Though I take pleasure in being right (see CENTRO'S NOT DONE YET thread), I would have happily been wrong.
Imagine seeing him in contention at the bell on Monday night...
"And at the bell, Kessler leads from Nuguse, Hocker in third, Waskom fourth and right behind him Matthew Centrowitz. Does the former Olympic champ still have a little magic left?" All of us would have believed, even if just for a moment.
Congrats to Matt on an incredible career. He did America proud and will forever be an Olympic Champion.
You predicted he would get a hamstring injury specifically? Not. As long as it’s all about you though.
The sadness of the biological passport era. they'll get you eventually, or get you out of the sport trying, but they don't have the power to take back what you stole.
No question about it - the greatest American distance runner of all time. Olympic 1500 Champ. Could you imagine what his international resume would look like without dopers?
2011 - 3rd place and Asbel Kiprop won that race...
2012 - 4th place and Taoufik Makhloufi won that race...
2013 2nd - Asbel Kiprop won that race...
2016 - OLY GOLD
The sadness of the biological passport era. they'll get you eventually, or get you out of the sport trying, but they don't have the power to take back what you stole.
LRC update: We spoke to Centrowitz's agent Ricky Simms on Friday, who told us Centro injured his hamstring three days before the Prefontaine Classic and the injury would not allow him to compete at the Trials.
May have flown a little too close to the sun trying to get fit - guy has had an incredible career and will always be known as a master tactician and someone at the top of the world for an extremely long time - Olympic champ, 4th in 2012, 2x outdoor medalist, completely dominant at USAs, world indoor champ - will always be a total legend, regardless of what he does from here - his masterclass in Rio will go down as one of the gutsiest and best run races of all time
“May have flown too close to the sun”?? Ha ha ha ha. He hasn’t done anything noteworthy since his 2016 gold and that medal was one the biggest flukes in the history of the 1500.
More likely he didn’t want to embarrass himself even more than he did in 2021 before and at Tokyo.
LRC update: We spoke to Centrowitz's agent Ricky Simms on Friday, who told us Centro injured his hamstring three days before the Prefontaine Classic and the injury would not allow him to compete at the Trials.
May have flown a little too close to the sun trying to get fit - guy has had an incredible career and will always be known as a master tactician and someone at the top of the world for an extremely long time - Olympic champ, 4th in 2012, 2x outdoor medalist, completely dominant at USAs, world indoor champ - will always be a total legend, regardless of what he does from here - his masterclass in Rio will go down as one of the gutsiest and best run races of all time
“May have flown too close to the sun”?? Ha ha ha ha. He hasn’t done anything noteworthy since his 2016 gold and that medal was one the biggest flukes in the history of the 1500.
More likely he didn’t want to embarrass himself even more than he did in 2021 before and at Tokyo.