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| rojo co-founder |
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Don't cheat and look it up. I was doing some research today and came across an interesting stat. Make your predictions below. I'll post the answer when I feel like it. |
| deanouk |
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1:44.3!! |
| deanouk |
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I've looked it up now, but won't spoil it for you. I'll give a clue though by saying it wasn't as "bad" as Ovett's fastest time the year he won the Olympic title! |
| elg |
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1:46.50, or did it match the olympic A, or maybe just a couple tenths under? |
| Guy in back |
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Times are overrated? Give me a break. Don't tell Bekele, Geb, El G, Rudisha. |
| America Firster |
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Nils Schumann also won an OLY medal without posting a particularly fast time. However, with Rudisha in the race and barring injury/collision, if you can't go sub 1:43:00 you cannot win the 2012 Gold (and going sub 1:43.00 could leave you sans medal) |
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After watching that WR attempt on Friday, I'm inclined to say if you can't run 1:41-mid you aren't in the medal hunt. Rudisha got so little help from the pacer that it was basically a solo run. I'm gonna say 1:44.3 for Bungei in 2008. |
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*gold medal hunt |
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really? aren't we special? |
| My Name is Judge |
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I'm going to say to it was the 1:44.5 or whatever that he ran in the Olympic final |
| Yanqui |
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Rudisha has changed this event. No "slow" guy is gonna win this. |
| Hobo w/shotgun |
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Times are only overrated in the 800 in all other events they seem to matter quite a bit. Yes it is interesting that for some reason anyone can win an 800 OG or WC final if they just have a good race even someone who was the 15th fastest guy that year. I doubt you will find that in any other event. |
| rojo co-founder |
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Going into the Olympics, his best time of the year was the 1:45.08 he ran at the Kenyan Trials. (He actually ran 1:46.99 in Doha on May 9th and 1:48.96 in Torino on June 6th). At the Olympics, he ran 1:44.65. After the Olympics, he ran 1:44.63. |
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Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat (I'm thinking of the '04 marathon here), Sebastian Coe and Ron Clarke already know. |
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You are right, all us armchair Olympians have a shot. Please, faster runners are the rule, the exception being guys who are slightly not as fast. Just qualifying for the Olympics means you ran "elite times." And more often than not, the guys who times are more elite than the others win the Olympics. |
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so if times don't matter then what was the point of the front page headlines about rupp being close to/likely out of the 5k medal hunt after the paris times... also, wouldn't it make sense to bring up the fact that rupp beat a good amount of those guys at pre instead of saying they are now favored over him, and that if the heat bothered the guys at pre who ran fast at paris, it likely would have a similar effect on rupp? just interesting how conveniently logic and theories are selectively applied... |
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yes times are not that important when there are rounds. The world championship and Olympic 800 are wars of attrition. Bungei got lucky. Rudisha is now experienced and in his prime. He's not just fast anymore and he is so much faster than everyone. It will take an endurance trained 800 meter runner with 1:43 speed to beat him. Are there any 800/1500 types out there this year? |
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Huh? A 1:43 800/1500 guy is not going to beat Rudisha who can easily run a solo 1:42.3 at the games. Symmonds, is an 800/1500 guy with a 1:43 PR, do you see him winning? |
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since when does a running a 1500 once an a while with a mediocre 1500 pr make you a 15 guy. 143/336 isnt coming close.. he was referring to someone like kaki who is a 800/1500 guy (142/331) with the potential to beat rudisha in a championship race. |
| t94bell |
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I accuse Wejo of usage of the red herring fallacy. |
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