Wow Teare was just awful 😞

also Emily Sisson after the Olympic 10k trials (knee, basically didn't run until her race in Tokyo) and Molly S before Boston DNF (hip impingement)

Sounds like teare is a puzzzy azz btch. This is why I support guys like Centro who have ego and swag but get the job done.

Of course Centro is an alpha male and Teare is not. But at least Teare talked after his race unlike that embarrassment Hocker.

Call me crazy but the guy did everything right! went out with confidence... grab the rail ...did a great job drafting off the runners in front of him... And then he beautifully eased his way to the finish saving his legs for a great performance in the finals

Honestly it's not his fault that there were 12 other Maniacs on the track who went all out in a preliminary heat! It's just totally bad luck for him that other guys were clearly hopped up on crystal meth and showed no ability to temper their performance for peeking in the final

P anyway it was a brilliant tactical race on his part and he should be very proud!

+1 unfortunately agree

I like Cooper but people have got to keep the same energy after trashing Nuguse for the Olympics: if you haven't been running, you know you're not ready to execute. It's sad but you should give up your spot

Honestly someone else could have had his spot on the team!

If he was a mother he would’ve advanced

I disagree that he needed to give up his spot for many reasons:

1. He earned the spot - it's up to him to decide if he wants to run or not. While it's nice and idealistic to say he should give it up, none of us would do that if we were in his situation

2. He had already stopped running before USA's and still beat everyone there - so cross training leading up to this isn't crazy

3. It was a weak year for the US men's 1500. Whoever would have taken his place wouldn't have been a contender and wouldn't have made the final either. It's not like last year where Engels was the next guy up - this year we had guys many had never heard of finishing in the top 3-5

Elite athletes always back themselves to pull a performance out of the bag when it's needed. Neil Gourley had Covid in the last week but ran and qualified. Hassan hasn't raced this year but competed well. I don't blame Teare for thinking he could find that kind of performance. It just didn't pan out for him.

Too much racing.

Its something completely else when Hassan competes out of little training and when Teare does.

I didn't have high hopes for him yet anyway but it's still annoying the way these athletes hide their injuries until after the race. He earned a spot and gave it a go with maximum rest. I don't know whether the injury was really the issue in the race itself, but surely the lack of fitness from a month off.

Yes, from the outside. But Teare isn't sitting around thinking that he's a second tier athlete who shouldn't take risks. He thinks of himself as being able to get among the best. His 90% fitness is not as good as Hassan's but I think he was justified in gambling on it anyway

Unfortunately this website is full of haters who probably never accomplished anything in their lives. They obviously have no idea what it is like to be an athlete and what it feels like to have a bad race. Sh*ting on athletes is how they fulfill their miserable lives

Dude. Major athletes from every other major sport exist under a microscope and are therefore up for public takes, many of which are bad/reactionary.

Ever watch ESPN? Ever read your local paper after your football or baseball loses two in a row? Some will empathize with the athlete, the loudest will not. This is sports. Let's treat running like one

What I want to know now is if Rachel McArthur will leave Cooper for the next in form runner. Sounds like her MO.

Great weekend ahead of me.

More like the WEB 101 class has found a live site to penetrate

Agree, it messed up my $200,022 Worlds Prediction Contest!!