Is this article about Ronald Kwemoi correct?

This guy is at least 21 years old. We've been here before. Don't be naive.

If he was 18 in 2/13 and had a birthday in 9/13, he would be 19 now but he would be 20 in September. Thus his Monaco run would not be a WJR.

All I know is that ronaldíãnó kwémôíyàõ has the WJR whether he's 18 or 19 and that even if he's 25 he's still someone to really watch

The standard of awesome wrote:

All I know is that ronaldíãnó kwémôíyàõ has the WJR whether he's 18 or 19 and that even if he's 25 he's still someone to really watch

No

If he is 19 and turns 20 this year, he cannot set a WJR.

Of course, with a fake birth certificate, that won't be a problem.

anapaix wrote:

This guy is at least 21 years old. We've been here before. Don't be naive.

In 1992, Haile Gebrselassie won both the World Junior Championships 10000m and 5000m races at age 19, and in 1993, he went on to win the World Championship 10000m and earn a silver in the World Championship 5000m at age 20.

Sure, it's possible that he was "age-cheating", but considering his 2:03:59 at 35, and his high performances afterwards, including a 60:41 half marathon at 40 I would say that there's a pretty good chance that even if he "guessed" his age, as he likely did, he was probably pretty spot on.

True 18-20 year old phenoms aren't very common at all. I'm aware of that. In fact, Gebrselassie may be the only one that I really believe was legitimate, and that's only because his career has been so long and incredible, that his performance at that age is completely reasonable.

Without a doubt, I can admit that Isaiah Koech probably wasn't 17 when he ran 12:53 indoors to defeat Eliud Kipchoge, and that Ndiku may not be as young as he claims, considering he has been documented as having 2 birthdays.

However, there's no reason not to hope that we're finally seeing another Gebrselassie. Although, in light of the fact that he's been 18 years old in both 2013 and 2014, I suppose that it's unlikely now.

This was not a surprise that he is not 18. What age he really is, though, is likely not 19 or 20, but 22 or 23. A Spanish agent does not inspire confidence. Nor does Jos Hermens as manager for Bekele, Geb, and others.

Whatever age Kwemoi is, he's a great one right now and obviously has as good a shot as Ndiku to dominate over the next five years.

Geb stated several years ago that he does not know his true age and indicated he probably several older than his papers.

Seyta wrote:

I was pretty excited about him after seeing 3:28, so I did some research to see what his PRs and races have been like over the last several years.

I ended up finding this:

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2013/02/21/poland-bound-kwemoi-in-flight-from-poverty/

Apparently, he was 18 years old as of February 21st, 2013, meaning that either the article is incorrect, or it's impossible for him to be 18 years old presently. Does anyone have anymore information about this?

Why don't you google some pics of this "kid". Anyone who believes he's a teen is an outright idiot.

When Kiprop was listed as a teen, it was and is believable. Kwemoi probably hasn't been a teen for almost 5 years. He's talented. And the Kenyan Federation is full of chit.

“I have never competed abroad and I’m looking forward to my first outing. I decided not to hesitate on my talent; I’m not in the sport for money since I love running.”

I'd just love to hear this for more Kenyan athletes. Ronaldo will be around for a long, long, time, mark my words.

For IAAF, it's not the day and the month of Birth that are important, but the year only.

So, two athletes, one born on 31 Dec and the other on 1st Jan of the next year, really have one day of difference like age, but for IAAF the first can be elegible for one category, the second no.

Ronald Kwemoi (he already competed under another name, Cheboilel, in Bydgoszcz) is official born on 19 Sep 1995.

I don't know if this is true or not, but an athlete born in 1995 (may be 31 Dec, too) competing in Feb 2013, is in any case 18, not 17.

This means that this year is 19, and his Junior record has full validity, according his ancient and current documents.

No Renato, you turn 18 on your 18th birthday.

This can be for normal people, when they speak about their age. In athletics is not like this.

This is a rule valid for veterans / masters only (they can change their age Group during the season, and may be can compete in World Veteran Championships in different events, but also in different age groups, if they have their birthday in the middle of the two competitions), but not for Youths and Juniores. For them, the only thing deciding the category is the YEAR of Birth.

No Renato, it's not normal for athletes to state their age like that. When asked how old they are, they say how old the turned on their last birthday, not their next birthday.

Nobody takes into account IAAF age groups when asked how old they are, and if they do, they'll do it with clarification, I.e. They'll say I'm 19 in July.

You're clearly making this up as you go along, a lot like these cheats and their ages. Just like you do with the doping epidemic in Kenya.

How's the turtle soup in china? You got any experiments coming along nicely?

Seyta wrote:

Sure, it's possible that he was "age-cheating", but considering his 2:03:59 at 35, and his high performances afterwards, including a 60:41 half marathon at 40 I would say that there's a pretty good chance that even if he "guessed" his age, as he likely did, he was probably pretty spot on.

Geb was very old for World Juniors in 1992. The people that know him well peg his actual birth year around 1964.

May be you didn't read the article. In the article, nobody wrote that Ronald Kwemoi said "I'm eighteen" before Bydgoszcz. Simply, it's written from the journalist he was 18, and this is correct, speaking about an official athlete going to compete in WCh in a age Group as junior.

Instead, when this year somebody asked him "how old are you", he answered "eighteen", exactly following what you say.

But, if you well remember, the post was about the article, so the answer is "yes, the article was correct".

About the turtle blood, I'm very sorry, but it seems Japanese killed all the turtles in the sea around China, so at the moment I'm looking for the blood of some other animal.

May be you have some suggestion, knowing so well everything about doping and physiology.

Renato Canova wrote:

May be you didn't read the article. In the article, nobody wrote that Ronald Kwemoi said "I'm eighteen" before Bydgoszcz. Simply, it's written from the journalist he was 18, and this is correct, speaking about an official athlete going to compete in WCh in a age Group as junior.

Instead, when this year somebody asked him "how old are you", he answered "eighteen", exactly following what you say.

But, if you well remember, the post was about the article, so the answer is "yes, the article was correct".

Oh yeah, that could be it.

You sure you're coaching in China and not cloud cuckoo land?