Foreign-born Kim Conley steals 5k slot from real Americans.

From the mean streets of Santa Rosa ca!

RowanAtkinson wrote:

So, all those people outraged at guys like Meb and Hassan Mead for not being real Americans, where's the vitriol for UK-born Kim Conley? Fair's fair, right?

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Of course she's a US citizen

"Ms. Conley was born in Slough, England,"

hybrid haha wrote:

RowanAtkinson wrote:

So, all those people outraged at guys like Meb and Hassan Mead for not being real Americans, where's the vitriol for UK-born Kim Conley? Fair's fair, right?

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Of course she's a US citizen

Meb and Mead are US citizens too.

In fact, Meb has been a US citizen longer than about half of the Rio team has been alive.

I think the OPs point was that we shouldn't criticize any of them. They are all US citizens who are living and training here and count this as their homeland.

In the case of Conley, she was born a US citizen though.

But she looks American!

You mean she's white.

vitriolism wrote:

But she looks American!

RowanAtkinson wrote:

So, all those people outraged at guys like Meb and Hassan Mead for not being real Americans, where's the vitriol for UK-born Kim Conley? Fair's fair, right?

She's white and therefore, per Letsrun message page logic, American.

Seriously mate? wrote:

You mean she's white.

vitriolism wrote:

But she looks American!

You deduced the point of his post, good for you MATE.

RowanAtkinson wrote:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304431104579552083649105914

"Ms. Conley was born in Slough, England,"

The Office UK original version!

David Brent Wernham Hogg wrote:

RowanAtkinson wrote:http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304431104579552083649105914

"Ms. Conley was born in Slough, England,"

The Office UK original version!

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough , isn't fit for humans now...

Conley was born in Slough, England, but moved to the U.S. as a child. She first picked up running in middle school in Santa Rosa, Calif., where she was also playing soccer, softball and basketball. She dropped the ball sports for running, becoming the No. 3 runner on her middle-school team.

Ms. Conley was born in Slough, England

Slough actually rhymes with "how." There's a limerick involving Slough. It makes light of the fact that many English words are pronounced differently despite having similar spelling constructions.

A certified poet from Slough

Whose methods of rhyming were rough

Retorted, "I see

That the letters agree

And if that's not sufficient, I'm through."

vitriolism wrote:

But she looks American!

You can easily tell she's English by her teeth

Did she switch country just to make the team like the Army Kenyans?

And it is easier to make the UK 5000 team than US team

Does a separate thread need to be started for Kerron Clement (Trinidad & Tobago) or can I just jump in here?

If you don't mind, please start another to lump him in with the Jamaican, Sanya Richards-Ross who is certainly due some flak after taking slots from American-born athletes all throughout her career.

She white the 5k dudes are black , case closed !

nothing to see here

Kick the stinky Euro aboriginals out of MY COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!