Wesley Korir says Kenyan officidals switched his and Biwott's fluids - Causing both to DNF

Korir has a peanut allergy and Biwott is lactose intolerant.

Biwott drank Korir's milkshake and Korir drank Biwott's peanut butter drink.

unorun? wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

What kind of fluid is good for one elite but causes stomach problems for another? That's ridiculous.

They both took a dive for Rupp, that's what happened. Medals are big corporate business in the west.

You have obviously never run a marathon at the elite level. Getting the wrong drink while running can very easily mess your stomach up.

This. How is this even a debate?!

* wrote:

Korir has a peanut allergy and Biwott is lactose intolerant.

Biwott drank Korir's milkshake and Korir drank Biwott's peanut butter drink.

LOL, good one.

Clearly what happened is that all Kenyans look the same...even to each other.

I don't think Korir should have been on the team.

That said, I don't understand all the heat on his excuse. Everyone knows that the biggest rookie mistake is to mix fuel on race day. GU + Gatorade = death. Also most elites water down their drink as something like Gatorade is too sugary on its own. Some people can handle it, some can't, so is it really that hard to believe that they had different mixes that caused cramping? This seems like a perfectly valid excuse.

El Keniano wrote:

Excuses, excuses. I'll believe it if Stanley says so. Wesley, on the other hand, is every inch the politician and had no business being on the team taking the place of potential medalists Dickson Chumba or Cyprian Kotut.

Stanley says so:

This article gives a little more detail. Korir says he missed a couple of bottles. Both guys dropped pretty quickly after 35K. Biwott did not make it to 40K and Korir ran a 29:23 split from 35K to 40K going from 7th place to 103rd.

rojo wrote:

Let me make this clear for you all

TIA

This is Africa.

Does anyone know if that's an offensive phrase?

If you have to ask....yes. You're make a broad generalization about a group of people based on the actions of a few. So yes. Offensive.

Call me an SJW all you want, but you really just don't see it.

Thinkaboutit wrote:

rojo wrote:

Let me make this clear for you all

TIA

This is Africa.

Does anyone know if that's an offensive phrase?

If you have to ask....yes. You're make a broad generalization about a group of people based on the actions of a few. So yes. Offensive.

Call me an SJW all you want, but you really just don't see it.

You shouldn't have bothered. It's disturbingly common here, some of it by people who, frankly, should know better, but they remain oblivious.

* wrote:

Korir has a peanut allergy and Biwott is lactose intolerant.

Biwott drank Korir's milkshake and Korir drank Biwott's peanut butter drink.

Also, both have gluten sensitivity and prefer all natural fluids that are not partially engineered with genetically modified organisms.

So from that perspective it shouldn't matter that they switched.

Wesley Korir may be a politician but has shown tremendous courage.

Bad Wigins wrote:

What kind of fluid is good for one elite but causes stomach problems for another? That's ridiculous.

when you're expecting whole milk but you get vodka, yeah, that's weird

i chose D2 wrote:

Rule 40 violation for Korir?

https://twitter.com/weskorir/status/767431112004108290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

oh no, he's gonna lose his medal!

oh, wait...

also, looks bad for the sponsor that inadvertently drinking it results in Biwott getting cramps and dropping out...

El Keniano wrote:

Thinkaboutit wrote:

If you have to ask....yes. You're make a broad generalization about a group of people based on the actions of a few. So yes. Offensive.

Call me an SJW all you want, but you really just don't see it.

You shouldn't have bothered. It's disturbingly common here, some of it by people who, frankly, should know better, but they remain oblivious.

Is "this is America" an offensive phrase? I suppose context matters. I feel most of these phrases make one appear ignorant, but they may not be inherently offensive.

juicy juicy juicy wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

What kind of fluid is good for one elite but causes stomach problems for another? That's ridiculous.

They both took a dive for Rupp, that's what happened. Medals are big corporate business in the west.

Agreed. What kinds of fluid are they drinking?

I can see if one guy liked something really sugary it could cause stomach issues for the other one if they like something a lot less sugary. Otherwise I couldn't tell you.

I've heard back in the day guys would have mixtures that were part coffee in their bottles and I can see how that might bother some.

fortis wrote:

I wonder if this switch occurred for all aid stations or just one.

There was only one special fluid aid station on the 10k loops.

maths ftw wrote:

i chose D2 wrote:

Rule 40 violation for Korir?

https://twitter.com/weskorir/status/767431112004108290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

oh no, he's gonna lose his medal!

oh, wait...

also, looks bad for the sponsor that inadvertently drinking it results in Biwott getting cramps and dropping out...

Or it could make you throw up a lot…like Meb.

That should help sell a lot of U CAN…(unless you throw up a lot).

Go UCAN!!…a sponsor of Let'sThrowUp.com…Where your dreams are vomit. We puke on your dreams.

….It is spelled U CAN'T …by rojo…

Oh yea.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

I've heard back in the day guys would have mixtures that were part coffee in their bottles and I can see how that might bother some.

BAH!!! These are insane mental fanatic commandos who can run sub-3 kilometers 42 times in a row. They are not going to be done in by the taste of disgusting coffee.

Nobody with a delicate stomach is going to handle 150 kilometer a week training. They'd be crapping out of half their runs.

These guys, you could force feed them concentrated sulfuric acid mixed with moldy cottage cheese and a box of carpet tacks for dessert, and they would still keep on going. I don't care if each other's piss was in those bottles, it's not why they DNF'd.