The funny thing is Centro was probably winning that race one way or another. His masterpiece was awaiting to be unleashed that day. He's medaled at worlds. His gold was no fluke, just a matter of execution meeting opportunity. Anyone trying to take away from his well earned gold is a clown.
True fans want the best runner to win… which wasnt the case
You were probably in elementary schooo when that happened. You have no idea what you’re talking about
Except when someone like Centrowitz outfoxes the world’s best for an Olympic gold medal, all anyone can do is talk about the finishing time. This is quite the schizophrenic place.
That was in a different generation where times still mattered. Since 2019 most people i know only care about who beats who at a big race, not what you can do in a sterile time trial environment.
Would you personally rather be an Olympic gold medalist over 1500m or have run 3:30 pre-super shoe?
I was in the stands, Simmons was widely discussed and cheered for, by everyone, including the announcers, and he had a post race interview on the couch. And multiple threads here, OP didn’t see. He had a great race. Was in the back though maybe two laps then woke up and moved to the front of the large chase pack (there were a couple of runners off the front). By the end of another lap or two the pack picked up the pace and Simmons was at the back again. Second half of the race he went for it, worked his way up, finished very strong. Took 9 seconds off young’s record?
The reality is no one new he was going for it, it wasn't hyped and it happened late at night on the West Coast. Back in the day, people went for records at major meets with hype and anticipation before hand.
Plus its the 5000 mark - not a standard distance in HS. Dyestat has a recap of the meet which we have prominently up on the homepage.
The reality is no one new he was going for it, it wasn't hyped and it happened late at night on the West Coast. Back in the day, people went for records at major meets with hype and anticipation before hand.
Plus its the 5000 mark - not a standard distance in HS. Dyestat has a recap of the meet which we have prominently up on the homepage.
Journalists build hype by following/uncovering a story. I'm pretty sure the kid mentioned he was targeting this 5k in a post race interview following the state championships.
You'd think a 8:36.79 effort at altitude would get some journalists attention, you know like actually compel them to follow a story.
It shouldn't have been difficult for "journalists" to uncover and hype up that there was a high likelihood the high school 5k record would be challenged leading up to the race.
So if Kiprop opens in 55 and continues on that pace for the entire race, Centro wins? I would estimate Cento wins that race in 2 out of 100 races, or 1/50 times. It played perfectly for him and in virtually any other race, he loses handedly.
Danny Simmons finished in 8:36 (at 4600' elevation) to win the 6A Boys 3200m. With altitude conversion of 12-13 seconds, this is one of the greatest performa...
Fwiw, back in the high school days a kid running in the 15s for three miles was very good. A tiny, distant handful maybe edged into the 14s, but they were state champion level.
Now there are several kids in 13s every season around the country and Daniel's new record last night puts him in the 12s for three miles.
The funny thing is Centro was probably winning that race one way or another. His masterpiece was awaiting to be unleashed that day. He's medaled at worlds. His gold was no fluke, just a matter of execution meeting opportunity. Anyone trying to take away from his well earned gold is a clown.
True fans want the best runner to win… which wasnt the case
Hmmm? Seems like all Centro did was toe the line with the best in the world, run from front, and hold everyone off to the finish. Yep, gold medal winner ever time I watch and I am still trying to figure out how some think he didn't deserve it.
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