Sure they may have athletes at WC and Olympics but they aren't even in query of the Kenyans. Could it be a matter of pride and preferring the deeper fields that the flat 1500m and 5000m bolster?
Sure they may have athletes at WC and Olympics but they aren't even in query of the Kenyans. Could it be a matter of pride and preferring the deeper fields that the flat 1500m and 5000m bolster?
Is English your first language? Almost nothing made sense.
It is his last language:)
Look very closely at a kenyan running and compare it with an ethiopian running.There is a difference in their styles.The kenyans glide smoothly and easily through the air while the ethiopians power through the air.Steeplechase is all about economy running and thus does not suit the ethiopians running style.They can run it and perform relatively well but will always fall short of challenging the likes of Shaheen or Brimin Kipruto because their style is exhausting.It could be the reason why the kenyans also have an edge in the marathon.
Kenyans glide wrote:
Look very closely at a kenyan running and compare it with an ethiopian running.There is a difference in their styles.The kenyans glide smoothly and easily through the air while the ethiopians power through the air.Steeplechase is all about economy running and thus does not suit the ethiopians running style.They can run it and perform relatively well but will always fall short of challenging the likes of Shaheen or Brimin Kipruto because their style is exhausting.It could be the reason why the kenyans also have an edge in the marathon.
NONSENSE
http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/news/kind=100/newsid=46979.htmlAugust 18, 2008
Men's 3,000m Steeple FINAL: Frenchman Grabs Second, Fam's Bid for Glory Falls Short
Kenya's bid for a medal sweep was interrupted by Frenchman Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, who ran a PR to win silver. Still, Kenya won gold and bronze. Anthony Famiglietti took the lead in the second kilometer, but faded to 13th by the finish. Race report below results.
FINAL
1 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 8:10.34 (SB)
2 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 8:10.49 (PB)
3 Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong KEN 8:11.01 .
4 Yacob Jarso ETH 8:13.47 (NR)
5 Bouabdellah Tahri FRA 8:14.79 .
6 Youcef Abdi AUS 8:16.36 (PB)
7 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:16.38 .
8 Abubaker Ali Kamal QAT 8:16.59 .
9 Benjamin Kiplagat UGA 8:20.27 .
10 Mustafa Mohamed SWE 8:20.69 .
11 Tareq Mubarak Taher BRN 8:21.59 .
12 Ion Luchianov MDA 8:27.82 .
13 Anthony Famiglietti USA 8:31.21 .
14 Ruben Ramolefi RSA 8:34.58 .
15 Abdelkader Hachlaf MAR 9:02.06 .
Says he is French
so obviously ETH's are still garbage at the steeple
Sorry about the grammar. Posted this in the wee hours of the night.
The main reason why Ethiopians don't run well at the Steeplechase is because they are SHORT and WEIRD LOOKING, except the woman, they are hotties.
Kenyans have an edge in the marathon? I guess that's why they've had the world record for so long.
Please and Thank You wrote:
The main reason why Ethiopians don't run well at the Steeplechase is because they are SHORT and WEIRD LOOKING, except the woman, they are hotties.
haha, i was going to say it's because they don't provide stepstools in the steeple but you kind of beat me to it. agree on the women though, delicious.
Substantiate......
what does the info you provided show? Why is Kipruto 1st and the 1st ethiopian 4th
The Ethiopian also ran a NR that 6+ Kenyans beat every year.
explain wrote:
Substantiate......
what does the info you provided show? Why is Kipruto 1st and the 1st ethiopian 4th
Only in the bizarro world of Letsrun is where 4th in the Olympics sucks.
How did you do?
have a look at the top 100 men in the marathon in the world,65 % are kenyans ,Ethiopians are about 20 %.So yes they have an edge in men marathon.The 10000M women record is held by a chinese,does that mean china is more dominant than Ethiopia in women 10000M? NO is the answer because there is more world class 10000M runners in ethiopia than in China.Apply the same reasoning to the marathon case.
Logo sine wrote:
have a look at the top 100 men in the marathon in the world,65 % are kenyans ,Ethiopians are about 20 %.So yes they have an edge in men marathon.The 10000M women record is held by a chinese,does that mean china is more dominant than Ethiopia in women 10000M? NO is the answer because there is more world class 10000M runners in ethiopia than in China.Apply the same reasoning to the marathon case.
you just opened a bag of worms. what the hell WERE the chinese women on when they went on their record setting rampage? clearly it was the best drug or coctail of PEDs that has ever been used for distance runners. but then again, noah, komen, tergat, geb, lagat and el g did some damage just a few years later and (exception kenny b) nobody's really running like that now.
Ah, let's just leave the chinese woman alone. They ran some fast times, then died from unknown causes, they paid their price, let them have their records. I'd rather talk about the ETHIOPIAN WOMAN anyways.
barriers are 36 inches wrote:
but then again, noah, komen, tergat, geb, lagat and el g did some damage just a few years later and (exception kenny b) nobody's really running like that now.
So, what's your point?
NativeSon wrote:
barriers are 36 inches wrote:but then again, noah, komen, tergat, geb, lagat and el g did some damage just a few years later and (exception kenny b) nobody's really running like that now.
So, what's your point?
you forgot to reference the first part of my statement and then put 2&2 together.
i think we all know what I'm saying here, but we don't really want to say it, because well east african are REEEEEALY nice. and we all know that EVERY nice person is completely 100% honest, even when they could go from, literally, rags to riches with a little help.
look kenyans are awesome, they tend to be really cool and are fun to watch run with their smooth form. however some of the biggest excuses i've heard after a bad race have come from my kenyan competitors (NCAA, not world class). i mean they will seriously make stuff up to explain a bad performance. does that ring of honesty? i'm not saying they are the only ones, I know of some white runners who do it to. but i often wondered so many kenyans(relative term here) couldn't just look me in the eye and admit that they pussed out, stunk it up, or simply had an off day rather than feed me a spoon of BS.
Because of pride,every human being regardless of how humble or how much of an arsehole they are has ego.Try hitting on a humble guy's chic/wife and you will see for yourself a different side of him.
Is this an anthropology question? The Kenyan born steeplers seem to have longer, more fluid strides. While the Ethiopians seem just a bit more compact and powerful. Though, Geb's stride is long and fluid, so maybe he should have tried the steeple? Maybe then we can go to the 13.1 mile steeple????