Is there a cooler guy in athletics than Bernard Lagat?
The US athlete regained the title he last won six years ago with a totally dominant display and after opening up a 10m lead on this well beaten rivals had the time midway down the home stretch to raise an arm in acknowledgment to the crowd. Beautiful.
http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=108/newsid=56108.html
This is everything right (and US middle distance is tops in the world right now) that is wrong with US long distance running:
US Athletes don't win, but they sure do whine
The sport is boring
It's always the media's (or somebody else's) fault
With long distance running it's always ME, ME, ME...and, frankly nobody gives a shit. Why should they?