SalazarIceBucketThe only American distance runner who can compete at an international level.
Remind me how many medals he has OP?
Exactly. Were he competing for USA, these fickle turds here would just be complaining about something that he’d done to fall short of their unrealistic expectations.
Watching worlds made me appreciate what a talent Grant Fisher is. The only American distance runner who can compete at an international level. Happy for him to be healthy and throw down at some fast races soon.
Yeah I don't want to hear crap again about Klecker/Kincaid running fast at BU in January. It’s a different ball game to be competitive in a World final and only Fisher has (Plus Chelimo but he is looking old). Bummer he was hurt this year, no Kiplimo I think would have set him up well with a shot to medal in the 10,000.
Morgan McDonald is healthy again. Would be nice to see him tearing it up against Fisher. But I don’t know if he has US citizenship or just Aussie.
Yeah I don't want to hear crap again about Klecker/Kincaid running fast at BU in January. It’s a different ball game to be competitive in a World final and only Fisher has (Plus Chelimo but he is looking old). Bummer he was hurt this year, no Kiplimo I think would have set him up well with a shot to medal in the 10,000.
Morgan McDonald is healthy again. Would be nice to see him tearing it up against Fisher. But I don’t know if he has US citizenship or just Aussie.
While he may have had Fishers number in NCAAs, McDonald hasn’t been fit enough as a pro to make a US worlds team, let alone beat Grant. Regardless, I suspect he just has Aussie citizenship and would use that to get that to world champs and Olys regardless given that it’s so much less competitive.
Define distance and probably specify male. His best ever finish is one spot ahead of where Nuguse and Monson finished at Worlds this year.
He's good, but still odds are he finishes his track career with fewer global medals than Moh Ahmed. Probably a good comparison tbh - Ahmed shows the level of consistency you need to have to get lucky and medal:
2016: 4th in 5k
2017: 6th and 8th 5k/10k
2019: 3rd and 6th 5k/10k
2021: 2nd and 6th 5k/10k
2022: 6th and 5th 5k/10k
2023: 7th and 6th 5k/10k
That's 11 top 8 finishes in 6 major champs over 7 years and he still "only" got two medals out of it.
Right now Fisher has 3 top 8 finishes since 2021. Like Ahmed he needs to keep showing up in that form and hope one or two years others falter.
The disadvantage Fisher has is that he is American and has to fight harder/peak earlier to ensure he makes the team while Ahmed winning Canadian nationals was a 14minute formality most of those years meaning he only needed to worry about 100% peak for worlds/Olympics. Actually, Ahmed hasn't actually raced at nationals since 2019.
Impressive resume… this really puts Jakob and Cheptegei on another pedestal over the last couple of years
SalazarIceBucketThe only American distance runner who can compete at an international level.
Remind me how many medals he has OP?
On top of that, remind us how many national championships "the only American distance runner who can compete at an international level" has? Since he's dominant over the other lousy Americans, I bet it's a lot, right?
Watching worlds made me appreciate what a talent Grant Fisher is. The only American distance runner who can compete at an international level. Happy for him to be healthy and throw down at some fast races soon.
You are correct, sir. We all missed watching him at Worlds. Not sure about his injury but perhaps he will be ready to rock and roll at Zurich.
We do have quite a void right now on both the men's and women's side from 1500 and up. Lots of potential out there but Worlds was a big disappointment in most of these events from the US side.
I'm glad to hear that there's good news for Grant Fisher! However, since I don't have real-time access to current events or personal information, I'm not aware of the specific details. If you'd like to share more about the good news or if you have any questions, feel free to let me know!
On top of that, remind us how many national championships "the only American distance runner who can compete at an international level" has? Since he's dominant over the other lousy Americans, I bet it's a lot, right?
This is why I'm not sure Grant will ever medal. People trying to compare Grant to Galen in this thread are dreaming - Galen won 8 (8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) straight US 10K titles - many of them going away. Other US runners knew when competing against Galen that they were running for 2nd place; with Grant they know they can win.
All that said, hopefully Fisher can round into form for Paris - I just wouldn't expect a medal.
This is why I'm not sure Grant will ever medal . . . All that said, hopefully Fisher can round into form for Paris - I just wouldn't expect a medal.
After Grant's 12:54 today in Zurich . . . off 3 weeks of x-training followed by 3 weeks of land running . . . his fans may not expect him to medal in Paris next year . . . but will expect him to contend for a medal . . . especially in the 10k where he, presumably at this point, will not be facing sub-3:30/1500 guys like JI & Katir . . .
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