Despite all the constant raving about the
indisputable depth of the Kenyan distance
runners, if one does an event by event breakdown
of all the events, it is quite possible that the
Kenyan men could leave Sydney without a single
gold medal. Kenyan born Kipketer looks beatable
by at least the Swiss and the Algerian in the
800. Although El G is not close to his previous
best, he is favored to win the 1500. In the
steeple another North African could win gold. In
the 5000, the Kenyans could be shut out of all
the medals with the 20 year old Algerian,
Mohorit, and Lalafi. In the 10000, you have to
think Geb is still going to win. Based on recent
championship results you have to pick the Iberian
runners over the Kenyans in the marathon. It
could be a shutout. As a group, the Arabs seem
to have better prospects than the Kenyans. Has
anyone else noticed? When are T&F News picks
going to be posted on their Web Site?
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