GL Bruxelles m3000msc - Paul Kipsiele Koech 8:04.99

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Tomasz Szymkowiak POL
Boštjan Buc SLO
Youcef Abdi AUS
Krijn van Koolwijk BEL
Jukka Keskisalo FIN
Nahom Mesfin ETH
Benjamin Kiplagat UGA
Bouabdellah Tahri FRA
Michael Kipyego KEN
Wesley Kiprotich KEN
Collins Kosgei KEN
Hamid Ezzine MAR
Tareq Mubarak Taher BRN
Mustafa Mohamed SWE
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN
Patrick Kipkirui Langat KEN
James Kiplagat Kosgei KEN
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN

Start: 19:30 CET

[doug091463]

hopefully we get a sub 8 this season.

[EPelle]

Meet record: 7.53,63, Saif Saaeed Shaheen, 2004
Last Olympic-cycle winner: 7.53,63, Saif Saaed Shaheen*

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* = didn:t compete in Olympics

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Best in Bruxelles

7:53.63 Saif Saeed Shaheen QAT 1 03.09.2004
7:55.28 Brahim Boulami MAR 1 24.08.2001
7:55.51 Saif Saeed Shaheen QAT 1 26.08.2005
7:57.29 Reuben Kosgei KEN 2 24.08.2001
7:58.66 Stephen Cherono KEN 3 24.08.2001
7:58.80 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 1 14.09.2007
7:59.52 Moses Kiptanui KEN 1 25.08.1995
8:00.06 Saif Saeed Shaheen QAT 1 05.09.2003
8:00.42 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 2 05.09.2003
8:01.69 Kipkirui Misoi KEN 4 24.08.2001
8:02.07 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 2 03.09.2004
8:02.66 Brahim Boulami MAR 3 03.09.2004
8:02.89 Brimin Kipruto KEN 2 14.09.2007
8:03.08 Bernard Barmasai KEN 1 03.09.1999
8:04.32 Saif Saeed Shaheen QAT 1 25.08.2006
8:04.95 Simon Vroemen NED 2 26.08.2005
8:04.99 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 1 05.09.2008
8:05.35 Moses Kiptanui KEN 1 22.08.1997
8:05.68 Wesley Kiprotich KEN 4 03.09.2004
8:05.89 Brimin Kipruto KEN 5 03.09.2004
8:05.96 Richard Matelong KEN 6 03.09.2004
8:06.46 Moses Kiptanui KEN 1 13.09.1991
8:06.65 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 1 30.08.2002

What a standard!!

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Results
Top-8

1 KOECH, Paul Kipsiele KEN 8:04.99
2 KIPRUTO, Brimin KEN SB 8:10.26
3 TAHER, Tareq Mubarak BRN 8:15.32
4 TAHRI, Bouabdallah FRA 8:15.68
5 KIPLAGAT, Benjamin UGA 8:16.78
6 KIPYEGO, Mike KEN 8:19.66
7 MOHAMED, Mustafa SWE 8:20.65
8 KOSGEI, Collins KEN 8:24.13

[ponytayne]

So, basically, other than the Kenyan Championships, Koech will go undefeated this season. sigh.

[croflash]

So, basically, other than the Kenyan Championships, Koech will go undefeated this season. sigh.

Just like last year

[Alan Shank]

Maybe one reason they didn't put Koech in there instead of Matelong is that Matelong teamed with Kipruto and Kemboi for a sweep last year, while Koech finished 7th in 2005, as Kemboi/Kipruto were beaten by Shaheen. He did, however, win bronze in Athens behind Kemboi and Kipruto, when Shaheen was blocked from competing. This year, it was Kemboi who "under-performed" in 7th.

Looking back at the Oly/WC results, I was surprised to see that Bernard Barmasai made the Kenyan SC team in 2001 after not winning a medal in 1999 (5th) and 2000 (4th). He finally got bronze in 2001, in another sweep. In 2003, Michael Kipyego had the temerity to finish 9th in his HEAT.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[Mellow Johnny]

Maybe one reason they didn't put Koech in there instead of Matelong is that Matelong teamed with Kipruto and Kemboi for a sweep last year, while Koech finished 7th in 2005, as Kemboi/Kipruto were beaten by Shaheen. He did, however, win bronze in Athens behind Kemboi and Kipruto, when Shaheen was blocked from competing. This year, it was Kemboi who "under-performed" in 7th.

Looking back at the Oly/WC results, I was surprised to see that Bernard Barmasai made the Kenyan SC team in 2001 after not winning a medal in 1999 (5th) and 2000 (4th). He finally got bronze in 2001, in another sweep. In 2003, Michael Kipyego had the temerity to finish 9th in his HEAT.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

Bummer to see Koech miss out on the Olympics but that's the way it goes. Kenyan officials indicated they would change the selection process after Kemboi finished a disappointing 7th for them when they were going for the sweep.

[eldrick]

Bummer to see Koech miss out on the Olympics but that's the way it goes. Kenyan officials indicated they would change the selection process after Kemboi finished a disappointing 7th for them when they were going for the sweep.

kenyan selectors are too dumb to change anything

if they were going to do this, they shouda done it after '92, when moses missed selection for 3ksc, despite being wc - maybe only excuse they coud have had was that he may have been wc, but not overly fast clockings at that time in his career - that argument died when he broke the 3ksc wr by 3s, aouita's 3k wr & missed aouita's 5k wr by 2.54s off completely inept pacing ( looked good for 12'55 that day, when wr was 12'58.39 )

or they had another chance in '96 when komen failed to get selection & then ran a little matter of 7'20 a few weeks later

kenyan selectors will have to have a gun to their head before they make sensible decisions