BERNARD LAGAT NEW 5K AR IN 12:53.60

You are an a hole

What about Tegenkamp? Why does nobody ever give Matt any respect???

dude come on wrote:

It has nothing to do with the fact he was born in Kenya and now competes for us, that's not a big deal. What bugs me is that he competed for Kenya for two Olympics and four world championships before deciding to become an American citizen. I won't get over that, sorry.

Meh, it took him over four years to get his citizenship, and Kenya wouldnt clear him to race for the U.S. (because we didnt throw money at them like Qatar did to clear the path) So his choices were to run for Kenya, or to not run. Would you honestly give up dreams of Olympic Gold for national pride?

Remember, Kip has lived in the country since the mid 1990s, he didn't come here as some sort of money chasing warrior like the Qatar kenyans, he didn't come here to make the team because he couldnt make the Kenyan team. He came here because he loves this country. He is more like Wilson Kipketer than Saif Saaeed Shaheen.

Ace Hood wrote:

karma police wrote:

Get over it. He's an American

Only on paper.

What great effort did you make to become a citizen?

a kenyan??? USA can do better. Let's get Galen get a little older. GO GALEN!!!!

Wisenheimer wrote:

Ace Hood wrote:

Only on paper.

What great effort did you make to become a citizen?

Ace Hood may be an American, but he DOESN'T represent our country very well...

PED enhanced wrote:

Lagat has been running great times for a very long time, Farah only recently. His improvement is too much, too fast.

Lagat has been tested and never failed a test. Farah hasn't been tested enough to prove he is clean.

What a great logic! Marion Jones.

return to index wrote:

What a horrible mindset!

I wish the mods could delete all the racist comments and the doping nonsense. What part of "negative test" don't you understand?

This isn't a race issue. I'm black american by the way (born here). The problem is Nike paying for imports. It makes it really difficult for the American-born guys like Solinsky and Rupp to get a record.

GO GALEN!!

"Galen" from Planet of the Apes ?

Rec Runner x wrote:

This isn't a race issue. I'm black american by the way (born here). The problem is Nike paying for imports. It makes it really difficult for the American-born guys like Solinsky and Rupp to get a record.

...which is a GOOD thing. i'd be more pissed if we did things to make it easier for them to get records.

Lagat is a traitor to his country in the way he played it out!

Rec Runner x wrote:

return to index wrote:

What a horrible mindset!

I wish the mods could delete all the racist comments and the doping nonsense. What part of "negative test" don't you understand?

This isn't a race issue. I'm black american by the way (born here). The problem is Nike paying for imports. It makes it really difficult for the American-born guys like Solinsky and Rupp to get a record.

GO GALEN!!

Nike didn't pay for anything. Lagat applied for and received citizenship through the normal procedures.

mogelijk wrote:

Rec Runner x wrote:

This isn't a race issue. I'm black american by the way (born here). The problem is Nike paying for imports. It makes it really difficult for the American-born guys like Solinsky and Rupp to get a record.

...which is a GOOD thing. i'd be more pissed if we did things to make it easier for them to get records.

Things like better training, superior facilities and better nutrition

yeah, everyone's so pissed that records are easier

why don't we just hit every american-born athlete in the knee with a hammer before their race, would you like that mogelijk

M.C. Confusing wrote:

Meh, it took him over four years to get his citizenship, and Kenya wouldnt clear him to race for the U.S. (because we didnt throw money at them like Qatar did to clear the path) So his choices were to run for Kenya, or to not run. Would you honestly give up dreams of Olympic Gold for national pride?

Kenya wouldn't clear him?? Kenya didn't know....he illegitimately ran in the Olympics for Kenya. He was not a citizen of Kenya at the time he ran in his last games for them. He was American at that point, and only American.

As for his drug test. Most signs point towards guilty. There has been question as to whether if you delay your b-test that it'll come out negative...like Lagat and Marion Jones both did, and we know Marion was really guilty despite her negative b sample. I have little faith that he's innocent (although i admit there's always a possibility), but i still enjoy watching him run, and i like the competition he brings to the other guys here in the US.

Lagat could be Canadian tomorrow, because of his spouse. But he chose to be a US citizen, and jump through all the hoops.

If he violated Kenyan laws (which do not allow dual citizenship), that doesn't really have anything to do with US laws, does it.

My bet is he becomes Canadian when he retires. If the amount of criticism he gets on this board is a representative sample, then its time to admit his mistake and leave.

Off the Grid wrote:

Lagat could be Canadian tomorrow, because of his spouse. But he chose to be a US citizen, and jump through all the hoops.

If he violated Kenyan laws (which do not allow dual citizenship), that doesn't really have anything to do with US laws, does it.

My bet is he becomes Canadian when he retires. If the amount of criticism he gets on this board is a representative sample, then its time to admit his mistake and leave.

Kenyan doesn't want him either....and for good reason!

he is a BIG EPO..USER

Off the Grid wrote:

If he violated Kenyan laws (which do not allow dual citizenship), that doesn't really have anything to do with US laws, does it.

I didn't suggest it did, did I?

I didn't say he ran for the US without citizenship, i said he ran for Kenya without being a citizen and without telling them he was no longer a citizen. Not sure how your commment is relevant to what i said?

Wisenheimer wrote:

What great effort did you make to become a citizen?

Is it really that great of an effort? How does this "accomplishment" compare to say, getting a medical degree?