Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

[t_monk]

World Record 3:50.46 Yunxia QU CHN Beijing 11 SEP 1993
Area Record 3:55.30 Hassiba BOULMERKA ALG Barcelona 8 AUG 1992
Area Record 3:52.47 Tatyana KAZANKINA URS Zürich 13 AUG 1980
Area Record 3:57.12 Mary SLANEY USA Stockholm 26 JUL 1983
World Lead 3:57.77 Genzebe DIBABA ETH Shanghai 19 MAY 2012
Meeting Record 3:56.55 Maryam Yussuf JAMAL BRN 10 JUL 2009
Order Athlete Nation PB SB Diamond Points Diamond Ranking
1-1 PLIS Renata POL 4:03.50 4:08.26
1-2 SHEVCHENKO Anzhelika UKR 4:07.24
2-1 STELLINGWERFF Hilary CAN 4:05.69 4:07.64
2-2 MAGNANI Margherita ITA 4:11.86 4:11.86
3-1 MÅKESTAD BOVIM Ingvill NOR 4:02.20
3-2 HARRER Corinna GER 4:04.81 4:04.81
4-1 SHUMI Genzeb BRN 4:05.16 4:05.16
4-2 BELETE Mimi BRN 4:00.25 4:09.23
5-1 TWELL Stephanie GBR 4:02.54 4:09.59
5-2 OBIRI Helen KEN 4:02.42 4:03.15
6-1 UCENY Morgan USA 4:00.06 4:06.52
6-2 AREGAWI Abeba ETH 3:59.23 3:59.23 2 2
7-1 LAKHOUAD Ibtissam MAR 3:59.35 4:01.69 1 3
7-2 DIBABA Genzebe ETH 3:57.77 3:57.77 4 1
8-1 LUCHKINA Anna RUS 4:09.69
8-2 KONOVALOVA Anna RUS 4:03.92 4:20.31

[t_monk]

Re: Rome DL-1500w

Rank Athlete Nation Result Diamond Points Diamond Ranking
1 AREGAWI Abeba ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR 6 1
2 OBIRI Helen KEN 3:59.68 PB 2 3
3 DIBABA Genzebe ETH 4:00.85 5 2
4 UCENY Morgan USA 4:01.59 SB
5 HARRER Corinna GER 4:04.30 PB
6 LAKHOUAD Ibtissam MAR 4:04.30 1 4
7 PLIS Renata POL 4:04.48 SB
8 STELLINGWERFF Hilary CAN 4:05.08 PB
9 SHEVCHENKO Anzhelika UKR 4:05.96 PB
10 MÅKESTAD BOVIM Ingvill NOR 4:06.09
11 SHUMI Genzeb BRN 4:06.39
12 TWELL Stephanie GBR 4:09.50 SB
13 MAGNANI Margherita ITA 4:12.17
14 BELETE Mimi BRN 4:14.36
KONOVALOVA Anna RUS DNF
LUCHKINA Anna RUS DNF

[mump boy]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

This was mind boggling :? :shock:

[jpaule]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Can't wait for London because the pace is going to be fast and there isn't going to be any jogging the first couple of laps. I hope the US gals are prepared for this - doubt it though.

[catson52]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Is there a video of this race?

[t_monk]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

I just did not see this coming....

[andyjgt]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Pleased with Angie's 4:05.96 PB.

Angie baby, we need an A standard 2nite.

[26mi235]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Pleased with Angie's 4:05.96 PB.

Angie baby, we need an A standard 2nite.

And Hilary's 4:05.08 PR after all these years. It seems like ages ago that Hilary Edmondson was racing for Wisconsin.

[tm71]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Can't wait for London because the pace is going to be fast and there isn't going to be any jogging the first couple of laps. I hope the US gals are prepared for this - doubt it though

REMEMBER REMEMBER. there are no rabbits in the olympics and there are three rounds to boot so it will be another tactical race in the final, even though i dont think it will be another 4.05 plus like last year.

[fromage]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Vastly unlikely that the OG will be run in any manner similar to the paced race last night, outstanding though Aregawi's performance was.
A quick look through the All- time 1500m this century suggests that apart from Jamal all the faster performances than last night's 1500m were by athletes subsequently banned for drugs, e.g. Russsians, a Turkish cheat. Ayan .

[Alan Shank]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Did anybody SEE this race? What happened to Genzebe? She was in the lead at 1200 in 3:11+, then ran about 49 for last 300, with Aregawi under 45. The pacing was excellent, BTW.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA

[DecFan]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Alan:
You can watch the race at this link.

Aregawi went by Dibaba shortly after 1200, then blew the race wide open in the last 200. Obiri and Dibaba entered the homestretch together.

Did anybody SEE this race? What happened to Genzebe? She was in the lead at 1200 in 3:11+, then ran about 49 for last 300, with Aregawi under 45. The pacing was excellent, BTW.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA

[donley2]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Fastest time since 2006.

[IanS_Liv]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

Genzebe Dibaba was the hot favourite for the OGs right up until that race!

[Alan Shank]

Re: Rome DL-1500w: Abeba Aregawi ETH 3:56.54 WL,MR,NR

I watched the race (thanks to DecFan). Genzebe was right with the pacemaker at 800, with Aregawi a bit back and more back to Obiri. It looked like Genzebe was going for a fast time, although she did slow down the 3rd lap. Aregawi passed her about halfway down the backstretch and ran sub-30 the last 200.

I'm probably reading too much into this, but I got the impression Genzebe was over-confident,like it was more-or-less of a time trial, since she had little trouble with Aregawi in Shanghai. Perhaps it's a good lesson.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA