USATF Oly Trials DAY 9 - Official Thread

Chelimo was 3.47 seconds ahead of Jenkins with 5 laps to go.

oh no david oliver is out

THAT KIDNEY ANIMATION

easily the weirdest thing nbc has ever done

Chelimo is awesome. I was literally the ONLY person here on LrC giving him a chance in the 5,000m on the boards this past week. Everyone else was all about True, Mead and Hill. I knew Chelimo had a monster kick and a slow pace would benefit him. Given US runners run like wimps and run super slow, it was a given Chelimo would make the team. I'm happy all the weak, lazy white 5K runners will be at home. That's where they should be, watching from the couch!!

bkrunner wrote:

Respect for the way Rupp won that race. He knew if he was going to have a chance, he couldn't let it come down to a kick. So he ran the only race he could, which was to push it from a mile out and hope he got enough distance...

He won 9th.

Jenkins screwed himself by running like a dipshit. Congrats to the top three.

Rah rah Jason Richardson, let's keep the cheat streak going!

ergerg wrote:

THAT KIDNEY ANIMATION

easily the weirdest thing nbc has ever done

can't believe NBC makes that

OLIVER IS OUT

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

Rowbury for under sec of stat wrote:

If that men's 5,000m final isn't the perfect display of why the US sucks so terribly in the Olympics I don't know what is. Horrible racing, painfully slow start, no strategy whatsoever going on etc.

Lagat and Chelimo won because they have the best kicks. No surprise there. They gave them the race by going so slow in 15. Rupp strung himself out and eliminated himself, leaving Lagat to power through for the win. Mark my words we will have one at MOST runners in the 5,000m final. Probably zero though. Pitiful.

Chelimo would have had more if he hadn't surged out after Kincaid and Shrader.

They have a shot in a chaotic Olympic 5000m

Sream wrote:

bkrunner wrote:

Respect for the way Rupp won that race. He knew if he was going to have a chance, he couldn't let it come down to a kick. So he ran the only race he could, which was to push it from a mile out and hope he got enough distance...

He won 9th.

he was first in the 4600

Rowbury for under sec of stat wrote:

If that men's 5,000m final isn't the perfect display of why the US sucks so terribly in the Olympics I don't know what is. Horrible racing, painfully slow start, no strategy whatsoever going on etc.

Lagat and Chelimo won because they have the best kicks. No surprise there. They gave them the race by going so slow in 15. Rupp strung himself out and eliminated himself, leaving Lagat to power through for the win. Mark my words we will have one at MOST runners in the 5,000m final. Probably zero though. Pitiful.

You race strategy experts are awesome. Don't "string yourself out" and don't "sit and kick." So what would you have done? Forced someone to set the pace for you? It's a prisoner's dilemma problem that is not easy for any racer to solve. See every world championship or olympic medal Farah has won.

I have to believe he didn't see Gatlin way out in lane 8.

Wut jus happen????

OREGON

That's some good stuff for the oregon crowd.

Go devon allen

^

Typical LRC response. "Prisoner's Dilemma" "Sit and kick" "You can't lead it's suicide" I've heard it all before and you know what? Only the losers keep repeating all that crap. It's just lame excuses. I'm glad the real talents won today. Mead, Lagat and Chelimo deserve that win. Overall though, that race was a sh*t stain on our sport and an indictment on why the US distance teams suck so bad at the Olympics.

Devon Allen might be the best/fastest off the last hurdle that I've ever seen.

Allen 13.04! Was that Hannah Cunliffe he was hugging when he jumped into the stands?

1 Devon Allen 13.03 0.157 3

2 Ronnie Ash13.21 13.205 0.203 4

3 Jeff Porter 13.21 13.206 0.163 6

4 Aries Merritt 13.22 0.155 1

5 Jason Richardson 13.28 0.212 7

6 Jarret Eaton 13.30 0.196 2

7 Aleec Harris 13.56 0.186 8