There's noe way Mo could've hung on to the pace Bekele, Gebreslassie and Sihine set. He would come 5th or 6th
There's noe way Mo could've hung on to the pace Bekele, Gebreslassie and Sihine set. He would come 5th or 6th
Hmmm, that race was won in 27:05 with a last lap in 54 seconds. Sounds pretty familiar. He would have had no trouble winning silver, and probably would have won gold. Bekele was only a 3:32 guy and wouldn't have nearly the same speed as Mo in an 800 showdown.
Devil Dog wrote:
Hmmm, that race was won in 27:05 with a last lap in 54 seconds. Sounds pretty familiar. He would have had no trouble winning silver, and probably would have won gold. Bekele was only a 3:32 guy and wouldn't have nearly the same speed as Mo in an 800 showdown.
Jesus Christ. You Farah fans have really lost it now. You think he would probably have won gold against KENENISA BEKELE in his prime at his best event?
Let's not forget that Bekele has run the second half of a championship 10k under 13 min for a final time of 26:4x (I think).. Or the last 2000m under 5:00 solo of a championship 5k. Or a 12:37 5k solo. Bekele and Geb would have dropped Farah with no problem.
Now, Sihine vs Farah might be a more reasonable debate, but I'd still have my money on Sihine. If you remove Bekele, he has as many medals as Farah and showed that he was stronger than Farah over 10k (2nd half in 13:0x).
You are mistaken if you think Bekele was only a 3:32 guy. He ran that as a tactical race against one of the best 1500m runners that year. I think one of the first laps was 55 or faster. Farah's two sub 3:30 times have been perfectly paced with full rabbiting to the end.
Ofof's post shows you what it means to know the sport.
Try 53.02 seconds for the last lap. Got damn people its not hard to look this stuff up. The ignorance around here is astounding. And you last sentence is pure jibberish. Yes he only had 3:32 speed but he also had 26:20 10000m speed which is all the speed you really need in a 10000m race. Lets see how Mo would have dealt with that.
Ofof wrote:
Devil Dog wrote:Hmmm, that race was won in 27:05 with a last lap in 54 seconds. Sounds pretty familiar. He would have had no trouble winning silver, and probably would have won gold. Bekele was only a 3:32 guy and wouldn't have nearly the same speed as Mo in an 800 showdown.
Jesus Christ. You Farah fans have really lost it now. You think he would probably have won gold against KENENISA BEKELE in his prime at his best event?
Let's not forget that Bekele has run the second half of a championship 10k under 13 min for a final time of 26:4x (I think).. Or the last 2000m under 5:00 solo of a championship 5k. Or a 12:37 5k solo. Bekele and Geb would have dropped Farah with no problem.
Now, Sihine vs Farah might be a more reasonable debate, but I'd still have my money on Sihine. If you remove Bekele, he has as many medals as Farah and showed that he was stronger than Farah over 10k (2nd half in 13:0x).
You are mistaken if you think Bekele was only a 3:32 guy. He ran that as a tactical race against one of the best 1500m runners that year. I think one of the first laps was 55 or faster. Farah's two sub 3:30 times have been perfectly paced with full rabbiting to the end.
The Bekele likely on EPO?
Mo is the GOAT and would have crushed Bekele and Geb in their prime. Nobody can match his pace in the final 150 meters.
mobotgoat wrote:
Mo is the GOAT and would have crushed Bekele and Geb in their prime. Nobody can match his pace in the final 150 meters.
Depends a lot on the pace for the first 9850m, don't you think? If they were run evenly in 70 minutes, Farah could not match the finishing speed of Usain Bolt. If they were run in 26:15 Farah coulnd't match the finishing speed of Bekele and Gebrselassie.
mobotgoat wrote:
Mo is the GOAT and would have crushed Bekele and Geb in their prime. Nobody can match his pace in the final 150 meters.
Look what Mo did in the last 150m!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icdS6BjnKlA