Olympic Men's 1500m

Mob Ink wrote:

Phil Ken Sebben wrote:

Tweet posted 10 mins before the gun if tweet time and start times are adjusted for my phone.

What a POS

really curious how getting injured and losing out on a life-long dream makes someone a POS. genuinely would like to know

You have to run to be an Olympian, first of all. Nuguse is the 3rd place American until 2023 at best.

I find it hard to believe Nuguse knew he wasn’t race capable any earlier than ten minutes before the gun.

He should have withdrawn with 72 hours notice, give or take.

Nike would throw Engels on a private/chartered plane at the drop of a hat. And we’d still have no less Americans through to the next round.

Was that so hard to understand?

Phil Ken Sebben wrote:

Mob Ink wrote:

really curious how getting injured and losing out on a life-long dream makes someone a POS. genuinely would like to know

You have to run to be an Olympian, first of all. Nuguse is the 3rd place American until 2023 at best.

I find it hard to believe Nuguse knew he wasn’t race capable any earlier than ten minutes before the gun.

He should have withdrawn with 72 hours notice, give or take.

Nike would throw Engels on a private/chartered plane at the drop of a hat. And we’d still have no less Americans through to the next round.

Was that so hard to understand?

Considering everyone seemed to be of the opinion that Nuguse would be racing 72 hours ago, including Yared, yes that is hard to understand.

Passant: Salam Aleykum.

Possible favorites if they advance to finals in 1500:

Cheruiyot, Jacob I., Kipsang, Lewandowski, Hocker, Centro, Lemi, Wightman, Zeleke, McSweyn (if it’s a fast race for the Ozzie).

Why did he not start?

Passant wrote:

Phil Ken Sebben wrote:

Yeah just like Makhloufi in London.

El Bakkali + Hassan + Mekhloufi + Katir

Your boy Al Bakkali is smarter than the others. Quit while he’s ahead. Smart.

Your grammar is dogsht so I’m interpolating what you may have meant. So forgive me for ignoring the rest of that sht you posted.

(IB racism/xenophobe— Illegals (who work for one of my companies) with no education and no internet speak more clearly than Passant.)

Where has it been reported that Nuguse knew about this a long time ago and "secretly" hid his injury? Why are some assuming that Nuguse is a "POS"?

How do you know he didn't have an injury that he hoped would get better, you know, to compete in the Olympics, and it didn't quite get there? How do you know he didn't just pull a muscle while streaking the Swedish dorm last night, leaving no time for Engels to arrive?

Flanagan's ghost wrote:

Rememberer wrote:

Nuguse did what everyone else would do in his circumstances. You qualify for the Olympics, you go to the Olympics. Engels should have run faster.

You qualify for the Olympics, you go to the Olympics, and you compete in the Olympics.

Fixed it for you.

Your boy should have run faster if he wanted to go.

poster xyz wrote:

Phil Ken Sebben wrote:

You have to run to be an Olympian, first of all. Nuguse is the 3rd place American until 2023 at best.

I find it hard to believe Nuguse knew he wasn’t race capable any earlier than ten minutes before the gun.

He should have withdrawn with 72 hours notice, give or take.

Nike would throw Engels on a private/chartered plane at the drop of a hat. And we’d still have no less Americans through to the next round.

Was that so hard to understand?

Considering everyone seemed to be of the opinion that Nuguse would be racing 72 hours ago, including Yared, yes that is hard to understand.

Oh? Did he run a bunch of hard track reps 3 days ago and wreck his quadricep before the biggest race of his life?

Or you’re being obstinate because I threw out 72 hours.

How long have he and his coach known but chose to do the selfish thing?

Not sure why Nuguse didn't line up, stride the straightaway, drop out. Could have played it like, "we wanted to see if things were better, they weren't so he had to pull the plug after 150m". Would have made it seem like they THOUGHT he could have raced but it was worse than they expected.

Lee Duffy. Hutchinson was replaced by Diffy.

Lay off Nuguse. Freak injury, it happens.

Phil Ken Sebben wrote:

poster xyz wrote:

Considering everyone seemed to be of the opinion that Nuguse would be racing 72 hours ago, including Yared, yes that is hard to understand.

Oh? Did he run a bunch of hard track reps 3 days ago and wreck his quadricep before the biggest race of his life?

Or you’re being obstinate because I threw out 72 hours.

How long have he and his coach known but chose to do the selfish thing?

The irony of your calling ME the obstinate one. You suck as a human.

I'm wondering -if you trip and fall, do the officials check Instagram to see how many followers you have or something? It seems very odd how some runners are put through and others are not.

Ghost1 wrote:

Passant: Salam Aleykum.

Possible favorites if they advance to finals in 1500:

Cheruiyot, Jacob I., Kipsang, Lewandowski, Hocker, Centro, Lemi, Wightman, Zeleke, McSweyn (if it’s a fast race for the Ozzie).

This is my selection for the next round.

I'm also inspecting Hocker and the Moroccan Sadiki performances.

I'm dropping Essayi from my lists.

GOLD FAVORITES: S | Cheruiyot, Jakob I.

MEDAL GOALS: A+ | McSweyn, Hoare, Lewandowski, Centro, Wightman, Lemi

MEDAL POTENTIAL: A | Kipsang, Zeleke, Hocker, Kerr

FINALS POTENTIAL : B+ | Habz, Fontes, Gomez, Debjani, Simotwo, Heyward

SEMI CEILING: B | Sadiki, Mechaal, Rozmys, Willis, Farken, Coscoran, Grethen

But really, lets think about how the race would play out.

Fast race tier list (3:29-3:31)

who would go with a 55/1:51/2:48 pace by Tim Cheruiyot?

- Jakob I., McSweyn, Hoare, Centro, Wightman, Kerr

who would lay off just a bit?

- Lewandowski, Simotwo, Lemi, Kipsang, Zeleke, Hocker

who else might make the final?

- Heyward, Habz, Gomez, Debjani, maybe Willis!, Rozmys, Mechaal

So assuming its a final with all of the first group, 5 or so of the second group, a couple from the last...

could play out like this maybe idk

1. Cheruiyot - 3:30low

2. Ingebrigtsen - 3:30low

3. McSweyn - 3:30mid

4. Hoare - 3:30high

5. Centro - 3:31mid

6. Lewandowski - 3:31mid

7. Kerr - 3:32low

8. Lemi - 3:33

9. Hocker - 3:33

10. Zeleke 3:34

11. Heyward 3:34

12. Willis - 3:35

Ghost1 wrote:

Passant: Salam Aleykum.

Possible favorites if they advance to finals in 1500:

Cheruiyot, Jacob I., Kipsang, Lewandowski, Hocker, Centro, Lemi, Wightman, Zeleke, McSweyn (if it’s a fast race for the Ozzie).

Nice run by Hocker. I’m hoping he proves me wrong.

In this heat he ran within a second of his PB. The guys in front of him were 6 to 8 second off their PB’s. Depending on what semi he gets he may have get a PB to qualify. Then in the final he’ll have be 3:30 or better to medal. It’s hard to set big PB’s in such a short span of time. Tall task, I hope he can do it.

What’s the point of doing that, for pride? For fake glory? None of us on this thread has been in his position and the fact that many are laying insults on Nuguse without knowing the full story is absolutely pathetic