Official 2018 World U20s (AKA World Jrs) Thread

Coevett wrote:

They don't look alike at all. George looks more like a 25 year old younger version of his coach than his 'brother'.

Based on the Twitter picture you posted and claimed was George, you're the last person with any credibility on what people look like.

Phantasy Star wrote:

Ririka MF'ing Hironaka advances in the 1500!!!

Japan is unstoppable. Most naturally talented clean athletes on Earth.

When you're insulting everyone else, then everyone is going to hate,

suspect and accuse the Japanese runners, and Muir. Is that really what you want to do.

Coevett wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Are you serious? Full brothers. They've said it several times including in the linked IAAF article. How would you react if I asked if white people with different hair and eye colouring can be full siblings? Dumb.

The IAAF article also says the dad sired 35 children with five different wives.

They don't look alike at all. George looks more like a 25 year old younger version of his coach than his 'brother'.

Yes surely they had a different mother.

Praying that Soren doesn't lay an egg, like being 3rd to last or something

Doesn't look like he's up near the front so far.

Knudsen just got lapped. #sad

What a disaster of a finish in the 5000 with so much lapped traffic right at the line. Norwegian dude 3rd...shady.

Amazing run by Jakob.

It will be fun to see him in Monaco now.

Viking power

This Jacob boy is the Real deal! He wins silver and now bronze? I wish these games were stretched a bit so he could go for 3000m steeple chase for a triple! By the way what happened to Berega? No medal at all? Seems similar to 1500m where the overwhelming favorite Tefera got utterly destroyed! Ethiopians are getting "murdered" with their own sword. They normally let the Kenyans do the front running then outkick them. This time, the Kenyans did not buy into that and decided to stay back. Ethiopians found themselves in an unfamiliar ground of having to front run and ran themselves down!

Din Din wrote:

This Jacob boy is the Real deal! He wins silver and now bronze? I wish these games were stretched a bit so he could go for 3000m steeple chase for a triple! By the way what happened to Berega? No medal at all? Seems similar to 1500m where the overwhelming favorite Tefera got utterly destroyed! Ethiopians are getting "murdered" with their own sword. They normally let the Kenyans do the front running then outkick them. This time, the Kenyans did not buy into that and decided to stay back. Ethiopians found themselves in an unfamiliar ground of having to front run and ran themselves down!

Stanley Waithaka, the kid that won silver, could be the new Sammy. Just you wait.

El Keniano wrote:

Din Din wrote:

This Jacob boy is the Real deal! He wins silver and now bronze? I wish these games were stretched a bit so he could go for 3000m steeple chase for a triple! By the way what happened to Berega? No medal at all? Seems similar to 1500m where the overwhelming favorite Tefera got utterly destroyed! Ethiopians are getting "murdered" with their own sword. They normally let the Kenyans do the front running then outkick them. This time, the Kenyans did not buy into that and decided to stay back. Ethiopians found themselves in an unfamiliar ground of having to front run and ran themselves down!

Stanley Waithaka, the kid that won silver, could be the new Sammy. Just you wait.

I'll have a tenner on, 'never gets any faster than his 'junior' performances' please.

Mexico has won 2 gold medals. Other countries that are ahead of USA in the standings are India, Indonesia and Moldova

USA wins gold in the 4x100. A white guy on the 3rd leg? U20 track is weird.

Is this USA's first gold? What's happening fellas? Losing in sprints to India and Indonesia now?

El Keniano wrote:

Is this USA's first gold? What's happening fellas? Losing in sprints to India and Indonesia now?

They would have won gold in the 100 if they were allowed to send Coleman.

I don't get the rules of this competition, why weren't they allowed to send him?

El Keniano wrote:

Din Din wrote:

This Jacob boy is the Real deal! He wins silver and now bronze? I wish these games were stretched a bit so he could go for 3000m steeple chase for a triple! By the way what happened to Berega? No medal at all? Seems similar to 1500m where the overwhelming favorite Tefera got utterly destroyed! Ethiopians are getting "murdered" with their own sword. They normally let the Kenyans do the front running then outkick them. This time, the Kenyans did not buy into that and decided to stay back. Ethiopians found themselves in an unfamiliar ground of having to front run and ran themselves down!

Stanley Waithaka, the kid that won silver, could be the new Sammy. Just you wait.

El Keniano, I didn't watch the race but it must have been a mouth-watering combat! I hope Sammy getting reincarnated fast because we really never got to see the potential of Sammy, not 50% of what he could do. I remember Zakayo saying that he was going to beat Barega to revenge his loss in Nairobi in the 3000m World Youth last year. He sounded an overreach but now I believe. And how better to do it than to tow his teammate along and win gold and silver and completely lock out Barega and his teammate?

El Keniano wrote:

Is this USA's first gold? What's happening fellas? Losing in sprints to India and Indonesia now?

lol maybe if the entire U.S. team was aged 25-30 your your precious Kenya-Rosa squad we'd see some slightly different results.

Your grown azz men in the 800 are lookin' good! Hope their kids are in the audience to cheer them on.

Din Din wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Stanley Waithaka, the kid that won silver, could be the new Sammy. Just you wait.

El Keniano, I didn't watch the race but it must have been a mouth-watering combat! I hope Sammy getting reincarnated fast because we really never got to see the potential of Sammy, not 50% of what he could do. I remember Zakayo saying that he was going to beat Barega to revenge his loss in Nairobi in the 3000m World Youth last year. He sounded an overreach but now I believe. And how better to do it than to tow his teammate along and win gold and silver and completely lock out Barega and his teammate?

I know. Zakayo looked like he was barely hanging on and then he turns on the jets and blew past everyone in the home straight like they were walking. But what killed Barega was Waithaka's long kick for home from about 800m to go. He made the race. Poor Barega just didn't have the legs which is odd considering how he toys with the seniors. Kenya's long 5000m drought looks like it's ending.

Yeah, looks like Norway's 5000m drought is about to end too.