SIFAN MF HASSAN

TCR wrote:

When I said her victory was unsportsmanlike, I was referring to two points in particular:

1) Gidey gestured to Hassan and the Bahrainian runner to take a stint at the front, which they refused to do.

2) Hassan appeared to give Gidey an elbow as she passed her in the final straight, which was entirely unnecessary.

Look, I absolutely admire Hassan's audacity and guts. Her unprecedented feat speaks for itself.

Still, I would have liked to see a display of strength similar to what Cheptegai produced in the 5,000m yesterday. That was a beautiful display of fitness and racing prowess. Hassan's victory was a stride at the end of a hard tempo run.

I'm sure she'll take your suggestions into consideration next time she races.

TCR wrote:

When I said her victory was unsportsmanlike, I was referring to two points in particular:

1) Gidey gestured to Hassan and the Bahrainian runner to take a stint at the front, which they refused to do.

2) Hassan appeared to give Gidey an elbow as she passed her in the final straight, which was entirely unnecessary.

Look, I absolutely admire Hassan's audacity and guts. Her unprecedented feat speaks for itself.

Still, I would have liked to see a display of strength similar to what Cheptegai produced in the 5,000m yesterday. That was a beautiful display of fitness and racing prowess. Hassan's victory was a stride at the end of a hard tempo run.

What a ridiculous statement. The field was absolutely obliterated and as a previous poster pointed out, it was obvious Hassan went all the way to the bottom of the well for this one. I like Gidey but face it, she came in fresh with every advantage and just didn't have it.

Wise Old Man wrote:

TCR wrote:

Hassan's victory was a stride at the end of a hard tempo run.

Did you see Hassan after the race? She looked like she might die. I was truly concerned for her welfare. What was her core temp? What does that mean, “Hassan’s victory was a stride at the end of a hard tempo run”? Hassan was gutsy and brave, in this race, and all through these games.

TCR is full of sh!+. Hassan is a legend.

TCR wrote:

When I said her victory was unsportsmanlike, I was referring to two points in particular:

1) Gidey gestured to Hassan and the Bahrainian runner to take a stint at the front, which they refused to do.

2) Hassan appeared to give Gidey an elbow as she passed her in the final straight, which was entirely unnecessary.

Look, I absolutely admire Hassan's audacity and guts. Her unprecedented feat speaks for itself.

Still, I would have liked to see a display of strength similar to what Cheptegai produced in the 5,000m yesterday. That was a beautiful display of fitness and racing prowess. Hassan's victory was a stride at the end of a hard tempo run.

I thought your previous post was the dumbest post I've seen on letsrun which says a lot, and you just dig yourself even deeper. Wow, just wow.

TCR wrote:

When I said her victory was unsportsmanlike, I was referring to two points in particular:

1) Gidey gestured to Hassan and the Bahrainian runner to take a stint at the front, which they refused to do.

2) Hassan appeared to give Gidey an elbow as she passed her in the final straight, which was entirely unnecessary.

Look, I absolutely admire Hassan's audacity and guts. Her unprecedented feat speaks for itself.

Still, I would have liked to see a display of strength similar to what Cheptegai produced in the 5,000m yesterday. That was a beautiful display of fitness and racing prowess. Hassan's victory was a stride at the end of a hard tempo run.

Actually, it looked like Hassan may have clipped Gidey's feet a bit and this is why she gestured.

I don't recall any mention of Kipyegon and Muir being "unsporting" for just hanging on to Hassan 24 hours ago. You run the race according to your strengths - for Sifan Hassan, the strengths were the opposite between 1500m and 10000m.

Meanwhile in the post race interview she said she was absolutely gassed 2 laps from finish.

So happy for Sifan. Her place in history is secure. Now, it will be interesting to see if stays on the track or moves up to the marathon.

If she is clean an unjustice was done to Ben Johnson. After a fall and 6 races I don't think I have seen a less believable performance at Olympic level. But the fans will cling to their fantasies about this dirty sport.

*injustice.

Amazing folks will declare her 'inhuman' and the GOAT etc. But then dont make the tiniest leap to question if shes perhaps a product of doping, given she was at the Nike Oregon Project that is now closed down as the Lead Coach was done for doping offences!

You know nothing. You are a cancer upon this discussion.

high school xc coach wrote:

TCR wrote:

Her refusal to do any of the work was unsportsmanlike, and taints her victory. Her accomplishment was exceptional, but its execution was disappointing.

Credit should be given to Gidey for her aggressive running in brutal conditions.

LOl@ this. Gidey has one way to win. She had to run in front.

you want hassan to lead, she is going to click off 1:15s the entire race and then drop a 57 on the last lap.

GIdey doesn't want that.

Right...so Ingebrigstens gold doesn't count because he didn't lead until the last 100 meters.

An amazing Olympics by a truly gifted athlete. 2 Golds and a Bronze is simply outstanding.

Armstronglivs wrote:

If she is clean an unjustice was done to Ben Johnson. After a fall and 6 races I don't think I have seen a less believable performance at Olympic level. But the fans will cling to their fantasies about this dirty sport.

What about Jakob. His country is known for doping their skiing athletes, and I guess running is no exception.

Cut Armstrong some slack. If your country had to resort to canoeing, trampolining, and women’s rugby, in order to feel good about themselves, you wouldn’t be in your happy place either.

Congratulations Hassan on one of the greatest Olympic performances in history!

Letesenbet mf Gidey . and a couple of lamprey.

According to Athletics Weekly, the last 100m of her 10,000m plus 3x1500m plus 2x5000m was faster than Jacob's in the 1500m.

https://twitter.com/AthleticsWeekly/status/1424036090114105350

Combined w/ the burst of speed after her fall, I just can't believe that's clean.

Amazing stuff. I much prefer Gidey as a runner (simply beautiful) but Hassan fully deserved this win, heel clipping notwithstanding.

GOAT? If we assume their respective doping cancels each other out, I think Viren in 76 was far more goatish. For a start his competition waaaay better.