On Kipketer:
I have seen him run against a similar background before.
In 1998, he had just returned from his long bout with malaria. It was in
Budapest in the European championships and he was running against a similar
field, at least in terms of European rivals (No Sepeng or Guerni). In the
end he left too much to be done. Once Schumann blazed home, he despaired and
jogged home in 6th place ,I think.
When he was running in years of good health and complete season, he never
had these problem.
If you analyze El-Gerrouj and Barmassai's losses, they were not that
different from Kipketer's. Off a quick pace, Baramssai would not have been
involved in that Skirmish. In fact, he has repeated his grave mistake from
last year in Seville. He is a physically small runner with a fantastic
stamina. His worst scenario is a crowded finish off a slow pace. El Guerrouj
erred by NOT resorting to last year's tactics of running lightning fast in
the front aided by Kaouch (a-la-Keino/Jipcho in 1968) and annihilating the
Spanish opposition..
UG
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On NBC's coverage times; I'd recommend just setting up
tapes and letting 'em fly. I've made it a habit of always
taping the 10 AM (EDT) coverage and the 12:30 AM to 2+ AM
coverage regardless of the posted schedule. Luckily I've
seen virtually everything as a result.
On Capel, I agree that he should have just followed through
on the false start. Regardless, let's not take anything
away from Kenteris et al!
On Nool, I heard that the US and the UK protested - wonder
if there was a protest from the silver medalist's country?
>From what NBC showed, the stepping out of the circle was
significant.
On the mens' 800, it seems odd to me that Kipketer timed
his finish the way he did. Either he's not in top shape,
or he blundered quite seriously. Kipketer is a very
experienced and very talented runner, who finished 2nd in
1:45+. If he's in shape, he's probably going to be
kicking himself for not trying to pick up the pace
earlier...
Finally, great job by everyone about not disclosing
results! I often see the event 24 hrs after it happened
due to my taping habits and am really enjoying that there's
only been 2 events where I knew what happened before I saw
it - and neither were the fault of this list.
Dave
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