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1	BENEDETTI Giordano	ITA	1:46.32	1:48.11
2	KIVUVA Jackson Mumbwa	KEN	1:43.72	1:45.71
3	KOSENCHA Leonard Kirwa	KEN	1:43.60	1:43.60
4	REINA Antonio Manuel	ESP	1:43.83	1:44.65
4	SCAPINI Mario	ITA	1:47.20	1:48.48
5	LEWANDOWSKI Marcin	POL	1:43.84	1:44.34
6	KITUM Timothy	KEN	1:44.00	1:44.00
6	BUBE Andreas	DEN	1:44.99	1:44.99
7	OSAGIE Andrew	GBR	1:44.64	1:44.64
8	HOLUŠA Jakub	CZE	1:45.12	1:45.12
8	SOM Bram	NED	1:43.45
9	KIILU Vincent Mumo

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Twell looked very sluggish and flat....4:09.5...will she stick to 5K now?

That 12 year old won in 1.44.6, Lewandowski was 2nd and Osagie 3rd in 1.44.6

I'm actually just watching it on BBC Three on the red button!! GB just won the 4x400m. Beating the mighty nation of Botswana into 2nd. 

Yes, I felt a bit sorry for Twell tonight. She was improving her 1500m time year on year until she got injured and looked a strong favourite to break 4 minutes by 2012. Then again, I don't think breaking 4 minutes is going to cut the mustard this year anyway. A lot of women seem to be running very fast already and the Games are still 2 months away. She'll probably have to run around her PB just to make the final and her chances of a medal are zero. It's too early to judge for sure, but I don't see her running a 1500m PB by early August. Her cross country comeback was at least solid, if not spectacular, so maybe 5000m is her best option for the Games. She'll at least have a shot at making a final.

Pavey looked sluggish too and, at almost 39, it's probably old legs more than marathon training that led to a 'way off the pace' 15.09 in a Diamond League meeting. She wasn't too far off the Africans at her best and I hope she at least bows out with a more respectable time in London. She has always come across as a nice person in interviews. Good luck to her in whatever she does if this is her last season at the elite level.