Hassan vs Niyonsaba vs Semenya at Prefontaine Classic

That men's 5000 Friday night field is such a joke. Putting Mason Ferlic in a WR attempt with Cheptegei while Barega, Kiplimo, Ahmed, Chelimo, Wale, Gebhriwet, Aregawi are the next day.

Disrespectful to the sport and really cheapens everything.

As coffee club would say #notgoodforthesport

I hope there is howling wind and p1ss rains down on cheptegei while the next day is 60F, cloudy, and no wind

Is this Hassan’s opener ? It will definitely be a fast race, she will like push hard from the gun to run the kick out of Niyonsaba.
I imagine Semenya will be a nonfactor. She hasn’t been able to translate her success to longer distances as well as Niyonsaba.

Yes this is Hassan's opener. If she is in form, she has a legit shot to break the WR.

Semenya should be a non factor, just thought it was interesting that she will be running Pre.

I actually thought you were joking about Semenya running the 2 mile, so I checked the start list myself, and sure enough Semenya is in there.

Now that there are TWO sets of testes in a women's distance race, it's almost like 2016 all over again.

Semenya is too husky for distances over 1 mile. Niyonsaba is much thinner and so Niyonsaba can run faster times at longer distances than Semenya can.

What's next? Wambui is coming back?

C'mon Seb Coe and World Athletics. Change the rules so that they make sense.

https://www.preclassic.com/start-lists

Plus the morons who invited someone who's not a woman to be in a women's event.
As a woman, I would withdraw from the event based on those circumstances and would openly voice my reason for doing so.

Is a coach that abused/misused the rules under Salazar “good for the sport”?

Most of the people complaining about intersex runners with testes in women's races have been men. Women need to speak up!

wtf, why did they pad the WR attempt fields with a bunch of B-tier runners? What a joke.

Ok, I’m totally confused. Niyonsaba is going for the WR. That’s clearly how the event is being promoted. Hassan is just there to jog around? They make it seem like it’s only Francine is going to be running fast?? It’s Gidey’s opener too, right, but she’s going for the record. Why doesn’t Hassan jog around in that event instead? Is Hassan there to pace Niyonsaba? Anyway, the promoters know that Hassan isn’t going to be running to win or running fast, because if she is, then this presentation of the event is an insult!!

So two people who produce(d) the same testosterone as an average man, plus a notorious doper at the Pre Classic. Got it. What is this, a circus or track and field?

Downvote? Why do you give a pass to Ritz? Because you like him?

Relax. Using this same username I've pointed out to OAC fanboys the very same stuff you're bringing up.

I made a joke about something that has become a low key meme in the sport. Didn't realize I couldn't make a joke about a silly hashtag without the morality police coming out.

“Morality police”? Is it a bad thing to want morals in the sport?

I thought Semenya won a court case to allow her and other Athletes with her disorder to run any distance??

We all know is Sifan comes in second and breaks the WR then technically it’s Sifans…for biological females. If Niyonsaba comes in first and “breaks the WR” then it’s technically world record for nonbiological females.