Bekele quote full of crap

It seems like some people are taking this quote a little too seriously.

He's not an elected official and he's not making derogatory remarks about competitors or anyone else. But it's not too surprising that someone with 22 world gold medals does not have a casual attitude about winning or losing.

Bekele apparently doesn't like to lose and he really doesn't want to admit that he lost. Big deal.

He not only lost as he also did not finish!

I like Bekele , he is the best and always will be the best but I think his time has come. You are good only till your last race. As much as I am rooting for him, he is not going to be able to run they way he use to and certainly not run a 26:40 or anything less than 27:30. But he is putting himself in the line with those statements and race tonight

Misfit wrote:

I like Bekele , he is the best and always will be the best but I think his time has come. You are good only till your last race. As much as I am rooting for him, he is not going to be able to run they way he use to and certainly not run a 26:40 or anything less than 27:30. But he is putting himself in the line with those statements and race tonight

You guys are ridiculous. Bekele said that he knew he was out of shape but thought it was important to at least show up to the World Championships. He wasn't there to win or compete, but to show up, support his compatriots, and be respectful to his automatic entry. Anyone who can't see past the official, technical, or objective things is retarded.

Bekele is still undefeated.

toro wrote:

As pointed out, we don't think all of the finishers of the NYC marathon have a victory over Geb.

I do.

All bullshit romantic notions and stupid thought experiments aside, a race is just that: a race. And, in a race, a finisher ALWAYS beats a non-finisher. If I race you to the end of the block and you stop halfway and I finish, I'm the winner. It doesn't matter who has the better PR's or the world-class credentials. In the end, who was SUPPOSED to win doesn't mean a damn thing.

Every runner that finished NYC beat Geb, and every runner who finished the 10000 in Daegu beat Bekele. End of story.

lol@tards.. wrote:

toro wrote:

As pointed out, we don't think all of the finishers of the NYC marathon have a victory over Geb.

I do.

All bullshit romantic notions and stupid thought experiments aside, a race is just that: a race. And, in a race, a finisher ALWAYS beats a non-finisher. If I race you to the end of the block and you stop halfway and I finish, I'm the winner. It doesn't matter who has the better PR's or the world-class credentials. In the end, who was SUPPOSED to win doesn't mean a damn thing.

Every runner that finished NYC beat Geb, and every runner who finished the 10000 in Daegu beat Bekele. End of story.

No. This is an exception. I'm not sure that Bekele even considered his presence to be that of a competitor.

Let me ask you this: do rabbits lose races?

Suspicious wrote:

No. This is an exception. I'm not sure that Bekele even considered his presence to be that of a competitor.

I have decided that the only races in which I consider my presence to be that of a competitor are the races that I have won.

Therefore, I am undefeated in my running career.

KB just set the world lead and won the race. He has never lost a 10,000 that he finished.

Get on with your life wrote:

Bekele's quote is full of crap.

"I've now been training very well since Daegu and I don't regret going there, I don't count it a as a defeat because I didn't finish the race; I still feel I have a 100% record at 10,000m."

If you show-up on the starting line and start the race but don't win you are not still undefeated. Bekele lost in the WC's. He needs to get over it and stop saying it didn't count because he didn't finish.

We need to go back to the old days when if you DNF'ed you didn't get paid or invited back. That would stop some of this crap we see with some runners, who if they aren't having a perfect day they drop out.

Come back again after u have run 26:43.

PhillyResident wrote:

I have decided that the only races in which I consider my presence to be that of a competitor are the races that I have won.

Therefore, I am undefeated in my running career.

Well, Bekele never said that. So what is your point?

How about this for the semantics obsessed:

Kenenisa Bekele has never crossed the finish line of a 10,000 meter race behind anyone.

Whether or not you think he is undefeated he is still the greatest of all time, so I guess he has that going for him.

Bekele can say whatever the f*ck he wants because he is KING. Doubt him at your own peril.

Agreed. It's not a coincidence that the greatest distance runner in the world has trouble admitting defeat. He knows that he's the best and won't have it any other way.

the king's clothes wrote:

When he "miscounted" laps at Boston Indoor in '06, I had no doubt it was a deliberate move to avoid admitting to a straight-up defeat by Cragg. His quote shows that mindset, in spades.

You have no idea what you're talking about, and obviously weren't there. Bekele who's finance had recently died, was just completely out of it that race. He ran pretty much the entire first lap in like lane 5, his head was just not there. He didn't throw it on purpose.

Get on with your life wrote:

Bekele's quote is full of crap.

"I've now been training very well since Daegu and I don't regret going there, I don't count it a as a defeat because I didn't finish the race; I still feel I have a 100% record at 10,000m."

If you show-up on the starting line and start the race but don't win you are not still undefeated. Bekele lost in the WC's. He needs to get over it and stop saying it didn't count because he didn't finish.

We need to go back to the old days when if you DNF'ed you didn't get paid or invited back. That would stop some of this crap we see with some runners, who if they aren't having a perfect day they drop out.

Back in the old days a man post his name ass white. Not some kkk B***s***ing name. Be a F******man and post your name. Bekele have his name up.

malmo wrote:

Get on with your life wrote:

We need to go back to the old days when if you DNF'ed you didn't get paid or invited back.

Which 'old days' are you talking about?

PUH-lease. Finishing for the sake of finishing is for hobby-joggers.

and Henry Rono.

The whole "undefeated streak" in running is kind of pointless.

I'm undefeated at 10k too... why doesn't anyone care about my streak? Why won't Bekele race me?

stellar werker wrote:

malmo wrote:

PUH-lease. Finishing for the sake of finishing is for hobby-joggers.

Tell that to Nick Arciniaga or Sergio Reyes. They both stayed on the marathon course in Daegu and received mad props for doing so.

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And who are they by the way?

Malmo is right. He probably did it (started) with a plan in mind.

Plan executed, post Daegu race set up and won.

Bekele`s undefeated streak over 10000m is over, since he hasn`t won all of the races he has started.

But this DNF can`t take anything from his status as one of the greatest distance runners ever - definitely one of the top 5, probably one of the top 3.

To be Nr. 1 he still has a long way to go, Haile Gebrselassie is really tough to beat.