Let's see what the aussie has to say after the World Championship final. If he medals, he would have ran a spectacular race. The man should, however, take a page from K. Bekele and shut the hell up until he wins something important like a world championship gold or an olympic gold.
He comes off as an arrogant, self-centered prick.. but the truth is, I think he talks like this mainly for his own psyche. The man has to try to convince himself that he can crush these guys...it's kind of like a boxer before a match...it is all hype and bravado before he gets TKO'ed in 3 rounds. Do you really think that Bekele even pays attention to this numbnut. The truth is the aussie fears the Africans and knows deep down he doesn't have what it takes in an honest race against the best in the world.
He should be ecstatic that these countries (Ethiopia, Kenya) can only send three athletes each to the World Championships. The aussie knows that Tariku would not run in the top 20 of a Kenyan/Ethiopian 5K race if all the best athletes compete...so this prick can take shots at Tariku, but he probably wets the bed at night knowing that Choge, K. Bekele, Shihine would crush and spit out his trash-talking outback ass. Trust me, he thinks of them a lot more than they think of him and a big difference is that they have the medals to back it up.....