Well... Is he?
Well... Is he?
No. He's 20.
So 20 as an African equals how old in the real world?
trollism wrote:
So 20 as an African equals how old in the real world?
Yes, those African age group runners have to cheat on their ages. We can see this because everyoen knows the African distance runners perform so poorly in open races..you know, like the World Champs, the Olympics, the major marathons.
Do you racists have any clue as to how stupid you are?
Doesn't matter. He's trained for a much shorter time than all of them.
No, but he's got a bigger pipe.
So he's about the same age? (Fernandez turns 21 sometime in November.)
Besides, they're adults now, they can handle it. Craig Virgin, Alberto Salazar, etc., ran against overage Africans in college and occasionally beat them. So did Galen Rupp. If anything it pushed them to get better.
he looks to be in his mid 20s to me. He'll be running at the world elite level as soon as he leaves college. He is not close to tapped out for his xc races so far.
what does age have to do with it? they are all well into puberty
It only matters if he tries to capture a World Junior medal or record.
If you're Lagat, it really doesn't matter how old Isiah Koech is. You have to beat him anyway.
And BTW, Cam Levins is Canadian and will be 23 in March. I don't see anyone upset about that, so why bitch about Lawi Lalang.
Pretending that Africans who run here are all old makes people feel better about our inferiority. Of course, Kenya and Ethiopia could both perfect score all of North America in an XC race, but somehow they can't be any good as juniors.
No need to worry about Africans if you can't beat Canadians.
Ron Paul Simon wrote:
So he's about the same age? (Fernandez turns 21 sometime in November.)
Besides, they're adults now, they can handle it. Craig Virgin, Alberto Salazar, etc., ran against overage Africans in college and occasionally beat them. So did Galen Rupp. If anything it pushed them to get better.
SO... German and Lawi Lalang ARE the same age.. one is a senior and one is a "freshman".. I find it funny that VIPAM is getting all worked up about how "young" Lalang is, and how "great" he is.. GF was better than Lalang at all ages of progression and mark my words, GF will beat Lalang at nationals.
McArdle fan wrote:
Ron Paul Simon wrote:So he's about the same age? (Fernandez turns 21 sometime in November.)
Besides, they're adults now, they can handle it. Craig Virgin, Alberto Salazar, etc., ran against overage Africans in college and occasionally beat them. So did Galen Rupp. If anything it pushed them to get better.
SO... German and Lawi Lalang ARE the same age.. one is a senior and one is a "freshman".. I find it funny that VIPAM is getting all worked up about how "young" Lalang is, and how "great" he is.. GF was better than Lalang at all ages of progression and mark my words, GF will beat Lalang at nationals.
Yup, right after I win the $250 million jackpot.
Even if he is older, so what? Bring some older white Americans to the next race he's in and I'm sure he'd be happy to race them. Which ones did you guys have in mind? Maybe Hall? You want to put money on who would win, Lalang or a 25 year old white American male of your choice?
inside job wrote:
Even if he is older, so what? Bring some older white Americans to the next race he's in and I'm sure he'd be happy to race them. Which ones did you guys have in mind? Maybe Hall? You want to put money on who would win, Lalang or a 25 year old white American male of your choice?
I could name at least 5, maybe 10 that could beat him... Ben True for starters, hell, even the Canadian Cam Levins, although he might be mulatto.
Howhigh wrote:
Well... Is he?
Nope, his birthday on Arizona web page is 06/15/91. GF and CD were born 11/90.
Sooooo... Lalang is actually a junior? Then. Vipam IS a third world idiot.
I think we all know that the only reason Lawi is a "freshman" is because he started his collegiate career in indoor track and not xc. So he would be a SOPHOMORE if he had started at the regular time. He is a legitimate age for a sophomore! So there is no reason to be freaking out about his age. We all know GF is young for his year anyways.
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