Mo was just waiting waiting waiting. He was so comfortable - looking around and just waiting to go. I thought he'd drop the hammer at 200 to go but he was wisely more patient and just exploded with 100 to go. He was always in control. He was never going to lose this.
crete wrote:
Hard to not say Mo is the GOAT after this display
It's actually really easy to say he's not the GOAT, but that was a great race and he's one of the best ever.
what was that last lap?
I still hate mo, but I have to give props that that was one of the best championship 10ks ever, and the best we've seen in a long time. Nobody had the kick in the end. However, if Cheptegei and Kamworwor make the pace fast again in the 5k, he is more vulnerable their as he will face Edris and the 18 year old Barega of Ethopia, both have huge kicks, something that everyone besides mo in this race lacked.
Bekele's championship record is 26:49
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad says Mo should be disqualified. For once I have to agree.
After the DQs in the Rio 5k and SC there's no way Mo could not be DQed.
Disgusting is how easy they made it for Mo. 10K final always used to be on Sunday and then 5K next Saturday. Now they moved 10K to Friday so that Farah has 2 more days to rest
These BBC announcers are too much.
Wow.Great race but Kenyans sucked majorly. Farah proves unbeatable but Cheptegei was impressive.
George213 wrote:
What? It's still more than half a minute off the WR. How is that a GOAT performance?
Prolly because Mo fans are 17 years old or middle aged Eurocucks.
paul tanui is really good never forget
row-ads wrote:
awesome, he had to work for it.
also, by the commentary (i didn't watch) it seems like Mo could never have been a 26:20-30's guy if he was hurting that badly
teddy_farley wrote:26:49!
For whatever it's worth (hindsight is 20/20), I think the commentary on this thread about Mo looking like he was hurting was far too negative. I'm not going to speculate on his PR potential, but he clearly had more in the tank today if he needed it. Epic race by Mo.
ClaireHuxtable wrote:
These BBC announcers are too much.
On NBC sports Ovett is good but Katherine Merry is just insufferable. Terrible to listen to her drivel.
Ahmed 27:02 Canadian NR. Great run!
What happened to Patrick Tiernan?
theinfield wrote:
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad says Mo should be disqualified. For once I have to agree.
After the DQs in the Rio 5k and SC there's no way Mo could not be DQed.
Did you not see him get tripped by Bedan Karoki twice?
If anything, he might get DQ'd
Amazing race to watch but I'm pissed Mo won. The guy was a perennial also ran and just suddenly became the most dominant 10k guy we've ever seen at the age of 27/28. It makes zero sense and I'm glad we won't have to watch it on the track anymore.
HardLoper wrote:
Bekele's championship record is 26:49
26:46 in 2009, actually.
It's been a LONG time since the 10K was on Sunday
Rojo, is Mo DQed or what
LRC logic wrote:
HardLoper wrote:Bekele's championship record is 26:49
26:46 in 2009, actually.
Oh yeah