The US has the best 1500m runners right now. US had two olympic medalists last year in the event, Norway didn't have any. US has more 1500m olympic gold medals in the past 10 years than Norway does ever in the 1500 meters.
347 million people v 5.6 million...shouldn't that be expected? I suppose we could compare our nordic skiers medal hauls with the Americans?
The US has the best 1500m runners right now. US had two olympic medalists last year in the event, Norway didn't have any. US has more 1500m olympic gold medals in the past 10 years than Norway does ever in the 1500 meters.
347 million people v 5.6 million...shouldn't that be expected? I suppose we could compare our nordic skiers medal hauls with the Americans?
You've had one good family of three brothers and one other individual. You're talking as if you've got long standing depth and dominance in the 1500m when the reality is you're enjoying the success of Jakob, who has only one one outdoor 1500m gold. Norway's 5th best 1500m runner ALL-TIME is 3:35.... The United States has a couple dozen guys faster than that just in the past year. So tell me how Norway is some sort of mecca for 1500m running.
347 million people v 5.6 million...shouldn't that be expected? I suppose we could compare our nordic skiers medal hauls with the Americans?
You've had one good family of three brothers and one other individual. You're talking as if you've got long standing depth and dominance in the 1500m when the reality is you're enjoying the success of Jakob, who has only one one outdoor 1500m gold. Norway's 5th best 1500m runner ALL-TIME is 3:35.... The United States has a couple dozen guys faster than that just in the past year. So tell me how Norway is some sort of mecca for 1500m running.
Actually, I'm saying quite the opposite (at least I am attempting to do that with rusted english). I am saying that USA SHOULD have far more domination in the 1500m and other athletic events as it is almost 70 times the size of Norway. I was also being snarky in comparing our skiing success to that of Americans.
You've had one good family of three brothers and one other individual. You're talking as if you've got long standing depth and dominance in the 1500m when the reality is you're enjoying the success of Jakob, who has only one one outdoor 1500m gold. Norway's 5th best 1500m runner ALL-TIME is 3:35.... The United States has a couple dozen guys faster than that just in the past year. So tell me how Norway is some sort of mecca for 1500m running.
Actually, I'm saying quite the opposite (at least I am attempting to do that with rusted english). I am saying that USA SHOULD have far more domination in the 1500m and other athletic events as it is almost 70 times the size of Norway. I was also being snarky in comparing our skiing success to that of Americans.
Norway's 1500m success in the history of the country pretty much starts and stops with the Ingebrigtsens. They are 1st, 3rd, and 4th on the all-time list. Remove one family, you've got 2 guys ever to run sub 3:36. Accounting for population, 5.5 million vs 340 million, the two countries are pretty much the same. You've got 5 guys ever sub 3:36 (3 from one family) The US has 120. That's a ratio of 61 to 1, which happens to be the population. But actually the ratio of population was lower as you go back in time because the US population is consistently growing at a faster rate than Norway in the past 70 years. If you remove the best family of each country from the results, then the US has a way better ratio of fast 1500m runners per population, since Norway would then only have 2 sub 3:36 guys and the US would have 118 (most from one family is 2).
Actually, I'm saying quite the opposite (at least I am attempting to do that with rusted english). I am saying that USA SHOULD have far more domination in the 1500m and other athletic events as it is almost 70 times the size of Norway. I was also being snarky in comparing our skiing success to that of Americans.
Norway's 1500m success in the history of the country pretty much starts and stops with the Ingebrigtsens. They are 1st, 3rd, and 4th on the all-time list. Remove one family, you've got 2 guys ever to run sub 3:36. Accounting for population, 5.5 million vs 340 million, the two countries are pretty much the same. You've got 5 guys ever sub 3:36 (3 from one family) The US has 120. That's a ratio of 61 to 1, which happens to be the population. But actually the ratio of population was lower as you go back in time because the US population is consistently growing at a faster rate than Norway in the past 70 years. If you remove the best family of each country from the results, then the US has a way better ratio of fast 1500m runners per population, since Norway would then only have 2 sub 3:36 guys and the US would have 118 (most from one family is 2).
Norway's 1500m success in the history of the country pretty much starts and stops with the Ingebrigtsens. They are 1st, 3rd, and 4th on the all-time list. Remove one family, you've got 2 guys ever to run sub 3:36. Accounting for population, 5.5 million vs 340 million, the two countries are pretty much the same. You've got 5 guys ever sub 3:36 (3 from one family) The US has 120. That's a ratio of 61 to 1, which happens to be the population. But actually the ratio of population was lower as you go back in time because the US population is consistently growing at a faster rate than Norway in the past 70 years. If you remove the best family of each country from the results, then the US has a way better ratio of fast 1500m runners per population, since Norway would then only have 2 sub 3:36 guys and the US would have 118 (most from one family is 2).
Weird post.
Not really, it was full of statistics. Those statistics show that there's not some higher rate of 1500m success per population in Norway compared to the United States.
Actually, I'm saying quite the opposite (at least I am attempting to do that with rusted english). I am saying that USA SHOULD have far more domination in the 1500m and other athletic events as it is almost 70 times the size of Norway. I was also being snarky in comparing our skiing success to that of Americans.
Norway's 1500m success in the history of the country pretty much starts and stops with the Ingebrigtsens. They are 1st, 3rd, and 4th on the all-time list. Remove one family, you've got 2 guys ever to run sub 3:36. Accounting for population, 5.5 million vs 340 million, the two countries are pretty much the same. You've got 5 guys ever sub 3:36 (3 from one family) The US has 120. That's a ratio of 61 to 1, which happens to be the population. But actually the ratio of population was lower as you go back in time because the US population is consistently growing at a faster rate than Norway in the past 70 years. If you remove the best family of each country from the results, then the US has a way better ratio of fast 1500m runners per population, since Norway would then only have 2 sub 3:36 guys and the US would have 118 (most from one family is 2).
Manipulatd statistics can be used to prove however a man wants a view to be seen. For example, a bit silly and unfair to remove an entire family from a list or choose 3'35 as a marker, don't you agree? Let us do number of indigenous born countryman that have run under 3'30 compared to population (4: 370million v 2: 4million)? Or total number of olympic 1500m golds as compared to population (4: 370million v 1:4million)? See how that can work in another favour? A small country like Norway is just proud to see Jakob and Narve run so well. They have stimulated a revoluton with many younger athletes ecsited.