We Ethiopians are the kings of running.

I do not care about your language you have already understood what I have written.

We Ethiopian have our own rich language with its own unique alphabetic. Actually we use written Amharic when your ancestor lived in cage.

When we came to native Indian (not Native American b/c you can not give them a dirty name like America the who lost his way and ended in the present Red Indian land)

How ignorant you are! Do you think native Indian where primitive? Go to Latin America and Central America you will find amusing civilization better than white people.

The funniest thing is about AIDS.

No body argues who created AIDS it is your own ruthless people.

Whenever American hear about 9/11 they be come nerves and most of African, Asian will be happy you know why for the first time American test what the meaning of war in their own land.

I hope these days when ever you see war in one country, you will understand how much it is painful and your stupid government will work hard to solve other problems.

I thought that you know history, if you do know please refer to history book and you will find how white people where barbarian and ruthless and how they use the technology to kill people and on and on.

So in short no body like American no matter how you are generous no matter how you are smart

First of all, that was a funny post. you're really fired up.

second, nobody cares if you like americans. it is human nature to not like those who are a hundred times better off and more powerful than you are. if you would calm down you're realize that the VAST majority of americans are normal people that you would get along with outside of the context of a message board where people just get off on insulting one another anonymously.

i was only born here, so i don't claim a right to any of the wealth or power that the US enjoys (yet), and I know i'm lucky to be here. also, i don't dislike any person based on where they are from, which apparently can't be said for you. if there is something i can do to help people who are less fortunate based on the situation they are born into, i usually try to do it...and have done it through volunteer work here as well as donations to most groups that have asked for them. but when people like you go spouting off crap about how the west is evil, it really doesn't encourage us to help any more.

so go on enjoying your rich heritage and shitty present situation over there. Hopefully our rich, white, ruthless leaders will just leave you alone to enjoy the fruits of your own wonderful leadership. I'm sure you're all just about to turn the corner on your own, right?

finally, your top athletes are all dopers. and yes, that includes geb.

To the guy who truly believes geb is clean.....you are ignorant of the fact that just about every world record is set by someone who has done or did drugs.

turn right wrote:

it is human nature to not like those who are a hundred times better off and more powerful than you are.

....so go on enjoying your rich heritage and shitty present situation over there. Hopefully our rich, white, ruthless leaders will just leave you alone to enjoy the fruits of your own wonderful leadership. I'm sure you're all just about to turn the corner on your own, right?

finally, your top athletes are all dopers. and yes, that includes geb.

"turn right" hmmm.... good name for you, because your posts are certainly out of the Republican playbook (wejo should be proud).

(look, of couse Mesfin posts were over the top and insulting, he should be embarassed. But after all the COUNTLESS racist, hate-filled, attacks I've read on these boards against blacks, and all the jealous drug accusations leveled at African runners on this board, the entire white LetsRun community should be ashamed (including wejo). And I am sure you agreed with the majority of the posts I am speaking about. Mesfin was mainly reacting against that hate, which is still no excuse really for some of his comments, but I like how you didn't find offense with any of the comments he was reacting too. Ethiopians ARE the kings of distance running, but he can't say that without jealous angry americans coming back with , "no, you are a bunch of filthy cheaters who are the kings of POVERTY", and then a bunch of posters laughing over that. Those comments were cool, because they weren't about "your people", right? suuure. Grow the hell up you pathetic piece of shit . I repeat one last time: They ARE the kings of distance running. Can't you just let him have that one valid crown without replying with insults and attacks? No, because we americans have to be the best in EVERYthing, including insults and attacks.)

repost. No one has been able to answer this.

good post sir lance a lot on what has become a stupid thread. one thing though while ethiopia has 2 men better than anyone K. bekle and geb, in the mens long distance events 5k, 10k and marathon i thin k kenya is better, of the top 100 on the all time list in the marathon kenya has 48, followed by japan with 10 then ethiopia and spain are tied for 3rk with 7 each.

in the 10k of the top 100 all time its

1. kenya 46

2, ethiopia 19

3. morrocco 7

4. usa and portugal 3 each.

in the 5k its

1. kenya 47

2. ethiopia 16

3. morrocco 14

4. usa 4

no other country has over 2 of the top 100 in the 5k.

that is just how i rank the strength of countries by event based on the all time top 100 list.

I am so amazed by this arrogant Ethiopians calling themselves distance kings yet in Osaka they ONLY, ONLY managed FOUR METALS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kenya had 13 my friends and it's from where distance events begins, the 800m! they won both men and women. Geb could not even break the record without the Four Kenyan pace makers! let alone the EPO! Kenya came second after US..that means when you talk of running talk abt US and Kenya! You ethiopian suck in 800m,1000m,1500m,3000m stplchase,3000m flat, half marathon, 15k among others!

To drive point home, Kenya are already launching an attack of the record and I don't want to go to details!! I hope you remember how the half marathon went! It is going to be short lived WR in marathon.

My post was directed more to the OP than Mesfin. Mesfin is just another misguided hack like yourself...not that there's anything wrong with that.So with the all the success Ethiopian runners have had this year you don't think that Ethiopian fans have a right to be proud of their runners or their country? The only people who can take pride in Geb, Bek, Def, Dib et al because they actually did the running? Wow, I hope you weren’t taking pride in Hall’s London marathon or Webb’s Paris win because you certainly didn’t do it, now did you?I can’t for the life of me understand all the hatred spewed in reaction to the OP. Why is it that only Americans can talk shit? Why can’t an Ethiopian come on here and say “We’re Great!” without getting lambasted by a bunch of insecure and racist runners? There is no doubt that Mesfin should be embarrassed by his responses but I am more embarrassed by the responses from the letsrun.com community. This may be the first time I have ever said this but Sir Lance-alot appears to be the only thinker here.

Fifi in the CA wrote:

Jefe in the CO wrote:

Congratulations Entoto. You've got much to be proud of. Can't say the same for all these letsrun.com hacks who are itching to turn this into a forum for their racists rants.

What does he have to be proud of? What has HE done, besides declare on the internets [sic] what a supremacist he is, only to have idiots such as yourself come on here to 1) completely ignore that fact, and 2) wrongly accuse others of doing the same.

dvdvd wrote:

that's fantastic. you're also the kings of poverty.

best comeback ever! I just fell out of my seat laughing!

Mesfin,

cool down my African brother. You seem to be worked up.

First of all, I haven't congratulated you and your idol-everyone's idol-Haile on breaking the world record.

Kudos! Hail to the Haile. congratulations.

Folks, this isn't a nice post and you know it.

thank you bro!!

Haile is king of the track and road and we should wait for century to find some one like haile!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i feel good when red nick turn in to puprle

Rody wrote:

in Osaka they ONLY, ONLY managed FOUR METALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought it was three: gold, silver, bronze (alright, bronze is an alloy, so perhaps that makes it four).

So, the kings(Ethio)without aclown, took home from world championship only four medals! wow! hail to the kings!!! the whole world! what about the queens?

The kings are basking in the glory of their perfomance! you didnot know? They are celebrating the four medals they won!!!!

Hey! you know what? Benard lagat, almost by himself dethrone the Kings (eth) by collecting half of the metals the kings claims to have harvested! Bravo Lagat! for giving the kings arun for their money!

you few kings kenyans gat alot...thousands

you could have said the same or similiar things in a moderate tone, without sounding arrogant, and a silly debate would have not ensued...

What were you thinking when you posted? Hey, i am really right so i am going to pick a fight...

A little silly, given the potential of the discussion to all feel good about great runners...

You might even want to admit to this on your next post.

mesfin wrote:

in the near future ethiopia will be the bread baket of africa.

Just like Zimbabwe was

I like it.

you brought me the case of Zimbabwe.

Ethiopia is the fore front of liberation of our brother Zimbabwe.

When Mogabe expel white farmer, which is a good thing, you stingy, miserly white people do every thing to destroy Zimbabwe

AMERICAN ATHLETES SHUOLD EXPEL FROM BEJING OLYMPIC.

THEY WILL SPOIL THE SPRIT OF SPORT