Sadly, it seems more likely that in his injury challenges (limiting his ability to make a living, let alone enjoy athletics and fame) he is doing what many injured American athletes do in a variety of sports: disappearing into the background.
Hopefully he has good supports around him, and isn't suffering with mental health challenges and/or alcohol use (which has been a problem from some Kenyan runners).
The 800 taking a giant leap forward the last couple years has kinda overshadowed Korir's run but he was the class of the event during that post-Rudisha period where nobody was breaking 1:43.
Korir ran 44.2 and 1:42.05 within a month in summer 2018, nobody else in history has matched those PRs. Absolute freak talent, he probably gets a second gold at 2019 WCs if he didn't double up. Sad to see he's had a rough go of it recently.
The 800 taking a giant leap forward the last couple years has kinda overshadowed Korir's run but he was the class of the event during that post-Rudisha period where nobody was breaking 1:43.
Korir ran 44.2 and 1:42.05 within a month in summer 2018, nobody else in history has matched those PRs. Absolute freak talent, he probably gets a second gold at 2019 WCs if he didn't double up. Sad to see he's had a rough go of it recently.
Korir was in fact ahead of his time. At his best he ran quite a bit like Arop does now. Big finish/kick, mowing guys down from 300 out and trying to run closer to an even effort/split. It looked weird in Korirs time as we were used to positive splits and hanging on for fast times or more sandbagging types (for the kickers).
My guess is he missed his 2nd test and cant dope anymore since he cant skip tests. Blaming an injury from 2 years before he won gold? Give me a break
You realise your missed test count resets every year?
Its resets in a calendar year, so the date of the first missed test is the date that drops 12 months later and so on.. So not quite as simple as a reset every year, but I get the general point.
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I wish people would leave him alone and give him his space since he's made it clear he doesn't want to be bothered. I got the sense he was never happy living in the US, and it seems his former coach and physiotherapist are trying to lure him back for their own selfish gain citing doping incidences in Kenya when their athlete Michael Saruni, the last Kenyan 800m bust was suspended whilst based in America under them.
Emmanuel Korir's mental and physical health matters more than easy commissions from an athlete under oppressive and exploitative sponsorship deals. He'll train where he wants when he's ready. Also, what kind of person takes someone's Olympic gold medal even if it were offered them?