bhts wrote:
A few (well, maybe several) laps from the finish, they were running 64s and Rupp, I swear, just looked like he was out for a run. He was *so easy* at that pace. He looked to be working less hard than every other man in the lead group. At that point I was thinking, "OMG this MF is gonna win it all!"
I was thinking the exact same thing. He just looked so smooth and ready to go.
Another good thing that could come of this: I hope to never have to read a post by Cliffy Calvin or any of his recent incarnations ever again
Trollie McSockpuppet wrote:
Nappy Roots wrote:I literally never thought I'd see an American-born runner medal in the 10k. Rupp damn there WON the greatest 10k on the biggest stage EVER. Well done kid. Well done!!!
Between 1992 and 2008, every medal in the 10,000 went to a runner of East African descent. (The last non-East African was Salvatore Antibo, who wan silver for Italy in 1988.) Galen is the first (and only) since Antibo.
Runner from Marblehead, Mass. won a 10000m medal four years ago.
YES! All honor and glory to Mo, Rupp and Salazar. Can there be three happier people in the world right now?
Jeff Wigand wrote:
Trollie McSockpuppet wrote:Between 1992 and 2008, every medal in the 10,000 went to a runner of East African descent. (The last non-East African was Salvatore Antibo, who wan silver for Italy in 1988.) Galen is the first (and only) since Antibo.
Runner from Marblehead, Mass. won a 10000m medal four years ago.
Everyone always forgets about Shalane in '08.
Zlatan wrote:
"I put only Kenenisa, maybe one Kenyan, and I put Mo and Galen Rupp. They are the four who can look for medals, no one else."
- Renato Canova
Start list:
http://tinyurl.com/c3hggnqThe gun goes at 9:15pm London time. That's 4:15pm on the east coast.
http://www.oddschecker.com/olympics/athletics/mens/10000m/winnerFarah 11/10
Bekele 3/1
Kiprop 8/1
They're the bookies favourites. Rupp 25/1
This was the first post in the thread.
Credit where it's due: Mr. Canova was pretty damned close.
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Anyone else think that K. Bekele looked a little more, umm, "husky" than usual? I'd say give him another four weeks to get in shape, and he'll be unbeatable.
Wannabe Goldbug wrote:
Another good thing that could come of this: I hope to never have to read a post by Cliffy Calvin or any of his recent incarnations ever again
Considering his prediction record, could we at least get him to predict that there's absolutely no way Rupp will win the 5,000m first? Or that he has no chance to ever set a world record?
GALEN MOTHER FVCKING RUPP!!!!!!!!
NEVER MAKING A RUPP CERTIFIED JOKE AGAIN
GALEN RUPP YOU ARE FOR REAL! WOOHOO!!
I wonder if all the runners moving to the marathon for $$$$ have hurt the east African dominance in the 10km or just advances in drug testing.
Are we going back to 27:30 10km & 13:20 5km winning times versus low 27:00 10km & 13:00 5km times?
bhts wrote:
Anyone else think that K. Bekele looked a little more, umm, "husky" than usual? I'd say give him another four weeks to get in shape, and he'll be unbeatable.
The same type of comments were made 6 weeks ago about Bekele.
More than likely, he's just on the downside of a great career.
Quoting Reader Rabbit's post on page 17. Concisely captures Rupp's legacy on Letsrun.com.
To "Galen MF Rupp": Thank you for posting the youtube video with the last 4 laps on it. Down here in Ecuador, the men's 10,000 was not televised, since there was an all-important men's quarter-final soccer match to be shown in its entirety. :( Thankfully, people in countries outside of South America understand that other sports besides "futbol" exist...
Thanks again for posting. What an exciting race!
Pretty sure he was talking about the men's 10,000. But if we're talking about women, don't forget Lynn Jennings in '92.
not reader rabbit wrote:
http://skreened.com/shirtsbyjeff/rupp-silver-2012Quoting Reader Rabbit's post on page 17. Concisely captures Rupp's legacy on Letsrun.com.
Can i actually buy that shirt?
Mark my words:
Farah 1st
Rupp 2nd
Bekele 3rd
That is what will happen.
MARK MY WORDS. THAT MEAN REMEMBER DEM BRAHS.
utrhuj wrote:
Jeff Wigand wrote:Runner from Marblehead, Mass. won a 10000m medal four years ago.
Everyone always forgets about Shalane in '08.
Nobody forgets, it's just that they are in two different events. If you think the women's field is as deep and the men you need to follow another sport.
Why on earth are you guys watching NBC? The BBC feed was impeccable with Bren and Crammy commentating first class.
There's lots of ways to get it.[/quote]
dude, download unblock-us to get bbc coverage. you can watch just about anything you want when you want and the commentators know what they're talking about.
noseeum wrote:
Why on earth are you guys watching NBC? The BBC feed was impeccable with Bren and Crammy commentating first class.There's lots of ways to get it.
dude, download unblock-us to get bbc coverage. you can watch just about anything you want when you want and the commentators know what they're talking about.
I turned on the BBC audio and watched the NBC feed since it was high def. Worked quite impeccably.
