not color blinded wrote:
Rupp is one of the fastest finishing 10,000m runners ever. How many guys have closed high-class 5000/10000 races in 52-53 like he has? How many can run under 26:50 as well?
These guys come to mind:
Bekele
Farah
Rupp
Geb? (never closed a race under 54 to my knowledge)
Kipchoge
Pretty sure that he closed pretty fast at times. If I remember correctly, he closed his Atlanta OG victory with as fast or faster a last 200 than any other race that did not start with blocks (i.e., only faster closings were in the 200/400/...). It was tight with the 800 but not that tight. The prior 200 was not blazing, but it was at pretty good pace.
As for 8.9 for 75 meters, I was a mediocre distance runner and could run 12.00h 100m with training flats. Add 3.1 for the first 25 meters and you get 12-flat, and there is no way he is going to do 3.1 for the first 25m of a 100m.