Its the same old story with Kenyans and their birth dates being registered late.
I would guess he was 16 (at a stretch 15), when he ran that time. A 12 year old just does not have the strength to run a 1:49.
There have been a number of 14 year olds who have run around what Kevin Sullivan ran, but to run 4 seconds faster and be two years younger is just not realistic.
don't believe it
i am an unbeliever
there is no way that a 13 year old has run faster than 1:53. i refue to be beaten by someone 10 years younger than me.
about as likely as El Guerrouj's 1:42 in training
I remember reading about this also, back in 2002 or something. At that time I stayed in Eldoret, Kenya and right after I read it I bumped into Brother O Colm of St Patrick high school. So I asked him specifically about that Kipketer time at that age.
wrote about it here :)
http://www.mariusbakken.com/index.php?groupid=1&contentid=1484&lang=
Marius
So the reality is that he ran about a 1:53 at age 13, which is incredible but not inconceivable.
If you take Kevin O'Sullivans time and then look at what they ran later in their careers it is possible, although I would still be slighty suspect about his exact age and the exact length of the track.
He is actually one the runners I dont suspect being on EPO during the 90's.
1.72m = 5ft7in.
any thread on kipketer is a good thread
he had a hell of a stride didn't he? he almost galloped like a horse. #1 most beautiful runner of all time in my book
Nobody with a brain or that has connection to pro track thinks that Kipketer used drugs. He was simply the best.
that link was interesting, 388m track...makes for a 776m~800m for ol wilson....so now the question is asked, if he ran 1:49.6 for 776m what would that convert to for a full 800m? my guess is
60~8 seconds at that age, 24m short, ~ 3 seconds or so, a 1:52-1:53, and that is in my book completely believable
mobile9 wrote:
Nobody with a brain or that has connection to pro track thinks that Kipketer used drugs. He was simply the best.
On drugs.
iagree wrote:
And I don't believe that any of those 13 years old gymnasts who win gold medals at the olympics are their purported ages either.
Believe it. I can understand your points, especially with the way they have maniacal sex in their residential camps. I haven't had intercourse with other 13 year olds who do the freaky things several gymnasts have done with me. I learned a whole lotta love from gymnasts!!
That this the truthiest truth there is.
Right....