Only runners truly appreciate this my friend

I was a 400/400H runner at WSU back in the day...watching Bernard Lagat crank out 20 x 400 repeats at faster than my top speed. Humbling for sure...seriously gracious dude though

I hope he gets the wild card

Kipkorir trues his best to maake ebenyo lead but those guys are fire

Ebenyo is the best

Ebenyo is very consistent, I hope he gets a chance.

I'm so confused by this race. Why did it take place at the Prefontaine Classic?

Congratulations from neighbors Ethiopian, great job.

@@PatNeedhamUSA Probably cause its an offical race with proper timing technology, pacers etc. Poor african countries probably just accept the results instead of sanctioning their own race. Idk man

@@PatNeedhamUSA 💲💲💲 Fairly sure Nike paid some dollars to Athletics Kenya to sponsor their trials. Kenya gets their trials and Nike gets a fast and exciting race. Win, win.

Damn 🎉

YEs, It should be Daniel Mateiko, Nicholas Kimeli and DAniel Simiu Ebenyo. Kibet, the third guy, should be axed. I know it is painful but Ebenyo needs to be on the team. Sorry Kibet.

Congratulations from neighbors Ethiopian

I wonder if he learned a thing or two from him - they've a very similar technique. I'd love to see him win gold and dedicate it to his late friend ❤

HE will be on the team. Believe me. If he doesn't, I'll weep.

Thanks for spoiling

@@thundergun933 You spoiled it for yourself by reading the comments. And you soiled yourself by leaving that comment.

Plus looks like he's in racing flats vs spikes

@@thundergun933 Why would you come to the comments section if you don't want to know the results beforehand? That's puzzling of you.

@@nativeson1559 you're absolutely right. I'm constantly disappointed by people thinking they have manners and decency.

We need a middle aged white lady HR manager named Karen to implement DEI protocols into the men's 10,000

Best comment I’ve read today.

What diversity? It’s all Kenya

Since you want to see white people running for Kenya, let me just say this; people of Asian and European (caucasian) origin in Kenya are estimated at 0.3%. Yes, 0.3%.

Diversity, what diversity?? They're all Kenyans

Yeah, I’d forgotten about him until now. He seemed like possible the next big thing - Renato Conova predicted Olympic gold for him, right?

He has done some great races (including 3000m). But he has never lived up to his insane 3:28.81 at only 18 years of age. Some people peak early or burn out. He might have an incorrect birthdate listed too.

poor trainning

Very disturbing. This is what is called an "athletic monopoly" in Kenya. Where the athlete is fully controlled by the shoe company (Nike) and with full approval of the government (they get the money) so the other athlete (for other shoe companies-Adidas, New Balance) still will be out of the championship level (Olympics, world championship etc.) competitions and has no recourse to sue either the shoe company (Nike) and/or the Kenyan government. There is no chance of having an anti-trust suit against them. Practically Nike and the Kenyan government have surreptitiously "unionized" athletics in Kenya. They are the athletic mobsters, the mafia, the Cosa Nostra of running in Kenya. What a travesty.

Not true. Our stadia are undergoing renovation and the others are not approved for any official certification like timing e.t.c. We needed guys to make qualifyin gtimes. That was the reason. Anything else is fake news. Propaganda or in Kiswahili, porojo.

And that's why you see alot of guys prefer road racing....go out there you know you good and win road races and put your name on the map...when you running leading times they have nothing to say to you....They had tried to keep the late wanjiru out of team...he run around winning 4 marathons with top times and they had no choice but to put him in, i think wanjru was an addidas athlete...though he started under Japanese sponsored company mizuko or something...and olympics proved he was the best athlete out there on the roads...he won first marathon for kenya in Beijing...which is crazy with so many great athletes at times i feel like we have not been sending the best athletes..

@@nativeson1559 That is BS. They could have held their trials in Africa or any Diamond League event. They did it at the Prefontaine Classic because Nike is headquartered in Portland. This has been going on for years and is well documented

Maybe Ebenyo.Mburu unfortunately is out of shape.

Yeah if you're getting lapped in an Olympic trial you've gone horribly wrong and you're best off leaving the field

It was Kenyan trials for Paris Olympics

I could pace them for about 100 meters

Took them until the 90s to figure out they had an advantage. Lets give thanks to the founding fathers of road races. Without them, money would have never entered into the sport, and with no money, Kenyans wouldn't even be running.

Congratulations from neighbors Ethiopian

Kenyan born Americans?

@@paulnjeule2510nope, they are all white. Grant Fisher, Nico Young, and William Kincaid

Mateiko is super talented.And FYI Ethiopians aren't at their best since last season.

I know you don't know Mateiko he's a known name in major half marathons in Europe... he's a very good

@@wesleyrotich8326 I may not know much of him, but championships and road running is an all different affair. I hope you know this. Just hope he delivers though

@@yegonkiplangat8871am sure you do know half of fielded athletes were talented. Ethiopians and Ugandan's also know them and monitored too. Its all about tactics my friend. Just wait for the championships and you'll understand.

@@AceitwithFES just don't write him off

There is Ethiopian!

Damn

I mean that’s pretty much what it was

Everyone is saying that, but I like her. She gets the crowd involved and updates other events. At least she doesn't swallow the mic like the male announcer.

It's Mburu. STanley Mburu WAithaka.

Mburu

@@user-ky8fx7sv5j why call him Maburu then ?🤭

Was this a core event?

Africa is NOT a country. Why do you people always make this silly mistake/statement?

No. Kenya did that themselves with all their corruption and doping. They are just as bad as Russia.

How???

It’s a national championship trials for the Olympics

No one has corrupt Kenya

Desmond owns a league? I must be reading the wrong things.

Do you want them to just sit in silence for half an hour watching them running 25 laps on a round track

No. It's normal these days from 800M to 10000M for a group to compete.

@@koechchepkole do a little reading - about how many of Africa's elite distance runners have been suspended from competition in the last 2 years, because they doped, cheated, committed fraud.

They're Kenyans....an average long and middle distance runner there is almost above average in the world competition.... for example, it's a hectic thing when selecting team Kenya for Olympics marathon since 360 guys met the qualifying time required by olympics yet it's only 3 slots available

@@wesleyrotich8326 do a little reading. Look into the dozens of "above average" who have been suspended for cheating/doping since 2023 - DOZENS of of Africa's best.

​@@isitrachelorj3953no different anywhere else in the world

What is your mile pace? You should first thank these runners then bring your complaints

​@@tituskiptoo1664?????????🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Naah on matters sports the visa was not the challenge

You think the guys who were left out were going to run a sub 26:50? Do you really think so? Anyone who is someone was in this race. YEs, a few missed visas but that is something we can do without . Just get serious for a start. I also believe that by your reasoning, there are women crying because they couldn't get visas to come qualify for the Olympics in the 10,000m. LEt me tell you what happened because you DON'T seem to know. There results are as follows. 1. Beatrice Chebet - 28.15.14. WR (World Record). 2. Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) 29.05.92 PB (Personal Best) 3. Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 29:26.89 PB 4. Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi 29.27.59 (PB). NOw, these three girls (Kenyans) are the ones who've been running for KEnya. They swept the world Cross country this year (1-2-3-4-5-) with Chebet being first, Rengeruk second and Chelimo third- IN THE SAME ORDER! The trials had been held in Kenya. One runner who broke the women's road 10k, AGnes Ng'etich, was fifth and Anyango (who was second to her) fourth in the 1-2-3-4-5 sweep in Belgrade. Do you really think we left out people who'd have beaten these ladies? Come on man!

@@nativeson1559 so you don’t believe in giving a 27:10 guy an opportunity? What if you were that guy?

They’re not good enough.

this acted as the kenyan olympic trial

Why the bile???

When you succeed, failures always feel pain. It's all that GMO slowing you down

TÜRKİYE, den tebrikler ve basarilar dileriz .❤

Also take your runners for doping my foot

Wow