How could Athletics Kenya be so stupid to leave Timothy Cheruiyot off the Olympic team?

Thenational teamselection process in Kenya is always a mess.

This reminds me of Makau's issue n 2012 when he was promised a spot and then, omitted because he was carrying 'an injury' that he denied.

IT also reminds me of the omission of Geoffrey Mutai from the same Olympics trials despite his bieng the best athlete that year.........or DAniel Komen in 1996.

W ehave crazy people at Athletics Kenya. We usually have the two past the finish line make it process with the third perosn being given a 'wild card' but this is where it gets murky.

If Cheruiyot is injured, then, he has no business representing the team but if he isn't, or if he decided not to push it to save himself (assuming he was carrying a minoor injury), then, AK would be stupid to omit him from the team.

We'll lose two guarenteed medals; Men's steeplechase (which will most likely go to Morocco) and the men's 1,500.

Kipruto and Cheruiyot are the only two guys who could have won but Kipruto is a joker. I don't mind that he didn't make the team. He needs some time to reflect.

In the meanitime, our marathon teams are great. They couldn't have got better in my opinion.

VroomVroom wrote:

He probably got popped for a drug test and they know what the results are going to be so why send him. Did he not finish fourth at their trials?

Jakob is doing cartwheels. It’d be a huge choke job if Jakob doesn’t win.

worry about your country man.....the burritos.

JohnnyS wrote:

My take: the hamstring injury, that he has battled before and Canova said came back before the kenyan trials, is still bothering Cheruiyot. Both Cheruiyot and coach Ouma are now trying to downplay it to give him a chance at being selected. He showed great fitness opening with 3:30 in hot conditions in Doha, and without some kind of a problem we would never have seen him race like he did at the Kenyan trials. He literally never loses, and even though kenyan competition is stiff, Cheruiyot has been by far the best miler in the world. Sadly, he seems to be injured, but Ouma hopes to get rid of it in time for Tokyo so they’re trying to play it off. Plausible?

Possible.

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""-'--'-'-"-----^' wrote:

jabouko wrote:

race baiting, pathetic post from Steve again.

I didn't mention race. If anything, you're the racist for being obsessed with peoples race. Everyone is the same and equal to me.

The undertones and teh euphemisms are screaming man!

You took the time to write what you wrote and some people heard it.

erghae wrote:

rojo wrote:

That's what we've been wondering all weekend so we had Jonathan Gault try to get the bottom of it.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/timothy-cheruiyots-coach-says-he-is-fine-and-fit-so-why-in-the-world-did-athletics-kenya-leave-him-off-the-olympic-team/

Seriously? Again?

How can you be so dumb and not understand that an athlete of Tim's caliber doesn't want to go to the Olympics unless he has a chance to do well?

He is injured. It will take time for the injury to heal. Then it takes time for him to get back into shape. Time he doesn't have.

Is it that hard to understand that you have to create a new thread?

1/10 because I clicked and replied, making you $0.02 richer.

Did you actually read the article? Where it says they contacted coach David Ouma and he said Tim does not have an I jury and is fit? And that Tim himself said he simply had a bad day and did not mention any injury?

NativeSon wrote:

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""-'--'-'-"-----^' wrote:

I didn't mention race. If anything, you're the racist for being obsessed with peoples race. Everyone is the same and equal to me.

The undertones and teh euphemisms are screaming man!

You took the time to write what you wrote and some people heard it.

Lol, you literally said yourself that the selection process in Kenya is a mess.

The hope for Tim is that there is a good statistical chance that one of the three selected Kenyans will get a suspension from the AIU before Tokyo.

However, there is no denying it's all suspicious. Jonathan Gault contacted David Ouma who clarified that Tim is not injured and is fit. Yet it seems that Ouma (who is quite a fiery character) did not denounce the selector's decision. Tim himself is remarkably upbeat.

I guess it would be hard to claim an injury if Tim runs 3:26 in Monaco. The question is how did Timamage to finish fourth and why is he and his coach quite laid back about it? Ouma says there was a problem in the race that was 'quickly fixed'? What does that even mean?

I don't recall Rojo saying anything after Atlanta in 2020, when our 2:07 guy Leonard Korir was "left off the team" - a team that will consist of the following:

Rupp - like him or not, he WILL compete and be in the race in Sapporo.

Riley - since Atlanta he's barely broken 15 minutes in a virtual 5K against Ward

Abdi - since Atlanta the ancient "Black Cactus" has not raced once.

Come Sapporo, Riley and Abdi will not race. They will not compete. Instead, they'll take the typical "hang back and try to pick off runners that go out too hard (you know, the ones that are actually racing) and Abdi will shuffle in at about 2:15, 2:16 with Riley lucky to break 2:19.

So why not put Korir and somebody else in there that will actually race?

"selection in Kenya has always been a mess" =/= "third world country".

That post was a dog whistle.