3 Ethiopians casually run 3:55.28 - 3:56.47 - The US should forfeit now! 🤣

Wow, those times are really DOPE!

All these Ethiopian women, Kipyegon, and the rest will be destroyed next year by Shelby Houlihan. It’s gonna be awesome to watch!

Who cares? I bet they don't even have any In-n-Out's in Ethiopia. I'm America Strong.

Wowsers. So at least 6 Ethiopian women have run under 4:00 this early in the year (in last couple of days actually) and have world leading 1500m times. Yep. They are loaded.

1. ) 3:55.28 Freweyni HAILU
2.) 3:55.47 Diribe WELTEJI
3.) 3:56.47 Hirut MESHESHA
4.) 3:58.11 Gudaf TSEGAY
5.) 3:58.43 Birke HAYLOM
6.) 3:58.79 Tigist GIRMA

We are fat friendly here in the US. Fat women are embraced like never before. Coaches have to lie to their athletes about their poor eating habits and pretend they don’t see what they see…as long as fatty feels good about herself.
We have no chance unless our diet only consists of tainted burritos.

Def loaded.

Tooth Ugg Eels!!

Stop feeding into this scam.

It is called epo, steroids and corruption.

2 the gills!!!

Let's see how these featherweights respond to Shelbo on day 9 after her fourth and final Tijuana "altitude camp".

Some pigs will die, but they shall be remembered fondly.

¡Ay, caramba!

The EPOthian women are incredible.

Those 3 Ethiopians are nearly the same age. Mesesha turned 23 a couple of weeks ago, Hailu turns 23 soon and Welteji will be 22 in a couple of months.

Haylom is 18. Nelly Chepchirchir of Kenya is 20.

It almost makes you wonder why any American female is prioritizing the 1500 now, although Wiley did come within one second of Mesesha in that Diamond League race last September.

Mesesha and Hailu race nearly the identical schedule. I've noted that previously but I didn't check the tagalong numbers until today. They have already faced each other 16 times at 1500 plus the recent mile in Ostrava. Hailu leads that series 11-6.

Welteji is 8-2 versus Mesesha but only 2-6 against Hailu.

Haylom is 3-2 against Mesesha, 0-4 versus Hailu and 1-5 facing Welteji.

Hailu didn't race the 1500 in Budapest. She ran 5000 and was 7th. Mesesha took her place in the 1500 and didn't advance out of the slower semifinal heat. That's why there was actually greater Ethiopian strength at 1500 than it appeared exiting 2023. Haylom wasn't ready to contend. The current 4th in the world Hailu wasn't in the worlds 1500.

Obviously Tsegay is huge at that distance also but seldom visits anymore.

In my opinion this is why they are so good--community/camaraderie. I could watch them doing drills all day.

a lot of posts here referencing EPO yet very few ethiopians are ever busted for drugs. seems like a lot of people are getting mixed up with their kenyan neighbours. completely different cultures, people, and attitudes towards cheating.

China 2.0. You can just stroll across the street from the stadium and get epo over the counter. I almost expect them to be faster.

Please. Almost zero testing in Ethiopia.

Not gonna take the time to read your post, but those are crappy marathon times.

As opposed to what? Not giving it a shot?
The 5k and 10k are just as stacked.

Giving up is silly. I’d rather they do their best with whatever they’ve got.