If Kipchoge wins in 11 days, he’ll dethrone K.B. as the G.O.A.T. distance runner

Bekele is better wrote:
Bekele ran 2:04 at 41 in a pair of offbrand supershoes. He also was 2 seconds away from holding the 5000, 10000, and marathon record simultaneously. He also is a 3x Olympic champion, 5x world champion compared to 2x Olympic, 1x world.

Kipchoge as the GOAT is Nike manufactured PR, he is nowhere near Bekele or even Geb for that matter. He was lucky his marathon career coincided with the invention of the supershoe, because all those former 2:03 guys from the pre-supershoe days (Makau, Kimetto, Kipsang, Mutai, Biwott) would have run 2:01 if they got vaporflys.

Also nobody races each other in the Marathon, so to claim GOAT status for winning down a bunch of watered down Berlins is ridiculous. Get on a start line with Kelvin Kiptum before you retire

Jon Snow-man wrote:
Kipchoge as the GOAT is Nike manufactured PR, he is nowhere near Bekele or even Geb for that matter. He was lucky his marathon career coincided with the invention of the supershoe, because all those former 2:03 guys from the pre-supershoe days (Makau, Kimetto, Kipsang, Mutai, Biwott) would have run 2:01 if they got vaporflys.
Also nobody races each other in the Marathon, so to claim GOAT status for winning down a bunch of watered down Berlins is ridiculous. Get on a start line with Kelvin Kiptum before you retire

Bekele's mastery on the Track and in Cross Country (mind you both of these were in competition with Kipchoge in their primes) I've always thought separated him from Kipchoge. Now that Kiptum looks like Kipchoge 2.0 except even faster with no equipment/technological advantage (unlike Cheptegei), Bekele's greatness is even more apparent. I don't really believe that anyone thinks that Cheptegei's time advantages are significant (if they even exist) beyond wavelight/superspikes. Great as he is, he hasn't been able to pull of the doubles that Bekele did twice, nor the XC dominance.
This isn't to say Kipchoge wasn't the GOAT marathoner. He was, but being the GOAT Track and Distance Runner carries more weight to me. That is especially when the heir apparent is already here, and the likes of Sisay Lemma are now approaching Kipchoge's time.
If you had to make a cross-sports comparison Bekele is like Michael Jordan and Kipchoge is more like LeBron. Kipchoge's consistency/durability over the years is ridiculous. But Bekele was just better/more dominant at the peak of his powers.

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