Do canadians hate on bairu for being Ethiopian/Eritrean and holding the Canadian 10k record the way that Americans/letsrunners degrade meb or lagat?
Do canadians hate on bairu for being Ethiopian/Eritrean and holding the Canadian 10k record the way that Americans/letsrunners degrade meb or lagat?
None of the runners I know in the community here (Regina, so maybe the hometown hero bit changes things but I doubt it) feel that way about him.
If you actually talk to Bairu, he just sounds like a U.S.-based runner from Canada, and a very intelligent one at that.
The difference is that Bairu doesn't know anything outside of western culture that's what he was raised with because he came over at a young age, and he doesn't have an accent. Makes him easier to relate too. He was my councler at the UW camp of champions, super nice guy
Lagat became an American after having competed for Kenya in the Olympics, which is why I'm not a fan. Meb came to America when he was 12, so while not American born he is American trained and raised. I imagine that is how they view Bairu.
Lagat probably would have gotten US citizenship earlier if he could, though... becoming a US citizen is hell and even though he had pretty much been here since college he was probably still forced to compete for Kenya.
TrailsNW wrote:
Lagat became an American after having competed for Kenya in the Olympics, which is why I'm not a fan. Meb came to America when he was 12, so while not American born he is American trained and raised. I imagine that is how they view Bairu.
yes he should have forgone the olympics at 22, thats what I would do too if I had been born in a 3rd world country..
I would imagine similar to the black cactus ( a pimp )
SserPrun95 wrote:
TrailsNW wrote:Lagat became an American after having competed for Kenya in the Olympics, which is why I'm not a fan. Meb came to America when he was 12, so while not American born he is American trained and raised. I imagine that is how they view Bairu.
yes he should have forgone the olympics at 22, thats what I would do too if I had been born in a 3rd world country..
Poor Lagat, it was perfectly justified that he cheated someone out of a medal at the Olympics and took that EPO, thankfully they're are understanding people like you to help a poor guy's B sample out.
Rick James all stars wrote:
The difference is that Bairu doesn't know anything outside of western culture that's what he was raised with because he came over at a young age, and he doesn't have an accent. Makes him easier to relate too. He was my councler at the UW camp of champions, super nice guy
Meb came over at 12.
Rakanishu wrote:
I would imagine similar to the black cactus ( a pimp )
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