The Kernyan OG Marathon Squad revealed

source?

Wilson Kipsang

Abel Kitui

Moses Mosop

Mary Keitany

Edna Kiplagat

Priscah Jeptoo

While it is the marathon and sh!t happens

6 medals is possible

4 can be expected to medal

2 look like a lock-

a lot of sh!t has to happen to not see two Kenyans on the podium

bangalangadanga wrote:

source?

I knew Mosop would get it after Makau DNFd.

Can someone tell me who coaches these athletes?

I don't follow the marathon too closely but saw on a comment on Flotrack that 5 of these have Italian coaches?

Is it the same guy coaching all of them?

The great Renato Canova.

Yo, Kenya's marathon team are ALL OGs, son.

Kenya will not win gold because of the way AK ruined this selection process.

coaches:

Wilson Kipsang; selfcoached

Abel Kirui; Renato Canova (I)

Moses Mosop; Renato Canova (I)

Mary Keitany; Gabriele Nicola (I)

Ednah Kiplagat; Gilbert Koech (KEN)

Prisca Jeptoo; Claudio Bernadelli (I)

AK had a crazy tough decision, I wouldn't want to be the one making this call. I wonder if they factored in how the non-selected might do in the 10,000?

Kinda makes you wonder how Mutai would have fared if the weather had been cooler in Boston and how that effected the decision.

rock meet hard spot wrote:

AK had a crazy tough decision, I wouldn't want to be the one making this call. I wonder if they factored in how the non-selected might do in the 10,000?

Yeah, I'm glad I didn't have to make the call. Kenya obviously has more than three deserving runners. Ethiopia, too. In the marathon, the Africans have kind of blown the whole 3-men-to-a-team concept out of the water. This selection is going to be argued for years. London might not end up being a fast race, then G. Mutai will run some ridiculous time next fall and then what?

They should open the Olympic Marathon up a lot more. I don't see why you couldn't have a marathon field of the top 500 runners in the world, regardless of how many come from a particular country.

Hoping G. Mutai runs Berlin and hits 2:02:xx. Really a shame he wasn't selected, and I can't honestly see why Mosop got the nod. Still an incredible team, obviously.

Polepolesana wrote:

coaches:

Wilson Kipsang; selfcoached

Abel Kirui; Renato Canova (I)

Moses Mosop; Renato Canova (I)

Mary Keitany; Gabriele Nicola (I)

Ednah Kiplagat; Gilbert Koech (KEN)

Prisca Jeptoo; Claudio Bernadelli (I)

Canova does not coach Moscrop. He is self-coached also

The only thing I'd do differently is trade G. Mutai for Mosop, but that being said, it wouldn't shock me at all to see Mosop win the whole thing. For all we know, Mutai may never run fast again. I wouldn't bet on it, but you never know. Look how many Kenyans have disappeared as quickly as they arrived. Duncan Kibet, Kwambai, and of course Wanjiru is dead. A year from now it may be someone we've hardly heard of who's the new king.

Interesting that the WR holder, who set the record in the past year, did not make the team.

orbitboy wrote:

rock meet hard spot wrote:

AK had a crazy tough decision, I wouldn't want to be the one making this call. I wonder if they factored in how the non-selected might do in the 10,000?

Yeah, I'm glad I didn't have to make the call. Kenya obviously has more than three deserving runners. Ethiopia, too. In the marathon, the Africans have kind of blown the whole 3-men-to-a-team concept out of the water. This selection is going to be argued for years. London might not end up being a fast race, then G. Mutai will run some ridiculous time next fall and then what?

They should open the Olympic Marathon up a lot more. I don't see why you couldn't have a marathon field of the top 500 runners in the world, regardless of how many come from a particular country.

Why do people keep posting this sh*t. It's the Olympics, heck why don't they just do that for every event. It is a Games about COUNTRIES, not individual athletes. The IAAF(T&F) has a limited say into the format, as they are just one of many sports. I guess that the Bike road-race should also just have 100's of people in it as well, or the Triathlon, etc.

There is a reason why 3 are allowed per country - as technically all three could medal (as has happened on occasion) - so what is the point of having more? There isn't a team race (like in the World Champs Marathon, which replaced the World Cup as an event in this regard) so why would more be required per country? Should the US be allowed more 400m people, or Jamaica more 100m people?How about the race-walk, you could have 100's of people there as well.If you change one sport/event's requirements then others would be allowed to do the same. On the whole the Marathon isn't more important than any other event, nor is T&F more important than any other sport.

captain and me wrote:

Why do people keep posting this sh*t.

I've never seen anyone post that sh*t before. I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of it, but it's obviously not a very popular opinion.

captain and me wrote:It's the Olympics, heck why don't they just do that for every event. It is a Games about COUNTRIES, not individual athletes.

The marathon is different. Always has been, always will be. Like I said, it's outgrown the Olympic format. The KA announcement today proves that. In some sprint events you'd end up with guys from four or five different countries in each event being the only qualifiers. That would be boring. The marathon, because of it's length, could accommodate many more participants if it was opened up. The marathon is a freaking spectacle and should be treated differently. If the marathon wasn't a bigger deal than any other event, then why was Ritz sobbing at the end of the trials? He'll make the team on one leg in the 10,000, and doesn't have a realistic chance for a medal in either event even if he's 100% healthy. He wanted to compete in the spectacle, that's why.

Kenya deserves more than three guys in that race, that's all I'm sayin'.

i agree with you but you could argue the marathon and track are the most "olympic" of the sports. the only event in the first ancient olympics was a single sprint race. then the marathon was created purely for the 1896 olympics

back to topic:

i cant argue with these choices although i still have skepticism over kirui being on the same level as the 2:03 crowd