World lead possible at the end of season….

Shannon Rowbury, photo by Stuart Weir via TV

Beatrice Chepkoech, photo by Stuart Weir via TV

The women’s 3000m is going to be huge in Doha, Qatar…and the fields are tough….

World lead possible at the end

DOHA (QAT): Last race of the FridayÂ´s Doha Diamond League will be women 3000 m and this event has the biggest chances from all the races to achieve at the end of the season a World lead 2020. It is held by US Shannon Rowbury with 8:40.26, but the quality of the field gives realistic hopes to improve it and possibly substantially. Mainly World champion Hellen Obiri with steeple World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech, but also Oceanian record holder Jessica Hull who improved this year to 14:43 level in the 5000 m. In strong group of Kenyans also Agnes Tirop with Margaret Kipkemboi and former steeple World champion Hyvin Kiyeng. From Ethiopians to mention, Tsehay Gemechu, Lemlem Hailu and mainly Gudaf Tsegay. Attacking the European lead 2020 8:44.92 will be strong British trio Laura Weightman, Eilish McColgan and Melissa Courtney-Bryant.

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Dave Hunter

Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: [email protected]

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