A guy breaks a WR and you are wondering if he wouldve lost to someone else. Please. Stop.
Dude is the GOAT of the half marathon. Kejelcha is running the same marathon as him. He could have shown up today but didn't.
Fair points ha, though I am not as sure Lisbon could afford both guys’ appearance fees. But London is awesome either way. Kamworor and Gebrhiwet also laid down great HMs.
I know Kiplimo’s resume but it’s hard to believe any of these times lately. Everyone is doping.
Kiplimo is even more ridiculous than most. Wasn't he "adopted" by an Italian coach (agent?) and then placed in the Olympics at age "15"?? lol. lmao even.
I know Kiplimo’s resume but it’s hard to believe any of these times lately. Everyone is doping.
i am with you.
the clean talented africans and kenyans are cheated, a tragedy.
who are they?
anyway, the whole sport has an asterisk on it.
at least soon enught perhaps we dont gave full blown epo test hgh, they have to get intovbotswana, ethioia, ncaa, too big to fail usa stars, corruption.
wada itself is havng a field day scooping testing dollars, franchising testing in each country. you cant trust thosecpeople with a ten foot pole, but you can trust them if you are aware of their fancy morality scam. and keep the in line thru private chats.
when every body calls it out, like light on vampires,,they turn to dust.
This result is also a good sign for Cheptegei. He beat Kipkorir by 2s in a half in February, now Kipkorir PBs and runs 58:08 next time out. Cheptegei hasn’t laid down a fast road time but it might be coming.
This result is also a good sign for Cheptegei. He beat Kipkorir by 2s in a half in February, now Kipkorir PBs and runs 58:08 next time out. Cheptegei hasn’t laid down a fast road time but it might be coming.
I don;t see it happening for Cheptegei.
Something goes wrong for him past 15km
He also seems to pick somewhat mid fields when racing HMs
This result is also a good sign for Cheptegei. He beat Kipkorir by 2s in a half in February, now Kipkorir PBs and runs 58:08 next time out. Cheptegei hasn’t laid down a fast road time but it might be coming.
I don;t see it happening for Cheptegei.
Something goes wrong for him past 15km
He also seems to pick somewhat mid fields when racing HMs
He coulda been here if he wanted to...
Yep. Legacy-wise, a sub 58 (I think it's at the limit of his current wheels) would do wonders for Chep, as he doesn't seem to figure out the Marathon.
No. How much you can dope, depends too much on how forgiving/lazy/corrupt your NADO is, and whether or not the AIU has your country on its radar.
He's a supershoe super responder wearing the last generation of them. Trains with them all year round on dirt, so he's able to put high volume and intensity. Not injury-prone.
He has underperformed on the track at World's and the Olympics, but he has a 12:40 and a 26:33 (that was 5 years ago when he was 20). Excluding Joshua, only Aregawi (5000, fractions of a second) and Kejelcha and Aregaui (10000) have run faster.
HM seems his sweet spot, he first broke the record at 20. He was ahead of Kiptum's WR exactly until 5 km to go.
Is it so strange for this guy at his prime to be the WR holder at the half?