Hawdian Posted March 10, 2014 So great to see another champion from Geeska Africa Djibouti. Ayanleh Suleyman ( Ayanleh is only 21 years old and already winning old and has the charisma of the great African champions. Keep an eye on this kid from Jabouuti what a champion. Ayanleh Souleiman fulfills his promise and wins men’s 1500 gold – Email this page 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships March 7, 2014 to March 9, 2014 Sopot Poland View LetsRun.com event coverage by LetsRun.com March 8, 2014 Sopot, Poland - Djibouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman fulfilled the promise he’s shown in recent years and officially arrived as track and field’s newest mid-d star with a brilliant gold medal run of 3:37.52 in the men’s 1500 final at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Despite many experts viewing this race as a wide-open affair, Souleiman ran as a heavy favorite would – controlling it from the front, leading almost uninterrupted from the start to the finish. Souleiman claimed gold in 3:37.52 as Ethiopian Aman Wote, who ran right behind Souleiman for much of the race and briefly took the lead as he made a bid for golden glory with just over 300 meters remaining, ended up a deserving second claiming his first global medal in 3:38.02. Defending champion Morocan Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco took his third straight World Indoor medal (he also won silver in 2010) in 3:38.21 – ahead of Kiwi Nick Willis who was fourth on the track in 3:28.47. Willis was eventually DQd for stepping inside of the rail on the last turn. American Will Leer, who ran much of the race in last place, closed decently to initially finish in 7th in 3:39.60 (now moved up to sixth). Results and LetsRun.com Analysis below. Men’s 1500 Results 1 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI 3:37.52 2 Aman WOTE ETH 3:38.08 3 Abdalaati IGUIDER MAR 3:38.21 4 Ilham Tanui ÖZBILEN TUR 3:39.10 5 Jakub HOLUŠA CZE 3:39.23 6 Will LEER USA 3:39.60 7 Homiyu TESFAYE 3:39.90 8 Bethwell BIRGEN KEN 3:40.66 Nicholas WILLIS NEW ZEALAND NZL DQ R163.3(b)splits 200m Ayanleh SOULEIMAN 28.45 400m Bethwell BIRGEN 59.21 600m Ayanleh SOULEIMAN 1:28.41 800m Ayanleh SOULEIMAN 1:58.96 1000m Ayanleh SOULEIMAN 2:29.53 1200m Aman WOTE 2:58.23 1400m Ayanleh SOULEIMAN 3:24.49 Quick Take #1: Souleiman is officially a mid-star. If Souleiman ends up being the face of mid-d running the next few years, the sport will be in good hands. He’s got a bit of natural charisma that he displayed by doing a little victory dance on the track after winning and he has decent at English. http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/03/ayanleh-souleiman-fulfills-promise-wins-mens-1500-gold-nick-willis-4th-dqd/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
