Think This One Through wrote:
OTOH, Amos is in his prime at 24 and has gone downhill since that very impressive 2nd place performance at London right behind the WR holder. He's run nowhere near that 1:41.73 Olympic time and not a single Olympic or WC medal since London.
To be fair, that was the greatest 800m race of all time and I don't think anyone in that race has PR'd since.
macdaddy wrote:
Think This One Through wrote:
OTOH, Amos is in his prime at 24 and has gone downhill since that very impressive 2nd place performance at London right behind the WR holder. He's run nowhere near that 1:41.73 Olympic time and not a single Olympic or WC medal since London.
To be fair, that was the greatest 800m race of all time and I don't think anyone in that race has PR'd since.
Not correct.
Mo Aman PR'd in 2013 with 1:42.37
You are wrong wrote:
macdaddy wrote:
To be fair, that was the greatest 800m race of all time and I don't think anyone in that race has PR'd since.
Not correct.
Mo Aman PR'd in 2013 with 1:42.37
You are correct, but he's the only one out of eight. Crazy!
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
Some ideas wrote:
Brojos...any way to follow up on this to see if he's (Aden) barred from entering Ethiopia? What about contacting some Spanish journalists and finding where the Sabadell situation sits at current? Is Aden still a paid coach for Qatar? Is Dibaba still coached by Aden? What about crowdfunding somefunds to pay for a tell all by Driouch?
First of all ESpAna has no interest cracking down hard on PEDs, if they did their unemployment rate would jump to 40% and their GDP would be in the grip of a death spiral.
They're "claiming" Dibaba is no longer coached by Aden, but I'm sceptical.
Crowdfunding a Driouch tell-all, I'll chip in twenty bucks for that one.
$100 from me.
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
According to Deanouk, authorities in Botswana were tipping him off about up coming tests.
Some doping issues in Botswana:
http://www.sundaystandard.info/doping-scandals-likely-bring-botswana-athletes-under-scrutinyhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201712110823.htmlLet it Rupp wrote:
It's f*cking April at a college meet and his season opener. Relax.
Isn't he running at the Commonwealth games? Which is in a matter of days and will be his main event for the year.
Amos run 45.9 and then 1:44.6 the following weekend and people are ripping on him!
He is clearly trying to be in good enough shape to retain his Commonwealth Games title (next week) without peaking too much as he wants to also retain his African Champs and Continental Cup titles later in the summer as well.
Pretty confident he'll run 1:42 low during the European Summer. Might be a little hard to get in to 1:41 shape and aim to win all those titles in the one season.
JR
JRinaldi wrote:
Amos run 45.9 and then 1:44.6 the following weekend and people are ripping on him!
He is clearly trying to be in good enough shape to retain his Commonwealth Games title (next week) without peaking too much as he wants to also retain his African Champs and Continental Cup titles later in the summer as well.
Pretty confident he'll run 1:42 low during the European Summer. Might be a little hard to get in to 1:41 shape and aim to win all those titles in the one season.
JR
Hey, I agree.
I must have missed reading about that 45.9 400m! Was it an open race or a relay leg? Either way, very impressive for March!
Brazier ran 46.00r and 3:59x double on January. Can’t wait to see his DL stuff.
Runner1218 wrote:
Brazier ran 46.00r and 3:59x double on January. Can’t wait to see his DL stuff.
Has to stay between the lines first!
Jet Fuel Joe wrote:
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
According to Deanouk, authorities in Botswana were tipping him off about up coming tests.
Some doping issues in Botswana:
http://www.sundaystandard.info/doping-scandals-likely-bring-botswana-athletes-under-scrutinyhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201712110823.html
Those articles have nothing to do with Amos.
Amos became an electronic music DJ for around two years. Word was he was sometimes smoking marijuana. Marijuana is not a performance enhancer, quite the opposite, but is banned by WADA most likely because they want athletes to be positive role models and all that.
DJ Ganja wrote:
Jet Fuel Joe wrote:
Some doping issues in Botswana:
http://www.sundaystandard.info/doping-scandals-likely-bring-botswana-athletes-under-scrutinyhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201712110823.htmlThose articles have nothing to do with Amos.
Amos became an electronic music DJ for around two years. Word was he was sometimes smoking marijuana. Marijuana is not a performance enhancer, quite the opposite, but is banned by WADA most likely because they want athletes to be positive role models and all that.
There's no doubt he was a doper. This is why he can't go under 1:43 any longer. He is at best Brazier level. Definitely not at Murphy's level.
Fart fuel Frank wrote:
DJ Ganja wrote:
Those articles have nothing to do with Amos.
Amos became an electronic music DJ for around two years. Word was he was sometimes smoking marijuana. Marijuana is not a performance enhancer, quite the opposite, but is banned by WADA most likely because they want athletes to be positive role models and all that.
There's no doubt he was a doper. This is why he can't go under 1:43 any longer. He is at best Brazier level. Definitely not at Murphy's level.
He is a rare talent. Rarer than both Brazier and Murphy.
Wrong, incorrect, not true wrote:
He is a rare talent. Rarer than both Brazier and Murphy.
Where's that "rare talent" at now? ?
DISCIPLINE PERFORMANCE WIND PLACE DATE RECORDS
400 Metres 45.94 San Diego, CA (USA) 24 MAR 2018
800 Metres 1:44.65 Palo Alto (USA) 31 MAR 2018
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/botswana/nijel-amos-256997
Mind you he has run 45s for 400m every year since 2012, it is his endurance that is the question.
And Aman ran a bad race, maybe the worst race of all 8 finalists. He died badly after 600.
Les wrote:
And Aman ran a bad race, maybe the worst race of all 8 finalists. He died badly after 600.
He and Kaki were sprinting all-out at 500m. Not smart
1:44 is a great season opener for anyone. Which pros have ever opened their season in April with 1:41???
Absolute nonsense from letsrun as always.
Amos has been up and down over the years but he's actually had a successful career.
No he never ran 1:41 again but people forget he won the Commonwealth's in 2014 beating Rudisha.
He's also run 1:42 in a couple of seasons after 2012.
He's been African champion a couple of times.
He's won plenty of Diamond leagues also.
And of course Olympic silver medallist.
Coe only ran 1:41 once also. It's not easy.
ex-runner wrote:
1:44 is a great season opener for anyone. Which pros have ever opened their season in April with 1:41???
Absolute nonsense from letsrun as always.
Amos has been up and down over the years but he's actually had a successful career.
No he never ran 1:41 again but people forget he won the Commonwealth's in 2014 beating Rudisha.
He's also run 1:42 in a couple of seasons after 2012.
He's been African champion a couple of times.
He's won plenty of Diamond leagues also.
And of course Olympic silver medallist.
Coe only ran 1:41 once also. It's not easy.
Well, that would be because Coe was busy getting the 1000, 1500, & mile world records. Coe had the record for 16 years! Did he have any incentive to break his own record again?
busy bee wrote:
ex-runner wrote:
1:44 is a great season opener for anyone. Which pros have ever opened their season in April with 1:41???
Absolute nonsense from letsrun as always.
Amos has been up and down over the years but he's actually had a successful career.
No he never ran 1:41 again but people forget he won the Commonwealth's in 2014 beating Rudisha.
He's also run 1:42 in a couple of seasons after 2012.
He's been African champion a couple of times.
He's won plenty of Diamond leagues also.
And of course Olympic silver medallist.
Coe only ran 1:41 once also. It's not easy.
Well, that would be because Coe was busy getting the 1000, 1500, & mile world records. Coe had the record for 16 years! Did he have any incentive to break his own record again?
Do you even comprehend the insanity of that statement?