is it just me or is rupp looking a little strained, dropped every so slightly off the back?
is it just me or is rupp looking a little strained, dropped every so slightly off the back?
Rupp lost contact, now at the back of the front cluster
5-8m back
Rupp struggling to stay with top 5 as is Biwott.
Uh oh Rupp's hat not on perfectly. Hat trick backfiring?
*white
TrollPATROLzzz wrote:
Rupp getting dropped.
That is incorrect
Pack down to 7, Gheb is gone, 2:04 Ethiopian gone. Medal chances going up. For Rupp. Berhanu should not take the lead, allow Kipchoge to make the move like Ayana and hope the weather hurts him enough that the move costs him.
I am rooting hard for Kipchoge and Rupp to go 1-2!
Galen Rupp yeah go USA go Galen what a beast he going to medal? I think so :)
I'll just leave this here for others who remember it:
It's not raining so a hat only traps heat at this point. Why he's still wearing it is beyond me.
ryan foreman wrote:
The hat switch is such classic Salazar. You don't know what to make of it. Its just weird to begin with. Nobody has seen it before. Than you start running through the questions. It raises legal questions. In the end you probably have to concede that it is legal if for no other reason the rulemakers never thought about addressing it. Ultimately you just come away annoyed.
I can almost guarantee that all the NOP doping allegations are exactly like this hat switch. It goes to show how Kara Goucher and Salazar are probably both right. When Salazar keeps doing stuff like that, you can't blame an athlete for becoming skeptical. But in the end Salazar is probably right that it is all legal. I would bet that he vetted this equipment exchange with the powers that be in Olympic marathon officiating.
+1. Also, I wonder if they sprung this out of the blue to mess with the minds of the other runners. They have to be thinking about it, wondering if he's getting an advantage.
Rupp is not yielding.
Rupp is back in it for now, but can't handle any surges. He's fragile at this point. Biwott also struggling
They just dropped a 4:43 mile. Getting quick!
Ethiopian and Kenyans conspiring for a faster pace. Illegal?
Looks like the two ethiopians, Kipchoge, and Rupp. The other two Kenyans and the Ugandan falling back.
somebloke wrote:
If there is ice in that hat I would actually wish for a DQ. This is beyond gray zone.
Ugh, not ice in the hat, the hat has been sitting in ice water, cap is soaking wet, chilled
Anyone else think the final 10K should be commercial free? Probably asking way too much
Down to 4 now, Rupp hold tough
The fat guy in blue and green running along the side of the course is about to get dropped.