¶London DL—mSteeple: Koech 8:17.70

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13 AUG 2010
Start Time: 19:34 SAMSUNG Diamond League Event
WORLD RECORD 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed SHAHEEN QAT Bruxelles (BEL) 3 SEP 2004
AREA RECORD 7:55.28 Brahim BOULAMI MAR Bruxelles (BEL) 24 AUG 2001
AREA RECORD 8:01.18 Bouabdallah TAHRI FRA Berlin (GER) 18 AUG 2009
AREA RECORD 8:08.82 Daniel LINCOLN USA Roma (ITA) 14 JUL 2006
AREA RECORD 8:14.05 Peter RENNER NZL Koblenz (GER) 29 AUG 1984
WORLD LEAD 8:00.90 Brimin Kiprop KIPRUTO KEN Paris-St-Denis (FRA) 16 JUL 2010
MEETING RECORD 8:08.11 Patrick SANG KEN 7 JUL 1995
Order Name Nat Date of Birth PB SB Diamond
Points
Diamond
Ranking Result Rank
1-1 ABDI Youcef AUS 7 DEC 1977 8:16.36 8:25.31
1-2 BRUCE Ben USA 10 SEP 1982 8:22.88 8:22.88 1 8
1-3 JIMENEZ Antonio ESP 18 FEB 1977 8:11.52 8:28.89
1-4 PAULO Alberto Casimiro POR 3 OCT 1985 8:24.06 8:24.06
1-5 KIPYEGO Michael KEN 2 OCT 1983 8:08.48 8:16.46 2 6
1-6 KOECH Paul Kipsiele KEN 10 NOV 1981 7:56.37 8:02.07 9 2
1-7 CHUMBA Linus KEN 9 FEB 1980 8:11.98 8:18.48 4 4
1-8 KIPRUTO Brimin Kiprop KEN 31 JUL 1985 8:00.90 8:00.90 9 1
1-9 SLATTERY Steve USA 14 AUG 1980 8:15.69 8:24.05
1-10 GUNN Luke GBR 22 MAR 1985 8:28.48 8:28.89
1-11 STOKES Stuart GBR 5 DEC 1976 8:23.66 8:34.06

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Re: London DL—mSteeple

Wow, what a race! An incredible acceleration by Paul Koech that obliterated the rest of the field. And boy, Olympic and World Champion Brimin Kipruto looked like he'd completely forgotten how hurdle. He nearly fell on the water jump a few times, and his landings were all over the place. I think Koech has found a new strategy instead of busting it from the gun. Making the last 3 or 4 laps fast and hard just took out 2 of his biggest competitors.

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Re: London DL—mSteeple

Rank Name Nat Date of Birth Result
Diamond
Points
Diamond
Ranking
Order
1 KOECH Paul Kipsiele KEN 10 NOV 1981 1-6 8:17.70 13 1
2 KEMBOI Ezekiel KEN 25 MAY 1982 1-7 8:19.95 7 3
3 KIPRUTO Brimin KEN 31 JUL 1985 1-8 8:20.77 10 2
4 CHUMBA Linus KEN 9 FEB 1980 1-12 8:30.59 4 4
5 JIMENEZ Antonio ESP 18 FEB 1977 1-3 8:30.90
6 ABDI Youcef AUS 7 DEC 1977 1-1 8:31.87
7 BRUCE Ben USA 10 SEP 1982 1-2 8:32.14 1 8
8 GUNN Luke GBR 22 MAR 1985 1-10 8:32.65
9 STOKES Stuart GBR 5 DEC 1976 1-11 8:33.00 SB
10 KIPYEGO Michael KEN 2 OCT 1983 1-5 8:34.90 2 6
11 PAULO Alberto POR 3 OCT 1985 1-4 8:41.36
12 SLATTERY Steve USA 14 AUG 1980 1-9 8:44.72
Intermediate times: 1000m 2:54.73 110 KOECH Paul Kipsiele (KEN)
2000m 5:42.30 110 KOECH Paul Kipsiele (KEN)

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Re: ¶London DL—mSteeple: Koech 8:17.70

Koech 13, Kipruto 10, Kemboi 7. Kipruto and Koech 2-2 in DL wins. Koech 3-2 overall. Any of the 3 can still win.

[Alan Shank]

Re: London DL—mSteeple

Wow, what a race! An incredible acceleration by Paul Koech that obliterated the rest of the field. And boy, Olympic and World Champion Brimin Kipruto looked like he'd completely forgotten how hurdle. He nearly fell on the water jump a few times, and his landings were all over the place.

Yes, I thought Kipruto looked very strong until, on the (I think) penultimate WJ, Koech stepped on top while Kipruto hurdled it and almost fell, staggering a bit then having to fight Kemboi off. The last WJ was almost a repeat. After that, it was all over. Koech looked very strong in the stretch, however, and probably would have won anyway.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA