Cheptegei calls out Mo Farah for skipping World Half: "It's quite really ridiculous that he's not in the field."

Easy to call out someone who everyone knows is past their prime. If Chep had any balls he'd be calling out Rhonex but I guess it's harder to trash talk people who could beat you

Long distance running is the only athletic sport where there is some sort of honor in being nice and humble. That's why it will never make millions like the NBA or NFL. There is no personality. Dodging competition is encouraged by agents, depending on contracts and such. Chep is on point for calling Farah out. Don't care if he's past his prime. You want the Oly title again, face the best then. We absolutely need more trash talk in track, especially in long distance running. Rojo, is right on this one.

Binbiuo wrote:

Tororo Hunter wrote:

Not so quick, Mr. Cheptegei! With all due respect to the man, I foresee Cheptegei losing this one. He will finish 5th. His country man Jacob Kiplimo will finish second. You guess the winner.

You are incorrect EXCEPT Kiplimo is actually more of a rival to Cheptegei than Mo Farah. I mean, is Albert Pujols a rival to Mike Trout? Nope.

On the track, yes. But this is the road and the last time Cheptegei raced on the road was February (?). Ever since he has raced the track. He is super fit as shown by his two world records on the track but transitioning from track to road takes at least a month. He is in for a shock here today. Kandie who is a half specialist will win and Cheptegei 5th.

Running Guy 007 wrote:

Rojo just doesn’t like Mo Farah. What else is new. Next

Guys why are you still posting on this thread, Running Guy 007 said ‘next’ it’s over

Binbiuo wrote:

Tororo Hunter wrote:

Not so quick, Mr. Cheptegei! With all due respect to the man, I foresee Cheptegei losing this one. He will finish 5th. His country man Jacob Kiplimo will finish second. You guess the winner.

You are incorrect EXCEPT Kiplimo is actually more of a rival to Cheptegei than Mo Farah. I mean, is Albert Pujols a rival to Mike Trout? Nope.

As I was saying...

Binbiuo wrote:

Binbiuo wrote:

You are incorrect EXCEPT Kiplimo is actually more of a rival to Cheptegei than Mo Farah. I mean, is Albert Pujols a rival to Mike Trout? Nope.

As I was saying...

It's TRUE, Jacob Kiplimo was better adjusted to the roads than Cheptegei and was going to finish higher. However his name sake, Kenyan Kiplimo Kandie gave this away. I had bet my entire estate on him winning! He allowed fear to reign in him! Had tried to push several times just after the 5K but retreated once Ethiopian Guye Adola went with him, staying on his heels. He should have kept his focus on the road ahead and Adola would have melted away! Anyway Kiplimo win and congratulations to him! The Kenyan Kiplimo goes home with some regrets. Hopefully next time he regains the Lion's Heart!

We should just be thankful that at least one of the guys at the top of the sport can speak English at the same level as a 12 year old.

CaptainPhillips wrote:

Not really ridiculous. Mo Farah isn't exactly a spring chicken anymore, nor has he won the worlds half. I think he finished third one year (2016?). Aside from the Great North Run, I don't think Farah has been dominant at this distance or has any reason to think he could win it.

And he's old and rich.. he can do what he wants now. Cheptegei will understand this in 15 years.

Maybe the Brojos will understand in 15 years too.

This feels a little like which came first the chicken or the egg. Is it Mo's fault that he can get paid a boatload to break a rarely contested world record? There isn't a ton of cash in this sport. He has a brand and image to protect. I'm not writing this because I like Mo or as a true defense I just understand it & am not gonna fault him.

When was the last time the US sent their actual 3 best runners to a road racing championship or to world xc? Is Rupp also ducking competition? Americans care about the Olympics & about domestic races. Maybe it's on sponsors/USATF/fans living here to change that. Maybe it elevates domestic races having strong US pros filling up start lists.

Joshua literally shat the bed in Poland. Mo could of beaten his time time assuming Mo is in 59 flat shape. That would be a good revenge for the trash talk. Big missed opportunity for Mo today. I guess Mo will have no problem in Tokyo with Joshua on the decline now

ultrawalker wrote:

We should just be thankful that at least one of the guys at the top of the sport can speak English at the same level as a 12 year old.

How good is your swahili, @$$hole? It’s as much their sport as you believe it to be yours.

bigfaststrontsexyguy wrote:

GrownUps wrote:

1) No, we don't need more "trash talk" in the world. Grownups emulating belligerent teen and 20-something athletes. Nope. It's called being a grown up. And the idea of sportsmanship shouldn't be quaint.

This mindset is exactly the reason our sport f@cling sucks. You just sound like an old tw@t shaking his fist at the sky. UFC has so much trash talk and Twitter beefs and that’s why it has surpassed boxing as the premier combat sport. I don’t see why running has to be gentlemanly and old fashioned

“Gentlemanly” = “F****** sucks. Un-f****** believable.

Also, you do realize that T&F is not a “combat sport,” right? Running is running. Not a “testosterone intensive” activity. All the trash talking in the world (from 120 pounders) wouldn’t make it ANYWHERE near what you want to emulate. Oh, and for you and others, Bolt managed to be found interesting without being an a******. Far too many People (completely illogically) think that you have to be one to be the other.

Just another internet fake tough guy. Pathetic. Check the clock, you might be late for a Trump rally, where you can revel in similar fake toughness.