LM wrote:
jjjjjjjjjjj wrote:rupp's in better shape at 1500-10000m than any other American right now, no doubt about it. But the primary doubt here is not that he has not closed fast in a short race (he closed in 51.5 at 5000m Olympic Trials) but that it is at altitude, where he bombed two years ago, because of a cold and the altitude. If he's healthy and altitude-ready, he'll do fine. But altitude-born and trained athletes like Lagat and Lomong always have a built-in advantage at altitude, and hence are very hard to beat there. Look at what Keino did to Ryan in 1968 and look at what happened to every non-altitude athlete in those games in the distances.
More like 52 high...51 is getting into ridiculous territory.
Rupp has found that once in a race shorter than 10,000. He needs to learn how to do it on command. Hopefully this will be the race he figures that out.
okay, 52.54 as per this article.
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2012/06/us_olympic_trials_galen_rupp_k.html