World Indoor Preview: Men's Running Events

In many events, a lot of the world's top athletes don't compete indoors. I've listed off the top five in each event who are going to be there.

60 meters
Top five competing athletes in the Superfan Rankings...
Dwain Chambers GBR
Ivory Williams USA
Daniel Bailey ANT
Mike Rodgers USA
Nesta Carter JAM

Who will win the medals...
Gold: Chambers
Silver: Williams
Bronze: Rodgers
Rodgers is 2-0 over Bailey this winter.

400 meters
Top five competing athletes in the Superfan Rankings...
Rennie Quow TRI
David Gillick IRL
Christopher Brown BAH
Williams Collazo CUB
Sean Wroe AUS

Who will win the medals...
Pick ‘em among Quow, Gillick, Wroe and Bershawn Jackson

800 meters
Top five competing athletes in the Superfan Rankings...
Abubaker Kaki SUD
Ismail Ahmed Ismail SUD
Nick Symmonds USA
Kleberson Davide BRA
Boaz Kiplagat Lalang KEN

Who will win the medals...
Gold: Kaki
Silver: Ismail
Bronze: Symmonds
The top three are all race-sharp.

1500 meters
Top five competing athletes in the Superfan Rankings...
Deresse Mekonnen ETH
Haron Keitany KEN
Abdalaati Iguider MAR
Tarek Boukensa ALG
Gideon Gathimba KEN

Who will win the medals...
Gold: Mekonnen
Silver: Keitany
Bronze: Iguider
I’m not expecting any surprises here.

3000 meters
Augustine Choge KEN
Tariku Bekele ETH
Sammy Alex Mutahi KEN
Sergio Sanchez ESP
Abreham Cherkos ETH

Who will win the medals...
Gold: Choge
Silver: Bernard Lagat
Bronze: Bekele
Unrabbited indoor races favor Lagat, but not enough to knock off Choge.

60m hurdles
Top five competing athletes in the Superfan Rankings...
Dayron Robles CUB
Terrence Trammell USA
David Oliver USA
Petr Svoboda CZE
Dwight Thomas JAM

Who will win the medals...
Gold: Robles
Silver: Trammell
Bronze: Svoboda
This is the most highly-anticipated men's final, as the top two have been running very well and have yet to meet. Oliver has been uneven this winter while Svoboda has set PR after PR.