“I am not experienced and it will be my first time running under our national colours. But I am confident about my chances. I will be going for gold.” - Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)
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77 comments:
I would be happy with a strong gutsy performance. no DNF's. That is all:)
fast pace at the start... not sure if this is good news for our runners. I wish we had a strong competitor like Haile in this race. It's saddening that the marathon and Ethiopia are no longer synonymous
I predict:
Ryan Hall
Sammy Wanjiru
Jaoud Gharib
too fast for our guys. Kenyans are taking control.
Kenyans are crazy. Deribe Merga is with them but this pace can't be good.
Indeed crazy. I think they will pull it off though.
What is Megra thinking? He is injecting pace.
Deriba can't keep this up.
Does not look good. This is way too fast. Maybe the front pack will melt.
D. Merga is going for it:) 2.04 pace is way too fast though...
Tsegaye is actually not far behind. He is about to pick off the Spaniard.
FOr some reason, I just think he is our best hope. He is younger and talented.
Do you think the Kenyans wanted to open a gap early to drop most of the runners, play a mental game, and then slow down the pace?
Agree Tsegaye is the best of the three. He is running from behind. The pace will have to slow.
Gashaw is a strong runner and smart but I am not sure how he is physically.
Eritrean leading? Do they know what they are doing?
the eritreans are looking good, they don't look as stressed. I think they'll medal.
No one know what the Kenyans were thinking. If they had a plan this was a crazy plan.
Tsegaye is back with the lead pack! Good running.
I will buy you all a beer if we get a medal:)
The Eritrean and Ethiopian sharing a bottle. Beautiful:)
did u see the eritreans and ethios sharing water... that was a great moment :)
Not sure what the Kenyans are thinking. Deriba kept up with the surge. He is hanging in there. Will have to see how long he holds up.
Tsegaye is not playing the cat and mouse game. He is running within himself.
Ryan Hall is running funny. He is lifting his legs up high. Not sure what he was advised.
Ryan Hall always runs like that. Missed the water bottle moment... feeding kids dinner, life has to go on eventhough I think it should stop for the marathon.
My picks Wanjiru and Gharib are still in the lead pack and Hall is smart enough to run a pace that will get him up front by the end
Gashaw Asfaw sittign at #11 after 15k.
Deriba Mega is going to collapse.
Lel, Wanjiru, Merga, Kifle were all in the top 7 at London this year... should know each other well. Gharib is very good in warm weather- Chicago 2007 photo finish in 80 deg weather.
20K Gashaw in 10th @20K
Deribe Merga is in the leading group and seems confident. Good for him. Tsegaye is 15 seconds behind.
1:02:38 for half... suicide, they will all blow up
Interesting! Yonas and Deriba are chatting:)
Tsegaye just picked off Yared, the other Eritrean.
Merga, wow... he won a race in Nazreth (warm) last year. He is also the half-marathon champ from 2007 All-Africa Games. He is the only elite that still competes in races in Ethiopia. May be this is his reward.
Tempreture climbing now 78. Jaouad Gharib fighting to stay with the pack. He is dangerous if he stays with the pack. Yonas Kifle, 2:07:34runner looking good.
Its great to see such sportsmanship between the Ethiopian and Eritrean. I hope they won't let stupid politics cloud this spirit and set themselves as great examples for the rest of us.
Deriba is punishing these guys. He looks good.
Nice shot of Yared ERI & Tsegaye ETH working together.
anonymous. It is wonderful, indeed.
Anyone has a streaming link? NBC is cutting away too much and ETV promised live coverage but they have the Men 5000M on a continuous loop.
http://www.aelling-online-tv.dk/
Select Sports Tv from the first drop down and from the second drop down Norway NRK 1 station.
You will also need to download koo player. When you select, it will give you a link to download it from.
roocha,
http://olympicslivechannel.blogspot.com/
The second window has live streaming feed of the marathon (arab chan)
Hope this helps
Look at Deriba.
Thanks Yekolo... but having problem with it. Only 30 min left to troubleshoot.
GO DERIBA- he won the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis couple years back which was his breakthrough.
He is flying. He will get something out of this.
Deriba is doing great! I wonder how far back Tesfaye is.
NBC is driving me nuts!
Hope Deriba he does not cramp. Gharib does is still there. If he sticks around he is dangerous. He has not done any work.
welemta...I agree but he is just hanging on.
Tsegaye and Yared are chasing the leaders. Not sure how far behind.
Those with non-NBC link, please post updates. A break could be made during so many of these commercials and we would miss it.
Yonas Kifle 1.25 behind.
Tsegaye is 1.52 behind the leaders.
Yonas seems to have recovered.
Lel has fallen back.
For splits check...
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C70B/ATM099101.shtml#ATM099101
Tsegaye was off by more than a minute @30K
sorry. Lel is 1.30 behind. and Gashasw assfaw about 3.45 behind.
Tsegaye 1.52 behind.
Ouch. Deriba bombing.
Deriba gave it a good run.
our best hope is 3rd now.... so sad to see Merga fade away
welemta...I agree. That is all I ask for.
Deriba does not look good. The chase group is not far behind. Let us cross our fingers. He has given up. He is checking back.
Look for Yonas Kifle for 3rd place. Tsegay could end up finishing 4th.
Yekolo- the link worked for me now. Thanks so much!!!
Tsegaye is not far behind Deriba
Bronze is going to be ours.
In all honesty, it's about time a Kenyan won the Olympic Marathon.
2:06:32 in these conditions!!!
Tsegaye is gonna take him:)
This is interesting.... two Ethiopians battling for Bronze!
Go Tsegaye!
Look at Tsegaye. He looks good.
Deriba will collapse at the finish...
Tsegaye!
May be he will collapse before the finish
Funny Tsegaye did not want to stop running. Looks good.
Deriba actually walked the last step. GUTSY, GUTSY... I bet he has no regret. Tsegaye Kebede ran a BRILLIANT race within satying within his limits. How would Haile have done??
All three runners finished. In fact Ethiopia was the best team. #3, #4 & #7. The problem is #4 & #7 do not count. I wonder how they would have done if they had run as a team?
Yekolo,
Good call on Tsegaye!
Disappointed with the finish. But good running.
roocha said...
I predict:
Ryan Hall
Sammy Wanjiru
Jaoud Gharib
7:47 PM
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Did I mention I picked two out of three right?! Look here for my prediction of another race:
http://www.roocha.net/2007/10/20426-predicted.html
And all of a sudden, the Olympics are over :( :(
Roocha,
I am getting out of the prediction business. I have figured out that it's not for me.
Great run from our team:)I owe you all a beer!
he would have said the truth kenya is strong in marathon.and thats why gebre dint participate because he was afraid of the kenyans.gebre hold the world record but the truth is that he never won compitive marathon.
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