Wow Teare was just awful 😞

Downey did he selfishly run?

Yeah it explains why he had no business running or else they are lying.

Selfishly? Eh. Who wouldn’t want to try.

Stupidly? Probably. Not running since the 25th? No amount of cross training will get you in shape to run at this level.

Selfish .... knew he was injured but did not give up his spot. I have lost all respect for cooper.

Don't tell me you really would've done differently if you were in the same situation.

Absolutely. If I haven’t run in a month I’m not toeing that line. It’s selfish. Hurts his country and his fellow runners. Molly did the right thing. Cooper didn’t.

Letsrunner69420: nationalism is bad you shouldn’t run for a flag, running is an individual sport anyway

also Letsrunner69420: you should give up your spot in the world championships if you aren’t 100%

He most definitely would have been JV last year.

But this year he would be their 7th man. Or 6th if Hector Martinez doesn’t do CC

Ah the after the failed qualification injury excuse. His compadre used that one already. How convenient.

My question is how athletes are even allowed to hide injuries if they've made a championship team. Will there be consequences?

It's actually quite the opposite - Injured athletes are REQUIRED to hide injuries until after they compete - Jack Rayner went into Tokyo with a stress fracture and he was not allowed to let anyone know public until after he had competed (DNF'd) per guidelines.

Johnathan David (2nd at USAs) runs a 3:33 at the Sunset Tour and isn’t at worlds because he didn’t have the standard.

Actually not as bad as Musagala, Zeleke, and Simotwo. Last two supposed top prospects.

not sure if it matters but when I had a stress fracture in my sacrum (as Molly S does now), running, let alone running a marathon, was out of the question: too painful. When I have had tibial stress reactions (lots of times unfortunately for me), running and even racing in the early stages of the injury is very doable especially once you get warmed up and the pain subsides for the time being

TBH, I'm not sure anyone expected that 3:33. The standard was 3:36. He only got close once, but he didn't have a lot of chances either -- he ran a lot of slow races.

His closest was a 3:36.85 when he was 2nd in the slow heat at the Bryan Clay. After that, his best was a 3:37.39 to win his semi at NCAAs; he came 6th at 3:46 in a slow final. And the USAs were so slow he only had to run a 3:46 to get second.

It will definitely be interesting to see how he does the rest of the summer.

had no idea teare was injured, but after coles huge L in the trials and apparently being injured im wondering if this is the best approach. if you actually havent run in 3 weeks then you have to be delusional to think you will have a chance to make it even thru the first heat. even with dedicated cross training the run fitness will take a minute to get up to speed. could just be an untimely coincidence, but the new gen guys maybe let the success get to their heads after the nike deals. the cocky attitudes were kind of fun in college, but they are pros now and seemingly going backwards. obviously still young with bright futures so im hoping they turn things around. has to be crushing to 1) not even make the team and 2) not get out of the 1st heat on your home turf.

Why is there always an excuse/reason AFTER the poor performance? Was he not just spotted in the hospital but assured people he would be perfectly healthy to race.
Let’s not be an Aaron Rodgers and just own up to a bad race! Much respect lost.

gee maybe just running time trials with your teammates doesn't work after all

Why have unreported injuries suddenly become epidemic among American mid-distance runners? Starting last year we had:

Brazier at the trials, Nuguse in Tokyo, St. Pierre in Tokyo (and maybe Eugene), Hocker at the trials and now now Teare in Worlds. Any others I'm missing? What the heck is going on?