BAREGA MF BAREGA 12:43!!

m!ndweak wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

"Second"? Try further down. Much further down.

notice how the only kenyan was just barely under 13:00? its only a matter of time before the axe falls on ethiopia but for now rek is prob excited and elK is sad cause his boys got crushed.

good thing im not racists, nor have any ties to my "fav" distance runners. my favorites have always been ritz and KB. doped or not just enjoyed KBs smooth form, kinda like kipketer and lagat, just so smooth

Kenyans haven't been interested in the 5k for a while. But the pacemaker Stanley Waithaka Mburu is 18 and the current WU20 silver medalist. I think the classic Ethiopia vs Kenya days will be returning to cheer you lot up.

does anyone have a vid of the last 1k at least?

Here you go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWe9_QZmi1M

I wonder whether Coevett will revise his prediction of a Jakob 5000m Olympic victory?

This Barega kid is what 18 years old? Even if he's 20 or 21 who cares, this is the 5k, Farah was winning top races at 34.

Does Jakob have 12:43 in him?

Great things happen when Farah is out of the picture

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Yomif made that race, and did all the work to keep pushing. 7 runners under 13 mins crazy.

Great from Barega, who has not been in the best of form this year.

I can't recall another 5000m race, where 7 runners ran under 13 mins.

Those 2 will dominate 5000m for the next 8 years.

Good showing from Paul. He finally broke 13 mins, but he has some work to do if he wants to compete against the 2 ethiopians.

2012 Paris had 11 under 13.

not even out of breath at the end then show boat around, then a nice victory jog...if you notice with the leaders everyone looked chill and not even close to being taxed till you get to chelimo...EPO its one hell of a drug

Through the US development lens wrote:

Poor coaching- they aren’t leaving him enough room to improve in his college-age years. Probably trains too hard. Sure he’s good now, but how much more can he improve from 19 to 23??

Well, most people on these boards would say he’s already 21-22 so he’s having his college age year’s improvement. That said, holding an athlete back when they are 18 is not worth it. They could get hurt or stop developing. It’s better to reach their peak and try to improve on that peak.

m!ndweak wrote:

not even out of breath at the end then show boat around, then a nice victory jog...if you notice with the leaders everyone looked chill and not even close to being taxed till you get to chelimo...EPO its one hell of a drug

Oh go away.

You said there would be no more sub 3:30 or 13:00 times and you were incredibly wrong.

Find a new sport to comment on.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Here you go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWe9_QZmi1M

Lol Ben True had to put tape over the logo on his jersey.

m!ndweak wrote:

not even out of breath at the end then show boat around, then a nice victory jog...if you notice with the leaders everyone looked chill and not even close to being taxed till you get to chelimo...EPO its one hell of a drug

Hey, say thank you, my dude! We thank people around here.

Why u only talk about dopping

Let's give complement to the winners

And barega is not 18 he is around 24

Am not talking about his passport age

goulash wrote:

Haters gonna hate. Show me some prominent Ethiopian athletes being busted.

It's not hard for me to imagine that Barega can run a second a lap faster than Solinsky.

+1

m!ndweak wrote:

not even out of breath at the end then show boat around, then a nice victory jog...if you notice with the leaders everyone looked chill and not even close to being taxed till you get to chelimo...EPO its one hell of a drug

some evening jog

It's nice that Mo Farah era is over. Otherwise this race would have been won in 13:08 with everyone looking around the entire time, trying to prove that they can out kick him.

Nike can pollute everything with the damn gigantic swoosh all over their 99 percent black/green sublimated garbage, Adidas has orange everywhere, and True has to cover up the Saucony symbol.

What?

Milethon wrote:

It's nice that Mo Farah era is over. Otherwise this race would have been won in 13:08 with everyone looking around the entire time, trying to prove that they can out kick him.

I have to agree with this.

Further, this race has proven that there simply isn't enough incentive to run fast these days.

I guarantee you if the IAAF put $1mil bonuses on certain WRs (not unreasonable as it's stood 14 years) then we would see this kind of thing more often.

Clearly athletes have the talent, it just took Yomif to decide he wanted to run fast today to make it happen. We should be very grateful.

No matter how their achievement feels not fair for you . Still there are some guys out there working hard and their high attitude nd their gene which makes their dream come true

I know it seems impossible for you guys

But

BEKELE... Gebreselassie .. Sehin... Kejelcha...barega

All are clean athletes ... World class ethiopians

If EPO was their key for success European athletes would be the first one to use it

Ethio athlete wrote:

No matter how their achievement feels not fair for you . Still there are some guys out there working hard and their high attitude nd their gene which makes their dream come true

I know it seems impossible for you guys

But

BEKELE... Gebreselassie .. Sehin... Kejelcha...barega

All are clean athletes ... World class ethiopians

If EPO was their key for success European athletes would be the first one to use it

But Aden got popped for having loads of EPO on him, as well as other drugs.

So stop lying. They are dirty just like the rest of them. I love to watch them race , but stop with the BS

Ayana broke a dirty WR. And Yomif runs for NOP, one of the dirtiest running clubs in the world.