Asbel Kiprop wins 1500m, in Doha
May 9, 2014
Courtesy: Universal Sports Asbel Kiprop takes the win in 3:29.18 as 6 men went sub-3:31. Olympic Champ Taoufik Makhloufi makes a comeback with a PR of 3:30.40 after a terrible post-Olympic 2013 year. And Aman Wote, the Drake Relays mile champ, breaks the Ethiopian 1500m record. Men's 1500m Results: 1 KIPROP Asbel KEN 3:29.18 WL,MR 2 KIPLAGAT Silas KEN 3:29.70 SB 3 SOULEIMAN Ayanleh DJI 3:30.16 NR 4 MAKHLOUFI Taoufik ALG 3:30.40 PB 5 MAGUT James Kiplagat KEN 3:30.61 PB 6 WOTE Aman ETH 3:30.86 NR 7 BIRGEN Bethwell KEN 3:31.22 8 ÖZBILEN Ilham Tanui TUR 3:32.09 9 CHEBOI Collins KEN 3:32.30 SB 10 CRONJE Johan RSA 3:33.31 11 TESFAYE Homiyu GER 3:33.33 PB 12 SEUREI Benson BRN 3:34.24 13 CHEPSEBA Nixon Kiplimo KEN 3:34.64 SB 14 AL GARNI Mohamed QAT 3:39.70 15 DRIOUCH Hamza QAT 3:47.48 GEBREMEDHIN Mekonnen ETH DNF MAIYO Hillary Kipkorir KEN DNF ROTICH Andrew Kiptoo KEN DNF Pace: 400mROTICH, Andrew Kiptoo (KEN)54.88 800mROTICH, Andrew Kiptoo (KEN)1:51.32 1200mMAIYO, Hillary Kipkorir (KEN)2:49.06