Ches to run for USA?????

Chelimo

Lomong

Kincaid

Hunter

True

Kipchirchir

Mead

Blankenship (rumors true?)

Hill

Kebenei

Missing more?

It will be a difficult team to make. I could see him doing his usual thing of not leading then progressing into fits of arm flapping over an unsuccessful last 200m sprint.

The thing is that Cheserek has the confidence in beating all of these guys. I hope the reports are true, would be a nice injection of disruption to the landscape over 5000 or 10,000m. No guarantee he runs the 5000m, guys. He is capable of winning both the 5000 and the 10,000m in the US with Rupp out of the picture.

He gave up on competing for the US for the 2020 olympics because his citizenship wasn't going to be done in time. With the year long postponement it may have given him the time he needed to get it completed.

He has lived here for over a decade, and lives here full-time, and seems he is going to stay here. So I hope he can represent this country.

When will you guys learn most of cheserek's stories are total bs. He tells people what they want to hear.

manzanita wrote:

Chelimo

Lomong

Kincaid

Hunter

True

Kipchirchir

Mead

Blankenship (rumors true?)

Hill

Kebenei

Meh. Half of these guys couldn't even make Ches sweat....

If in peak shape, only Chelimo, Lomong, Fisher, and McGorty would scare Ches. Maybe Centro, Kincaid, and Hunter but their 5k resumes and projections are underwhelming after a soft 2020 season.

manzanita wrote:

Chelimo

Lomong

Kincaid

Hunter

True

Kipchirchir

Mead

Blankenship (rumors true?)

Hill

Kebenei

Missing more?

It will be a difficult team to make. I could see him doing his usual thing of not leading then progressing into fits of arm flapping over an unsuccessful last 200m sprint.

You forgot Fisher and McGorty

And Centro

Amory wrote:

manzanita wrote:

Chelimo

Lomong

Kincaid

Hunter

True

Kipchirchir

Mead

Blankenship (rumors true?)

Hill

Kebenei

Missing more?

It will be a difficult team to make. I could see him doing his usual thing of not leading then progressing into fits of arm flapping over an unsuccessful last 200m sprint.

You forgot Fisher and McGorty

Definitely. Thanks.

jenapharm wrote:

When will you guys learn most of cheserek's stories are total bs. He tells people what they want to hear.

This story could possibly be true because I thought I heard somewhere that he would have citizenship by the end on 2020, but not time for the USOTs.

Not going to matter. I've heard from a mega agent that Tokyo in 2021 is more than likely to be cancelled as they cannot guarantee spectators in the stands and rely on that revenue stream.

manzanita wrote:

Chelimo

Lomong

Kincaid

Hunter

True

Kipchirchir

Mead

Blankenship (rumors true?)

Hill

Kebenei

Missing more?

It will be a difficult team to make. I could see him doing his usual thing of not leading then progressing into fits of arm flapping over an unsuccessful last 200m sprint.

I mean usually the arm flapping last 200m results in a W but, yeah, the US is loaded at the 5000. It'll be a tough team to make. He should take a crack at the 10k too if he gets citizenship.

Corin wrote:

The thing is that Cheserek has the confidence in beating all of these guys. I hope the reports are true, would be a nice injection of disruption to the landscape over 5000 or 10,000m. No guarantee he runs the 5000m, guys. He is capable of winning both the 5000 and the 10,000m in the US with Rupp out of the picture.

.... According to one, Hicham El Guerrouj, King Ches should be focussing on the mile/1500.

"progressing into fits of arm flapping over an unsuccessful last 200m sprint." XD XD

NERunner053 wrote:

I mean usually the arm flapping last 200m results in a W but, yeah, the US is loaded at the 5000. It'll be a tough team to make. He should take a crack at the 10k too if he gets citizenship.

He's making his 10k debut at this weekend's Under Armor meet, so maybe he's thinking the same thing.

If the olympic trials aren't run on an indoor track in February he will be screwed.

Ho Hum wrote:

NERunner053 wrote:

I mean usually the arm flapping last 200m results in a W but, yeah, the US is loaded at the 5000. It'll be a tough team to make. He should take a crack at the 10k too if he gets citizenship.

He's making his 10k debut at this weekend's Under Armor meet, so maybe he's thinking the same thing.

He ran the 10k a lot in college successfully, this will be his first pro 10k on the track tho

macdaddy wrote:

manzanita wrote:

Chelimo

Lomong

Kincaid

Hunter

True

Kipchirchir

Mead

Blankenship (rumors true?)

Hill

Kebenei

Meh. Half of these guys couldn't even make Ches sweat....

If in peak shape, only Chelimo, Lomong, Fisher, and McGorty would scare Ches. Maybe Centro, Kincaid, and Hunter but their 5k resumes and projections are underwhelming after a soft 2020 season.

That's still a lot of guys. Chelimo's a lock to make the team. Lomong probably is too unless he decides to just go 10k. Even if you throw him out, that still leaves the other 5 you mentioned plus Ches fighting for 2 spots. And that doesn't even consider wildcards who could snag a spot on a good day in the right sort of race (Klecker? older guys like True, Hill, Mead, etc who might not be totally washed). Ches might be the best out of all those guys but it's still a lot of competition compared to the 10k, where he'd pretty much be a lock I think. Even the 1500 would probably be an easier team to make, depending on how well you think his indoor mile performance translates.

Corin wrote:

Not going to matter. I've heard from a mega agent that Tokyo in 2021 is more than likely to be cancelled as they cannot guarantee spectators in the stands and rely on that revenue stream.

They've built the arenas.

So the question is if they can't have Olympics with fans do they hold them at all? I'd hope they'd try and hold them and there would be financial incentive to do so (all the TV money).

The US is going to have fans in sports this fall. Will others follow suit? The big question is what does a country like Japan which has had very few Corona cases do?