Van Damme 1500m - Lagat.....

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21 years ago 08/30/2002 6:57pm EDT

Lagat was in a great position with 100m to go, looking very strong and just over El G.'s shoulder....but then he looked behind, presumeably worrying about those runners.

I like Lagat, but that small time-frame spoke volumes to me. Either he doesn't have the 'killer' instinct in him, or his confidence for beating El G. is not there. It's easy to say when I'm just watching, but he looked strong enough to make it a close finish.

Props to El G., but I am tired of the 'intangibles' of his races being handed to him. In other words, put Paul McMullen's attitude in some of these fast runners and let them really go after El G., instead of just following him.

Remember, the race was not THAT fast. He should not have won quite that easily.

21 years ago 08/30/2002 7:00pm EDT

re: ttc

Lagat simply doesn't believe he can beat El G. He's raced him and lost so many times its gotten to the point where even when he seems like he has enough to take El G, he can't do it. For Lagat to best El G, El G has to be proven fallible again, probably by a youngster like W. Chirchir. Only then will Lagat have the confidence to kick with him the last 200.

21 years ago 08/31/2002 1:24am EDT

re: Jebus

Everytime Lagat races EL G he has the same plan- stick to him and try to outkick him. Everytime he fails. How about a different race plan, like trying to actually lead and try to take some of the sting out of El G. I know Lagat may run out of gas. Its just that what he is doing now is and has not worked.

21 years ago 08/31/2002 10:14am EDT

re: noitall

Lagat tried that a couple of weeks ago. You can read about it in the latest T&FNews. It says that El G. was caught off guard by that, but still flew by with about 500 to go. Lagat is a great, great runner, unfortunately for him,

EL G. is just a little better.

21 years ago 09/01/2002 6:37pm EDT

re: INTHEKNOW

Lagat is so cute! I hope that he beats El G one of these days because he has been working so hard race after race. It's the only person that Lagat has yet to beat!

21 years ago 09/01/2002 6:57pm EDT

re: Cooper

Hicham and Lagat are both capable of World Class 800m

if they trained specificall for it, so speed is not Lagat

problem. The problem with Lagat is that Hicham has just

as much speed as Lagat and more strength. Hicham strength

showed when he debut at the 3000m with 7:25.05 and can

go faster while Benard whould have trouble going under

7:32. When you couple great speed and super stamina vs

great speed and good stamina, the super stamina will turn

the tide in its favor. Remember the last person to beat

Hicham in the 1500m was N. Ngeny (Ken) with 1:43 speed

and sub 7:40 speed in the same year he out kicked Hicham

in the Olympic final.

Vipam

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