How come Grant Fisher did not peak during the 2021 Olympics?

Come on man wrote:

It’s amazing how many idiots are “runners.”

He “peaked” to make the Olympic team.

He “peaked” to finish 5th at the Olympics.

He “peaked” to run an indoor 5k AR.

He “peaked” to run an outdoor 10k AR.

Every time he “peaks” he runs faster lol. Did you ever think that he’s not “peaking” but getting better every month? He’s a young runner with extreme talent whom hasn’t been on an an elite pro team relatively long.

Can we just be excited that there’s an heir to Rupp? A guy that can actually compete for medals and run super fast times. Or will we do what we did with Rupp and crap on him every chance we get. Mostly because you’re jealous that you weren’t the great white American runner to challenge the world.

rojo wrote:

Peak when it matters Dip Sh!t wrote:

Alan Webb did the exact same thing. Ran other worldly times during the summer of 2007 and was MIA in 2008. Lmfao!

Are you trying to be a moron?

He was 5th in the 10,000 in the Olympics.

The guys right behind him were:

6 Mohammed Ahmed - Olympic 5000 silver
7 Rodgers Kwemoi- just ran 58:30 at RAK Hal
8 Yomif Kejelcha - pbs of 347 mile, 726 3k, 1246, 2649
9 Rhonex Kipruto - 2019 WC bronze, 5749 half pb

The reality is there are a lot of really good guys. Here is a post from another thread that was amazing.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

It’s an exceedingly difficult task at this point, but in trying to rank the world’s top 5k guys currently I think Fisher is probably in the 6-10 range.
Let’s say, imprecisely:
1. Joshua Cheptegei
2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen
3. Selemon Barega
4. Berihu Aregawi
5. Jacob Kiplimo
6. Mohammed Ahmed
7. Grant Fisher
...
Then you have a whole host of guys who would probably take issue with this assessment, and could reasonably beat Fisher on the right day without any big surprise:
Hagos Gebrhiwet
Yomif Kejelcha
Getnet Wale
Lamecha Girma
Nicholas Kimeli
Paul Chelimo
Mohamed Katir
Justyn Knight
Birhanu Balew
His last two races (BTC time trials) have been spectacular though. He could be even better than I’m giving him credit for, and he’s a definite medal contender.