Emma Coburn jogs it in

rhimby wrote:

te5n1k wrote:

i remember watching some training vids with her and she seemed pretty difficult. everyone can act nice for instagram or when things are going well. i actually respect someone like chelimo much more. even if he is a dick he is funny and owns it. much worse when people are fake (not accusing emma of this entirely since i dont know her personally).

Chelimo is hilarious. Just watch this video where Coburn accuses Chepkoech of doping. She clearly has a huge ego, and can't stand anyone else being better than her. She also seems annoyed that Frerichs now has the AR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9L9aGfXpRU

I think you are a bad judge of character.

NYDCRunner1 wrote:

Why is there no black screen for Sydney? No one had to tell the owners of this site to put up one for Warholm. The moment he won, a black screen was up 5 minutes after.

People had to ask, nay demand a black screen for MU.

The constant bigotry of the owners of this site is amazing. What is it with the racist crap that's going on here?

Oh come off it. Do you just go around looking for quarrels and injustices? Get a life.

ufgjg wrote:

rhimby wrote:

Chelimo is hilarious. Just watch this video where Coburn accuses Chepkoech of doping. She clearly has a huge ego, and can't stand anyone else being better than her. She also seems annoyed that Frerichs now has the AR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9L9aGfXpRU

I think you are a bad judge of character.

Likewise.

El Keniano wrote:

Why again does she get all the attention when Frerichs is the actual American record holder?

Because she's essentially never lost to Frerichs other than the American record race. Jenny Simpson got all the attention in the 1500 for a long time despite the fact that she never held the American record.

RunAnnArbor wrote:

P.S.

If there was a recent message-board post that warranted a title change, this might be it.

'Emma jogs it in' is a bit of a slap in the face to one of America's leading athletes in our sport.

Nah, it’s good. TYVM!

joed|rty wrote:

Harold #1 wrote:

Coburn is a great runner. Just wasn't her day.

She gave a great interview and this is a great article:

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/08/04/emma-coburn-tokyo-olympic-steeplechase-kiszla/

Brutally honest and takes ownership of her failure. Gotta love Emma.

yes, she owned up to it, she stunk and says so....

Orange wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Why again does she get all the attention when Frerichs is the actual American record holder?

Her PR is only 1.5 s slower than Frerichs. She's got a bronze from Rio, a gold from London WC and a silver from Doha WC. It's not crazy to pay her a lot of attention. Frerichs had no global medals before this.

Wrong Frerichs had a Silver in the London WC

WinnytheBish wrote:

lkbc wrote:

I am disappointed in her.

Giving your maximum effort, should be a requirement for representing your country in the Olympics

Just shut your stupid mouth.

Good white knight, good.

Did you find the interview?

I think she did all of the things on purpose because she knew she wouldn’t medal; probably more importantly because she knew Courtney would beat her. No way someone of her caliber fu(&$ it up that bad on this stage.

koyPond wrote:

WinnytheBish wrote:

Just shut your stupid mouth.

Good white knight, good.

You realize your post is also white knighting, right? Way to stand up for what is right! You got me better than I got them!

joed|rt wrote:

The distance events at these games are basically a contest of who acclimated the best. Evidently conditions in Tokyo are similar to Uganda.

In a lot ofof uganda maybe but chemutai trains in kapchorwa at altitude so it would be much cooler there then the rest of uganda so she would not have trained in tokyo-like conditions unless she left her training base. Chemutai won she was the better athlete she was stronger and adjusted better then the others.

the T in T wrote:

High hopes wrote:

She said her body shut down halfway through. She wouldn't be the first American who has been caught out by conditions in Tokyo. The lack of a holding camp has really hurt some athletes

Stop with the excuses. OMG, no camp, how horrible!

Everyone knew the Olympics were being held in Tokyo for the past 5 years, plenty of time to plan time in heat and humidity. That is no excuse.

+1 ... it is the USA of excuses now. Everything that doesn't work out needs to be analized and treated by some kind of paid expert. Mental health is now a problem that is plaguing these athletes and we should feel sorry for them. Winning isn't their goal... wtf happened to the USA?

Honestly, it couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. Emma's attitude and her arrogance around others is sad, to say the least.

ufgjg wrote:

rhimby wrote:

Chelimo is hilarious. Just watch this video where Coburn accuses Chepkoech of doping. She clearly has a huge ego, and can't stand anyone else being better than her. She also seems annoyed that Frerichs now has the AR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9L9aGfXpRU

I think you are a bad judge of character.

nah. i think her obsessed fans are delusional. she is clearly bitter and tiptoeing around accusations instead of just owning her statements.

It looks to me that she did give up and just casually jog across the finish line. Not the way to rep the USA.

Honestly, it couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. Emma's attitude and her arrogance around others is sad, to say the least. I've "ran" into here more than once and have intimate knowledge. Once, while visiting Dr Weber I ran into her and held the door open, she didn't say thank you or smile and casually walked through. I was mildy shocked and obviously knew who she was. She then proceeded to walk behind the desk and get on the computer as the woman at the front desk asked her about her insurance. I stayed seated and watched as Emma was allowed to walk around behind the front desk while using the computer as if she worked there. Wow, what a breach of etiquette and HIPPA violation? This is not an exaggeration. Often, I see her running solo or with her group and while I would give a casual wave (like a thumbs up) she has never reciprocated, not once. Her teammates often wave and or smile but not Emma. Once she agreed to a speaking at a local running store and then cancelled. I can you that the few athletes her husband coaches that are not "elite" are not invited to the "team" outings and often feel left out. Did I tell you the time that Joe stood by while Cruz ran intervals on the track and spit constantly on the track while other runners were also doing workouts? Finally, somebody asked Cruz to spit off the track. Mind you this was during the early set of the pandemic . Not surprising what happened to her. Other than Emma, what has Team Boss done ?

They made Morgan McDonald much slower. He is not in the 5k finals.

This is truly one of the funniest posts I've ever read. It's like an SNL sketch.