Game On: Kenenisa Is Going Try To Defend His Title

good call

change the dates and we will have an accurate statement.

Too old and too cynical wrote:

I long ago stopped believing in legends who could not be beaten.

Well, no one has ever beaten him in a 10,000 yet. That's both a legend AND a fact.

10k

1 Farah

2 Rupp

3 Kenyan

You heard it here first. KB will DNF once he realizes he is beaten, around 9700m. This is KB's only shot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B13mKu9eRH8

Nurmi won the 10k in 1920 and 1928. Finnish team officials refused to let him compete in the event in 1924 due to health concerns related to the extreme heat.

He almost certainly would have won.

i like the poster saying how he didn't like bekele based on his weasely appearance. i never liked the look of el guerrouj personally, and i also thought ramzi looked like an a-hole.

keep in mind i probably do too, i just happen not to be competing for world medals and records.

i also haven't seen anything from any of them that i would characterize as charisma.

but bekele, when i watch him run, my god it is the most beautiful thing. if he doesn't have my favorite form of all time it is awfully close. i can watch the beauty of his motion for a long long time.

i don't care how this race shakes out so long as everyone lays it on the line and there are at least two guys going for it with a lap to go.

The way I see it playing out is that his talent and training will get him in the lead pack at the bell, but he will get out kicked due to rust.

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I agree with this poster. Mo Farah has had a stellar season and should be considered the favorite going into Daegu. Yes, Keninisa is awesome at track 10K and has never lost one.... but he is also human and getting older by distance running standards.

I see him and Mo Farah 1-2 in the last 200m with Farah pulling away for the win in a fast time......around 27 flat.

yarbles wrote:

i also haven't seen anything from any of them that i would characterize as charisma.

"There is still a touch of the assassin about him, which Hermens first saw in the teenage kid who came over to Holland for a road race and gave a slit throat gesture to his Kenyan opponents before speeding away to victory. "

- Jos Hermens

ummm......WC 09??

ummm.....Beijing??

Right--and thanks, Mr. Obvious. Ashford won golds in the 4x1 in 1976, 1984, and 1988--which I think is even better than three in a row (especially for a sprinter), because she was prevented from repeating by the boycott and then won two more in a row anyway.

But still, no individual running-event triple-golds yet. And yes, Campbell-Brown has the same chance that Bekele does.

Two doublers who skipped an Olympics: Moses ('76-'84) and Taylor ('00-'08), both 400mIH.

KB is only 29! That's still pretty young.

Fastnbulbous wrote:

KB is only 29! That's still pretty young.

yeah for real

how is is farah anyway?

Birthdates according to both the IAAF and Wikipedia:

Bekele - June 13, 1982

Farah - March 23, 1983

So Bekele is all of 283 days (9 months and 10 days) older than Farah.

Not a factor.

UCI XC wrote:

Right--and thanks, Mr. Obvious. Ashford won golds in the 4x1 in 1976, 1984, and 1988--which I think is even better than three in a row (especially for a sprinter), because she was prevented from repeating by the boycott and then won two more in a row anyway.

This is wrong. Evelyn Ashford has won 3 golds in a row in the 4x1: in 1984, 1988 and 1992. In 1976 the GDR has won the event (Ashford has competed in the final).

And Moses would have won almost certainly in 1980 in Moskva.

Lewis came down with a virus during the '92 olympic trials and performed sub-par as a result. He was so good at the long jump that even being sick he could make the team. By the time of the olypics he was recovered and fit, possibly close to his Tokyo '91 form when he ran 9.86. He split 8.8 on the 4x100 anchor in Barcelona.

Nutella1 wrote:

there is still enough cheaters can do without getting caught.

Yeah, Farrah joined the Oregon group. He's not dumb.

mo farah was given drugs by alberto salazar. if you want to know how i know this then just ask anyone that is on the oregon team...

one runner who was in the group confirmed for me that he was aware of doping on that team.

I cannot put his name out there but he is a 2nd tier runner .. never made a WC team. He is a reputable guy.

I am not only relying on this guy.. i also look at dudes that are PRing later in the career.

All points to al sal as the doper. perhaps alan webb got out of there because of this.

It should be his prime as a matter of fact. At least in the 10,000. But then maybe he is paying a price for over training at a younger age.

Fastnbulbous wrote:

KB is only 29! That's still pretty young.

You do know Carl Lewis also failed dope tests?!

UKTripJump wrote:

You do know Carl Lewis also failed dope tests?!

Please be advised that beginning your posts with the words, "You do know" is infantile and asinine.

This has been a public service announcement.

It's clear that not many posting on this site are in Addis or have seen KB in person (let alone train) within the past two weeks...this is such fun!