Peter Andersson wrote:
[quote]Roelants wrote:
I think the medals are goi g to HG, Farah ans Kejelcha.
If I were Ethiopia. I would have Merga take it out pretty fast then have HG blast it at 3000 and tell the kid to shadow Farah until the last 400. [quote]
I totally second that. The x-factor is the Kenyans, THEIR pre champ camp has obviously nailed getting people in top shape AND they're on that national medals-are-just-falling-into-our-pockets-every-day-out-there momentum that sometimes gets contestants in the latter events to overperform as if it medaling was contaigious through the team's breakfast buffé or something.
True,
There are several factors influencing our great shape among them POTUS.
We were supposed to have our trials in the last week of July but coincidentally, POTUS was in town dancing to Kenyan music.
So, we held it/them on or about the 8th of August.
The US had held theirs much earlier and I htink most of your athletes had started plateauing.
Just my thoughts.