Shannon Rowbury Breaks American - Runs 14:38.92 in Brussels!

simpson fan wrote:

As Rojo said on the other thread, a bit anticlimactic when you lose by more than 30 seconds.

Two ARs but zero Olympic medals.

Who you rather be Simpson (world champ, olympic medallist) or Rowbury (zero Olympic medals)? Answer: Simpson.

Somehow I don't think Rojo would have made that comment had Huddle been the one to run 14:38 and finished 20 seconds back.

The sport is lucky to have both Simpson and Rowbury, two very talented, very intelligent, quite nice people. Of course they would have their detractors here. Of course.

Rowbury and other American runners are subjected to numerous out of competition drug tests throughout the year. Their African counterparts are rarely tested because of the remote locations and lack of testing facilities. 14:38 is a very impressive time but not unexpected given that she ran a expertly paced effort and has over 15 years of hard training under her belt. She ran 14.46 two years ago off of a lot less mileage in her training. What you guys should be questioning is why an outstanding performance and American record only got her 5th place.

rojo wrote:

Dick Gere wrote:

Now has both the 15/5

Here are the leading results

Rank Nat Name Time

1 AYANA Almaz ETH 14:18.89

2 OBIRI Hellen KEN 14:25.78 PB 

3 TEFERI Senbere ETH 14:29.82 PB 

4 DIRO NEDA EteneshETH 14:33.30 PB 

5 NAWOWUNA Alice Aprot KEN 14:39.56 PB 

6 ROWBURY Shannon USA 14:38.92 AR 

7 KIBIWOT Viola JelagatKEN 14:44.09 

8 KIPKEMBOI Margaret Chelimo KEN 14:47.24 PB 

Why is Rowbury listed as 6th instead of 5th?

And anti-NOP, anti-NIKE hatred.

Requester of BLACK pages wrote:

BLACK PAGE FOR ROWBURY OR I WILL CRY SEXISM!

There is actually plenty of doubt about Bekele (and others) who ran their best times before there was a reliable EPO test. It was not uncommon for 5k runners to go below 13 minutes in Bekele's heyday. This year Farah at 12:59 was the world leader. Either runners are getting slower or there was massive EPO use in the early to mid '00s.

wejo wrote:

I think Mary Slaney had both records at once. Anyone else?

Sydney Maree

And Bernard Lagat.

ICYRAD wrote:

rojo wrote:

Black page for Ayana or I will cry racism? or Xenophobia.

Why would Ayana get a black page?

'cos she's black and BACK BABY!

Huddle'd 10,000 was lauded but Rowbury's 5000 is anticlimactic?

Too bad both Molly and Jenny were not in this race. That would have been great to see.

"Roidbury is back on the juice again! She'll be stripped of any and all medals and records once she is busted. Can't wait for that to happen to all of the NOP athletes. Enjoy it while it lasts. It's only a matter of time. How they all live with themselves is beyond me. But then cheaters don't have conscience do they or they wouldn't cheat in the first place. Their fans are in the same boat they are - right and wrong do not matter to you all either. Shame on all of you!"

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Ok... Kara!

Enh. wrote:

But if Jager gets the record I'll lose my mind.

yea because the one nike sponsored team is full of nike sell outs, and the other nike sponsored team is full of nike cool rebels who would never run for an evil empire like nike.

I live in Pdx and often train on the same tracks and trails. Centro is barely a part of the team. He great.

The rest of them are robots both in interviews and in person.

Why you leaving out her Bronze wrote:

simpson fan wrote:

As Rojo said on the other thread, a bit anticlimactic when you lose by more than 30 seconds.

Two ARs but zero Olympic medals.

Who you rather be Simpson (world champ, olympic medallist) or Rowbury (zero Olympic medals)? Answer: Simpson.

Hmm you forgot her Berlin Bronze... and she is owed an Olympic Bronze from 2012.

Now she has the AR in 1500, AR at 5k, Olympic Medal, and World Medal...

I don't even like Rowbury and your comment is just pathetic.

Jenny 2x World Medal, 1x Olympic Medal, and 3:57/9:12 to her credit. Career wise I'd probably give the nod to Rowbury unless Jenny runs an AR or gets another World's medal.

Jenny has a gold medal. I think that gives her the better career than being fractionally faster over 1500m. Throw in a ton more national titles and it would be hard to say Simpson was better.

Both have had very, very good careers. The list of american 1500m runners with better ones is very short, and the ones you can argue about being about the same is also very small.

Antsy runner wrote:

Rojo please ISP check this stiff. Complete BS.

gwaff wrote:

Yeah, when Simpson is busted, Rowbury will get her bronze.

Dozens of athletes get accused of doping on a daily basis here. The majority of them have done nothing to elicit suspicion outside of running a decent time.

And you actually think that claiming "BS" will actually get something done?

Seyta wrote:

Antsy runner wrote:

Rojo please ISP check this stiff. Complete BS.

Dozens of athletes get accused of doping on a daily basis here. The majority of them have done nothing to elicit suspicion outside of running a decent time.

And you actually think that claiming "BS" will actually get something done?

No. The JS fans think she is privileged and beyond reproach.

Having followed this rivalry for the past year this has become quite obvious to me.

soldformoney wrote:

Roidbury is back on the juice again! She'll be stripped of any and all medals and records once she is busted. Can't wait for that to happen to all of the NOP athletes. Enjoy it while it lasts. It's only a matter of time. How they all live with themselves is beyond me. But then cheaters don't have conscience do they or they wouldn't cheat in the first place. Their fans are in the same boat they are - right and wrong do not matter to you all either. Shame on all of you!

I love how everyone like to cry foul of ODP. If this is true then Kara was dirty also.