Genzebe Dibaba thinks Steeple, from EME NEWS

Genzebe Dibaba, Carlsbad 5k, photo by PhotoRun.net

Genzebe thinks steeple
BEKOJI (ETH): World 1500m champion Genzebe Dibaba has said that she is sure that she can beat her world 1500m record, report AS. “I do not know what can happen in the future, but if I am able to maintain the same volume of work and results then I do believe that I can improve it,” said the 24 year old Ethiopian. “I know I can run a 1500 faster than in Monaco (3: 50.07), of that I am sure.” Despite saying in Monaco this year that she would never attempt a steeplechase race, Dibaba now says “I would like to try 3000m steeplechase. I know that for a simple matter of series and schedules, it would be impossible to compete in the 1500m, 5000m and 3000 SC in Rio, but I would like to try the steeplechase.”

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Editor’s note: At the Monaco GP presser, I believe that we asked Genzebe about the steeple. She was not ready and noted that she would never attempt the steeplechase. I like to ask athletes about events that they had not tried. I have been trying to get Allyson Felix to run the 400 meter hurdles. For several years, I asked Jeremy Wariner about getting serious on the steeplechase.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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