Armstronglivs wrote:
OozmaKappa wrote:
Aregawi, Kiplimo, Barega, and Kipruto are world record holders.
Any wr holder can win gold medals. Not all gold medallists can break world records. The world record is the pinnacle of achievement in our sport.
Not all wr holders can win championship golds. They often don't. By the same logic, wr's are not necessarily the pinnacle, either.
Right you are.
Let's take this up a notch, to Olympic gold medals, as there are more WC cycles than OG cycles.
Let's spot-check some of the WR-holders over the past few decades.
How many Olympic gold medals have the following won in their events?
WR-holder Genzebe Dibaba
WR-holder Letesenbet Gidey
WR-holder El Guerrouj
WR-holder Daniel Komen
WR-holder Stephen Cherono (Shaheen)
WR-holder Brahim Boulami
WR-holder Bernard Barmasai
WR-holder Moses Kiptanui
WR-holder Beatrice Chepkoech
WR-holder Wilson Kipketer
WR-holder Sydney Maree
WR-holder Filbert Bayi
WR-holder Jim Ryun
WR-holder John Walker
WR-holder Steve Cram
WR-holder Moses Kiptanui
WR-holder Paul Tergat
WR-holder William Sigei
WR-holder Yobes Ondieki
WR-holder Richard Chelimo
WR-holder Arturo Barrios
WR-holder Qu Yunxia
WR-holder Mary Slaney
WR-holder William Sigei
WR-holder Fernando Mamede
WR-holder Salah Hissou
Survey says? 0
With the exception of El Guerrouj in the final 1500m race of his career.