Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech : how soon will he totally annihilate the 1500/mle WR's?

Have you looked at him? lol He’s at least as old as Jakob. At least. Looks older than Jakob actually. lol

Age doesn't really matter when you are competing at the senior level

If he's really 22 or something, then it's even more incredible that he's come out of nowhere and run 3:27. If he's lying about his age to further his career (promoters more likely to invite him as a huge talent) then he's obviously cheating in other ways. So yes it does matter, even if he hasn't entered junior championships.

Yea it does, when you’re closing in on 30. Look at this pic of the new “teen”:

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LOL. Teen. LOL

And he did enter the World U20 championships last year where he finished 5th in the 800m, so if he is an age cheat, he got the unfair advantage of gaining the experience from that competition (and pushing a real junior out of a cherished place in the final).

Maybe he will be like Nijel Amos. He wont run 3:27 again for another 6 or 7 years, and shortly after he'll get busted.

His biggest crime in your eyes is that he was not born white. The world record for 1500m was set by a 23 year old. You just cannot stop trying to incriminate non whites. You are a joke to me.

You're judging. Pic is after a race and the hairline is a quite common thing in Kenya. He could easily be U20.

God forbid your daughter marries a black man.

It will be the end of you!

It is super normal for phenoms to look older than their age. They are performing at such a high level because they matured earlier than their peers.

Alan Webb looked like he was 35 in high school. Nobody called him an age cheat. Kipchoge was called an age cheat for over a decade. Then he ran 2:01 at age 37.

^This. Do you watch NBA basketball? The African heritage players tend to look older than stated age. 23-25 year olds look 30-34.

All the virtue signaling is hilarious. The new teen fimd is no teen. The Africans look old because they ARE old. It’s ALMOST funny to watch the junior champs, with the Jamaicans looking like teens, the South Africans looking like teens, and most of the East Africans having receding hairlines and/or forgetting to remove wedding bands. lol

Here’s a great vid showing African age cheats. Supposedly these guys are 16-17 — the beat is the Eritrean who forgot to rwmove his wedding band, never mind his creeping baldness. Nijel Amos is there - his own agent admitted he was over age (21 in this race). Yes, pillars of fair play.

Aman, another age cheat in the race! HIS agent admitted he was over age as well, stating he was 23 in London, making him 22 in the Youth race. Shameless. Compare them to 19 yr old Brazier or even 16 yr Lutkenhaus.

he is the future of 1500m running

koech is clean if he is 18. you must give it to 18 yr old talent. if he is 28 it would be different

Just look at all these 'age cheats' - there are whole classes full of them.

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I love how be defends against being racist by describing a common physical trait of east Africans as hard evidence of cheating.

In a natural world not corrupted by the Western money and wealth, East Africain should take the lead of middle and long distances.

And West African should take the lead of Soccer not the fake latino of South-America.

Do you remember the recent 3-1 of Senegal vs England at home?