FINISHING SPEED GIVES ETHIOPIAN HIS SECOND TITLE AT THE DISTANCE
HAVING twice been fourth in the World Championships 5000m, it’s hard to fathom that Yomif Kejelcha is still only 20 years of age but here he successfully defended his 3000m title with surprising ease.
Having been continually thwarted in recent years by Mo Farah’s finishing kick, it is perhaps ironic that he is now based in Oregon and has effectively replaced Farah in Alberto Salazar’s training group since the Briton’s track retirement. Here he showed he could well be the future of global running outdoors too by the manner in which he dispatched a good quality field.
The long-legged Ethiopian won with exceptional finishing speed – 2:22.70 for the final kilometre – but the overall time was mediocre and the 8:14.41 now replaces Frank O’Mara’s 1987 mark as the slowest winning time in history.
Spain’s European champion Adel Mechaal was ahead at 1000m in a pedestrian 3:08.24. That works out at 2:12 marathon pace for 26.2 miles!
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