Tom Hammond starting the second guessing of rupp running 10K
Tom Hammond starting the second guessing of rupp running 10K
For those curious, Piedra of Ecuador finishes in 18th (up from 24th at 35k) to take the Clydesdale title!!!
Rupp taking a medal feels empty.
Proud of Ward in 6th.
WARD!!!! Way to creep back from ~20.... thats a freaking insane finish in the Olympics from a guy I thought would be solid to get a top 20. 6th!!! Huge run.
Wish Rupp had a little bit more kick, but to be honest at start I thought 3rd was his best hope. Awesome day!
somebloke wrote:
ward in 6th and a PB. is that right, a PB in this weather?!
Wow, Eyestone had him ready to go I guess.
wejo wrote:
Wow. Jared Ward 6th.
Brojos, please feel free to officially apologize to Ward now. This was literally the ONLY mention you gave of Ward in your preview:
"Jared Ward has a history of running well in the heat (he won the U.S. marathon title in LA in 2015 and obviously qualified at this year’s Olympic Trials in LA) but we don’t see any way he medals in Rio. So let’s break down the two Americans with a shot."
You said absolutely nothing else of him.
Granted, he wasn't really close to medalling, but 6th at the Olympics is no joke and he deserved far more attention and respect than you gave.
Please apologize.
Callum Hawkins is hot!!!
Wtftw wrote:
Wasn't frank shorter born in Germany?????
Yeah, he was, but Germans and Americans are pretty much the same thing. Americans and Africans on the other hand...
mudpies wrote:
Ward was the first runner with a porn stache to finish!
Read more:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7619769&page=37#ixzz4HyiEiYsVWard proves to be world class. He hung on super well!
Nice juxtaposition.
Rupp cites Happy Gilmore as inspiration for the marathon.
Impressed with Ward. Weird that Rupp didn't congratulate him at all. Barely acknowledged him.
A Happy Gilmore for inspiration? WTF?
Meb falls and then does push-ups. Love that guy
Great rupp interview
Men eats it at the finish line.
Meb doing Meb things.
MIman77 wrote:
Impressed with Ward. Weird that Rupp didn't congratulate him at all. Barely acknowledged him.
Have you not witnessed the careers of AlSal and the rest of NOP? Classless.
Meb's Olympic career ends in 33rd place with pushups at the finish as he slipped and fell. Pretty cool.
HipsterDoofus wrote:
A Happy Gilmore for inspiration? WTF?
Funniest thing ive seen all day
Meb 33rd. He finished. Wow.
Somewhere Salazar is smilling and slow clapping.
Say what you will about him...the man gets results.