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Welcome to Helsinki 2005 Day 6 |
Day 6 of the Helsinki 2005 World Track Championships, would see the Finals of the Men's 5000m and 800m heats.
Men's 5000m heats :
Tadesse takes long route to final
When Tadesse Zersenay learns to run his races in by the shortest possible route, the Eritrean could prove to be a real force to be reckoned with internationally.
Zersenay was one of a number of runners from the 10,000 metres final earlier in the week who lined up for tonight's heats of the 5,000m.
And, in common with his previous run, the little Eritrean zig-zagged his way throughout the heat, ducking into and out of the pack, occasionally getting a bump or a shove from a rival.
Racing in the first heat, won by Isaac Songok in 13:20.36, off a 2:32.31 last kilometre, Tadesse ultimately placed sixth, and so outside the automatic qualifying places. But his 13:22.36 was quick enough, just, to squeeze into Sunday's final as one of the seven fastest losers.
Given that the second heat was run at a generally quicker pace, with another Kenyan winner in Eliud Kipchoge, clocking 13:12.86, as the first five finished in under 13min 15sec, the final promises to be a spectacular clash between the east Africans, as Ethiopia also qualified three for the final, including 18-year-old Tariku Bekele (runner-up in heat one in 13:20.66), the brother of the 10,000m champion, Kenenisa Bekele.
The elder Bekele apparently got his wish not to run in the 5,000, since he was not among the competitors in either heat tonight.
Helsinki 2005 Media Team/sd 11Aug
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Men's 800m heats :
An intense series of 800m heats saw the massive casualty of Alfred Kirwa Yego not progressing to the next round.
A series of different heats with the significant display of Rashid Ramzi winning his heat a day after winning the 1500m title. The Bahrain athlete, looks to win the 800/1500m double, something not achieved on a World level since 1964, when New Zealand's Peter Snell won in Tokyo.
The Russian athlete and 2004 Olympic Champion, Yuriy Borzakovskiy, staked his claim as favourite to win the overall title but cruising through his heat with Kenyan, William Yiampoy, in tow.
South Africa's Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, made heavy weather of going through to the next round with a display of running which belies his position as Silver medalist from Athens. . | results |
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