I am a Kenyan and grew up running 10km to school back and forth and lived at altitude my whole life. I was also born with Kenyan distance running genes. Our country can’t afford doping programs, those are with the west. I am not a doper.
Did you know, at Olympics, they drug test medalists? Did you know athletes have to race sans drugs at Olympics? Did you know with all those 3:26.xx 1500m, only one 1500m Olympic gold medal.
Did you know, in one final he fell? Did you know, in the other final he list by 0.25 to the 1000 m world record holder, who you surely think was doping?
I have been around T&F long enough to know anxiety falls when I see them, gals & guys falling between (375 to 450)m to go in 1500m races. Don't make me be a mean person and list all the well known gals & guys who fell with 375m to go to 450m to go in 1500m races.
el G would have ZERO 1500m gold medals but for Noah Ngeny's auto collision. It is my opinion, N Ngeny was sandbagging for a couple years, setting el G up for defeat. It looked too easy for N Ngeny.
el G was a great runner. Don't make too much of performances in prior eras. Did you know, T&F technology has never been better? Did you know, there is more money today supporting elite T&F athletes than ever? Did you also know it is no longer possible for men to race sub-1:42 800m; sub-3:27 1500m?
1:50.0 is actually "only" 3:26.25 so even if you "hold on" to exactly that pace you're not breaking the record. Really if you want to positive split to break the 1500 WR you want to go out in 1:49.0 or so and "hang on".
As if that's easy.
Who said anything about a "positive split?" You and 18 other idiots don't even know the current WR split at 1:50.7.
Repeat that, and "hang on" as in finish strong like El G did. Sooner or later someone will get lucky. BUT they don't try often, as I already explained. You just wish it weren't true because I said it.
Did you know, in one final he fell? Did you know, in the other final he list by 0.25 to the 1000 m world record holder, who you surely think was doping?
I have been around T&F long enough to know anxiety falls when I see them, gals & guys falling between (375 to 450)m to go in 1500m races. Don't make me be a mean person and list all the well known gals & guys who fell with 375m to go to 450m to go in 1500m races.
el G would have ZERO 1500m gold medals but for Noah Ngeny's auto collision. It is my opinion, N Ngeny was sandbagging for a couple years, setting el G up for defeat. It looked too easy for N Ngeny.
el G was a great runner. Don't make too much of performances in prior eras. Did you know, T&F technology has never been better? Did you know, there is more money today supporting elite T&F athletes than ever? Did you also know it is no longer possible for men to race sub-1:42 800m; sub-3:27 1500m?
The 1500m final in Sydney is the only time El Guerrouj ever lost to Ngeny. Run that race 10 times and El G wins 9 of them. It’s actually hilarious you think Ngeny was sandbagging in 99 and willingly gave up gold just to “surprise” him in 2000, as if El G had no idea that the guy who ran 3:43 right behind him in Rome was actually pretty good.
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