KARA GOUCHER GETS BRONZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was ruined when the Gouchers sold their soul in a deal with Salazar, so don't act like some bitter cynic just came along and did it today.

The US always lose to their dark skinned counterparts. The US is losing in Iraq and Iran gets the gold medal. Palestine will soon knock America off the podium. The US have no balls. They are afraid and inferior. Islam will win the medal count.

Awesome finish line shot

http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/MultimediaFiles/Photo/Competitions/WorldChampionships/40517_W400XH600.jpg

Lots of Americans have run faster than Kara did today and you don't accuse them of any wrong doing. She just ran smart and pulled off an incredible finish. Congratulations Kara!

Wanna bet that all those Americans who have run faster did so under much better conditions? Nobody's taking issue with Goucher's time from Osaka, at least not in a vacuum.

u must b naive wrote:

Coach AlSal Himself wrote:

"I believe that it is currently difficult to be among the top 5 in the world in any of the distance events without using EPO or Human Growth Hormone.

realitycheck wrote:

Looks like Al was correct back in 1999 and things are cleaner now.

pdxrunr wrote:

.....because of better drug testing, the field is now level, and someone like Kara who is CLEAN, can now compete in a fair race. Well done Kara!

realitycheck wrote:

Exactly, I'd think we'd all agree on this.

Why would anyone believe that the testers have finally caught up with the dopers? Are you all in kindergarten?

17 min 5k runner has spoken.

And now 18 min 5k runner has, as well.

changing of the guard???

as I mentioned---race kara vs deena 100 times, and deena wins 95 times. things worked out perfect for kara and kudos to her for a bronze medal...but deena is far from done.

Both Kastor and Radcliffe are past their primes.

sergio wrote:Both Goucher's have made great comebacks and she joins Marriane Dickerson, Mary Slaney, Joan Samuelson, Lynn Jennings, and Deena Kastor as World or Olympic American Female distance medalists.

and Regina Jacobs.

And Mary Slaney.

I haven't seen anyone point this out yet but if there'd been team scoring it would have gone:

1. USA 22

2. Ethiopia 26

3. Kenya 36

4. Japan 39

Did you ever think you'd see this happen? Way to go Kara, Deena, and Katie!

I never thought I'd see Bekele beat in xc, either, at least not for many years but as we saw, extreme conditions produce extreme (odd) results.

You know how it goes, silver is the first loser..........

she's ridiculously good looking.

Makes me wonder what the women in your area must look like.

why don't you assholes provide some evidence for all these fake doping allegations. stop ruining this sport with your bullshit.

kara ran an amazing race! she is now one of the world's premier runners. a medal at worlds prove it!

she should enjoy it!

How ironic that you blast Kara when she's running poorly and blast her when she's running awesome? How can she win? ANYONE that has followed her career KNOWS she has had a career riddled with injuries. This is the first FULL year that she has been truly injury free, and look at what is happening. WHen she was injury free at CU, she was a stud. She has always been consistent when you could train and get the miles. Get a clue, Way to go KARA GOUCHER!!

No one deserves it more than she does, and no one has worked harder to get it.

ha, fair enough. I think cute is really good looking.