Lets be real. Sell and Ritz are out of medal contention. They will just go along for the ride. Hall, will NOT win a medal. The times that Haile G. and Tergat run, not too mention, Lel and Cheyriout are out Hall's reach for this year. The U.S. marathon team looks really bland and boring. So I suggest all you rednecks realize that those 3 runners who will represent the U.S. in the Olympics for the 42km race are coming home empty handed.
Like, wow dude, like, it took a lot of balls to write that.
Shall I point out the many glaring grammatical and spelling errors in your post...Friendo?
Thank you for the very uplifting and encouraging post!
Lets be real neither Meb nor Deena had a snowballs chance in hell to medal in 2004, but they did.
Would Meb or Khalid or Abdi of had a chance to medal if they had made the team? Because they all got their asses handed to them by the three guys going to Beijing. As a matter of fact they beat the silver medalist from 2004 by 4-6 minutes and that was Meb's best race in his last 3 attempts.
Haile G. isn't even going to end up running the marathon... He probably won't even run the 10k either because he's doping. He will come up with some lame excuse.
Personally, I like Sell's chances. Maybe not for a medal, but a strong top 10 finishing. Hanson's is based either close to or in Detriot- it's a shitty, polluted dump... About the closest to living in Bejing right now in America. So he should be able to cope well with the poor air quality and do well...
I like Hall's chances as well... If he runs like he did in NYC,I don't see 3 other people beating him if Geb doesn't run (which he won't) One of the previously stated people will bomb and Hall will come back with at least a bronze.
What makes the marathon so great is that so much can change during the race. Yes, Sell and Ritz are not currently matching the world best times but let's wait til the race. Medal hopefuls or not, anything is possible.