snipr wrote:
music is happiness wrote:Who expected Teg to nearly medal in 2007?
Don't think he'll medal, but he'll run a helluva lot better than any American has in a 10K championship in recent times.
Don't be stupid. In 93 and 95 Todd Williams finished in 7th and 9th. In 2007 Abdi finished in 7th and Ritz in 9th.
And now you are saying Rupp is gonna do a helluva lot better than that? He'll be lucky to finish 10th. You are insulting USA Track and Field. Fall back and apologize.
Haha, you attempted to his dispute his statement regarding "recent times" by pulling out williams results from over a decade ago! Over a decade ago there was really about 3 kenyans and 3 ethiopians to worry about, but Geb was the only really good one. Now you have eritreans at the top as well as more kenyans running for qatar and uganda. Terrible reference back to Williams.
Abdi did get 7th in 2007, that was legit. Rupp was 4 spots behind him. Rupp is completely different now than in 2007 and I'd expect him to be more of a factor in the race than Abdi was in 2007, even if his place ends up being about the same. Abdi was over 50 seconds behind 1st place. I think Rupp can be within 30.
10,000 Metres - M Final
.27 august 2007 - 21:40Position Bib Athlete Country Mark .
1 531 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 27:05.90 (SB)
2 539 Sileshi Sihine ETH 27:09.03 .
3 776 Martin Irungu Mathathi KEN 27:12.17 .
4 499 Zersenay Tadese ERI 27:21.37 .
5 778 Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri KEN 27:31.41 .
6 535 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam ETH 27:44.58 .
7 1082 Abdihakem Abdirahman USA 27:56.62 .
8 777 Josphat Kiprono Menjo KEN 28:25.67 .
9 1132 Dathan Ritzenhein USA 28:28.59 (SB)
10 1065 Boniface Kiprop UGA 28:30.99 .
11 1136 Galen Rupp USA 28:41.71 .
12 755 Kensuke Takezawa JPN 28:51.69 .
13 540 Tola Tadesse ETH 28:51.75 .
14 832 Alejandro Suárez MEX 28:52.19 .
15 1062 Wilson Kipkemei Busienei UGA 29:24.72 (SB)
16 1040 Dickson Marwa Mkami TAN 29:25.91 .
17 746 Kazuhiro Maeda JPN 29:48.17 .
18 875 Michael Aish NZL 30:34.16