Track and Field News Predicts Olympic Winners

OhOh wrote:

Save for the Kenyan-American Lagat not one US athlete is expected to medal in a middle distance or distance event at the London 2012 Games, and I think they are being very generous predicting that one medal for Lagat. So America can put a man on the moon, but can't find a US born athlete to compete and win a distance medal at track and field's premier games. You all got that? Discuss.

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Yeah because Olympic medals in distance events are the true barometer of a country's success. Kenya and Ethiopia can have their distance medals. We'll continue to enjoy throwing out more food than those countries consume, while watching commercials with their skinny kids begging for money.

You're a very mean and cold person inside. Karma can be equally unkind.

That's why Americans are fat and are epic failures on the track.

Why is it important that they be "US born"?

Pretty out there marathon prediction.

Wow! So the Kenyans can sharpen a stick and make fire, but they can't win a medal at any distance under 800m?

Looks like a decent medal count for the US.

Who cares? wrote:Yeah because Olympic medals in distance events are the true barometer of a country's success. Kenya and Ethiopia can have their distance medals. We'll continue to enjoy throwing out more food than those countries consume, while watching commercials with their skinny kids begging for money.

We get it, you don't like to compete... so why are you here?

Trey Hardee WILL NOT beat Ashton Eaton!!!!

.01 off the world record and he still isn't the favorite. What more can a man do?

not one of those predictions will be correct.

Trey Hardee is pretty good in case you didn't notice.

Even if Eaton hits his LJ/HJ/100/110 PR's he still has a fight.

How do they have Anita Wlodarczyk not even medaling in the women's hammer? That list is BS.

Sort of funny that a magazine that has such trouble with facts (example:. giving Salazar credit for races he never ran in their articlr on him) would venture to make predicts 4 months in advance of an event.

First learn to fact check then maybe we'll be intersted in what you have to say. Get that right for a while and then after a while maybe your predictions will be relavent.

Not a single one of the predicted marathon medalists will even make the Olympics. Silas Kiplagat will get no less than second. Mo Farah is walking away with at least one gold. Robles will win gold. There is so much wrong with these predictions.

Queton C. wrote:

... Mo Farah is walking away with at least one gold. Robles will win gold...

With Lagat and possibly Bekele in the 5000 and Jeylan plus possibly Bekele in the 10000 (along with the rest of the East Africans) it is not at all obvious that Farah will win gold. It would not be entirely shocking if he did not medal at all.

I think it is pretty far in advance to make predictions, especially before the outdoor season has really gotten underway. My guesses for golds would be

100 - bolt

200 - bolt

400 - james

800 - rudisha

1500 - kiprop

steeple - kipruto

5000 - farah

10,000 - farah

marathon - Geb! (in my heart).....but I'd really guess geoffrey mutai

as I don't know much about women' sprints, i'll skip them

800 - semenya

1500 - uceny

steeple - zaripova

5000 - dibaba

10,000 - dibaba

marathon - radcliffe! (for realz)

1500 - uceny

Uceny ? No way. L.A. SUCKS!

blah blah blah USC Jesse Williams, USC Allyson Felix blah blah blah

As usual, the senile dinosaurs at TFN suck it up again.