indeed a strong candidate for ``worst career timing of all
times''---he might even be ahead of Mike Powell by now.

[Alan Shank]

Nice to see Sihine win a race now and then. He's finished 2nd to Bekele in the last four Oly/WC 10K races, 2nd to Benjamim Limo in the '05 5K (pretty good double!) and was 3rd to Bekele/Geb in '03 10K. He's a "winning horse" except when Bekele is in the race.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[pela2]

First winning time over 27 minutes at van Damme since Mark Bett won in 2001 with 27:24.68

[lapsus]

Sihine is holding his stomach, the smoke may have affected him.

[spy]

They set off the fireworks for the Golden League prize presentation . . . while there were still 3 laps left in the men's 10K. All of the runners get to breathe smoke for their final laps.

[lapsus]

18:59.37 at 7000, 6->7 km 2:44.9
21:46.67 at 8000, 2:47.3 km
Masai / Sihine / Kipyego / Abdullah leading at 9000, no split
Sihine wins in 27:06.98, last lap 58.5. About 150 meter kick from Sihine.

[joeltetreault]

13:34.2 @ 5000 meters

Thanks! Any more splits would be appreciated for those of us without a video feed...

[lapsus]

13:34.2 @ 5000 meters

[pela2]

Anyone keeping an eye on the laptimes?