July 10, 2011

World Youth Championships are ridiculous.

Seventeen year-old boys do not run these times. So either the time is wrong, or they're not seventeen. At the Youth level, there's some African countries cheating. I feel bad for the real seventeen year-olds who show up, run the race of their seventeen year-old life, and get killed by twenty-eight year-old Kenyans. The 3000m is especially disgusting. 

BOYS 800m final

1 5 523 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha KEN 1:44.08 (WY)
2 6 316 Mohammed Aman ETH 1:44.68 (PB)
3 8 522 Timothy Kitum KEN 1:44.98 (PB)

BOYS 1500m final

1 320 Teshome Dirirsa ETH 3:39.13 (PB)
2 524 Vincent Kiprotich Mutai KEN 3:39.17 (PB)
3 527 Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe KEN 3:39.54 .


BOYS 3000m final

1 528 William Malel Sitonik KEN 7:40.10 (CR)
2 525 Patrick Mutunga Mwikya KEN 7:40.47 (PB)
3 281 Abrar Osman Adem ERI 7:40.89 (PB)
4 319 Solomon Deksisa ETH 7:42.10 (PB)
5 321 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 7:45.11 (PB)
6 573 Mohammed Abid MAR 7:57.45 (PB)

Seventeen year-olds.