Mens 5k Heat 1 5000

I was much surprised at a japanese guy's running.
His spurt made the race good. In addition, He make a national record.
I look forward to watching his running at Biejing Olympics 5000m FINAL race.

solinsky is fun to watch

Solinsky is fearless! It's so awesome watching that guy race, can't wait to see more big stuff to come from that guy.

I believe the "A" standard and the Trails standard are not the same. The "A" standard is harder.....
If you get the "A" standard for a event and complete the trails final for that event... you cold still go to China... even if you do not get in the top 3 for that event if the people in fornt of you have not gotten the "A" standard.

If an athlete has an A standard in their event, then a top 3 finish at the trials would solidify their spot on the Olympic team.

Does getting the A standard this year mean the guys won't have to worry about it next year for Beijing? He kept mentioning the A standard and just kept thinking that they didn't qualify for Osaka so it doesn't matter. Thanks.

"wow its funny to see Chris a big white dude next to the african boaz"

wow 12 minutes in two africans really eat it bad

1 BADAY AHMED MAR 13:11.1
2 WARGA BETONA ETH 13:11.4
3 GENETI MARKOS ETH 13:11.8
4 SOLINSKY CHRIS USA 13:12.2
5 MATS. TAKAYUKI JPN 13:13.2
6 KIPRUTO SILAS KEN 13:14.0
7 FITSCHEN JAN GER 13:14.8
8 BOLOTA ASMERON USA 13:15.2
9 KHOUDIR AGGOUNE ALG 13:15.8
10 YIGEZA LISHAN ETH 13:18.0
11 TAK. KENSUKE JPN 13:19.0
12 CHEBOIYWO BOAZ KEN 13:20.7
13 KHAMIS SULTAN QAT 13:32.5
14 COMPERNOLLE TOM BEL 13:33.6
15 TSIGE SOLOMON ETH 13:35.5
16 KHAMIS ISMAEEL BRN 13:36.0
17 ESSA RASHEED QAT 13:37.6
18 ESSAìD MUSTAPHA FRA 13:57.9
RIZKI MONDER BEL DNF
KOMON LEONARD KEN DNF
KIPLAGAT KEN DNF
ESHO BENSON KEN DNF
MATHEKA BERNARD KEN DNF
GABIUS ARNE GER DNF
MOURHIT BEL DNF

Solinsky is going big! Way to handle it with that guy falling in front of you. Even for a huge PR he did not die at the end and did not seem out of place running that fast!

Great race for Chris, go Badgers!

i was rooting so hard for the jappenese guy

Thanks flotrak - great to see the race - did I see a couple of guys go down in the last lap - not mention by the announcer???? Looks like it happened right infront of Solinski...

Holy crap! Thanks Flocast! What a great race for Chris . . . all of us behind the Cheddar Curtain are very proud of that guy.

bad camera work.

Getting lapped by Solinsky at Big 10 indoors doesnt seem as bad after watching that