Put some respect on Mo Farah’s name

Mo Farah Respect wrote:

I’m tired of seeing people here act like Mo Farah was mid. It drives me insane. His medal run during his reign was absolutely insane and completely unmatched. Just unreal. And let’s not act like this was solely the result of a kick. The reason he kicked so fast was because of his supreme fitness. He closed a championship 5k in 1:49 for christs sake!!! Could close in 52 in low 13s 5k races. Act like he couldn’t have beat anyone at any time. Not even mentioning the RIDICULOUS 1500 he dropped out of no where. Let’s not pretend he couldn’t have medaled there too if it had been his focus. And a range up to a 2:05 marathon. Cmon. Yet people here want to act like he’s an afterthought just to praise off Bekele or whoever. Pfft

High hopes wrote:

I think he is an all-time great. Below Bekele and Geb, but still one of the top-3 greatest ever. Tactically, he was the best ever, almost unbeatable. He broke his opponents mentally and then physically over the last 1km. It's clear that Jakob has adopted Farah's tactics and I think you also see it with Abdi Nur (btw, he will win a medal in Budapest this year).

The knock on Farah is that he never chased records, which is fair, though he was never incentivized to do so - what does it matter if he ended his career with a 12:53 PB rather than a 12:40? What would that have added to his legacy that 10 gold medals, 2 silvers and a WMM win didn't?

One measure of just how good Farah was, is how difficult anyone has found it to win double gold since he retired. Even peak Cheptegei couldn't manage it; Farah did it for four champs in a row.

He's also one of the fastest championship racers ever. Up until his first retirement in 2017, he had the 2nd and 4th fastest 10k winning times in history, behind only Bekele.