WC marathon is such a dumb event. Nobody actually cares about it, right?
WC marathon is such a dumb event. Nobody actually cares about it, right?
I am already regretting why I woke up this early to watch this!
The winner of this race will be a world champion. They will not be the world's best marathoner though.
Same with Olympic marathons too.
Congratulations Galen Rupp!! What a race. Who knew he had so much left at the end?
🎉🎊🥳
Simple: winning a major race is a big paycheck $500k+ while winning the championship is simply a medal that’s not worth that much to him. I wouldn’t give up a six figure paycheck for a medal. Would you?
Theres no incentive wrote:
Simple: winning a major race is a big paycheck $500k+ while winning the championship is simply a medal that’s not worth that much to him. I wouldn’t give up a six figure paycheck for a medal. Would you?
Yep. And to add, participating in a WC and not winning would hurt his market value. Why risk that, give up a major race for no upside. No-one will look at Kipchoges career and think "hum, 2 olympic marathon golds, 9+ major marathon golds, that guy really needs a WC marathon goald to truely be a goat".
Kipchoge can do whatever the hell he wants.
Two Olympic gold medals, though… or maybe you overlooked that part?
Guess you didn't watch Rio and Tokyo, not to mention the 204 he did on an airport hangar last year.
Because the world championships is the most who cares marathon in the sport. It took over that mantle from the Goodwill Games marathon.
It was a good decision for Kipchoge not to run today because if he did he would have been crushed by Tola just like everyone else. Time to recognize our new marathon king: Tamirat Tola!
yes, I would imagine it is about money given he won the biggest championship (the OG)
Kip is in a position to pick and choose whatever has the best payout for him. He's got nothing left to prove.
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