I was late on this thread. The new qualifying rules for the 800M means the heats are do or die!Only the top 2 qualify unlike in the past when there were 4 qualifiers. It's a travesty that there will be no Kenyan in the final (interesting stat that the last time this happened was 1995).

Tirunesh Dibaba is in a world of her own, did Vivian Cheruiyot beat her in Daegu or she did not participate??? Her kick is like the one for Bekele...she will remain at the top for a while.I'd love to see the two face off in Rio in both the 5k and 10k, hopefully Vivian will get back to fitness after maternity leave.

It's interesting how we know Bolt will win the orgasmic 100M final but we still get excited about it.I have a feeling he'd have smashed his WR in Daegu if it wasn't for the false start. I feel nothing for athletes who have been caught doping before i.e. Gatlin

The SC finals will be very interesting......Koech only qualified for Moscow via a wild card and Kipruto aims to sweep Kemboi aside.

I think that was Kemboi as the defending champ .Kipruto and Koech go through 1st and 2nd in heat 3.Kipruto versus Kemboi will be war in the final.

yule mfaransa aliqualify?

Mo farah also has the kick this days and even outruns bekele which was thought unimaginable a few years ago .it comes down to coaching endurance and speedwork thats why the ethiopians never allowed the press to cover their training sessions before major championships infact dibaba could be the last of the ethiopians to have the kick as vivian has now outkicked defar so many times..