WHATyO wrote:
I could very well see Farah- Gold (home crowd advantage, don't forget), Rupp- Silver, KB- Bronze in London.
I think this is just as likely as any other scenario.
This has to be a troll. I just can't fathom that people actually believe this is a possibility, let alone an even probability.
DNF
Its 2012, not 2008.
He will be up there at the end, but is no lock on a medal. Nobody is afraid of him now, that much is certain.
Lyndon LaRouche wrote:
...Nobody is afraid of him now, that much is certain.
They will be...THEY WILL BE...
WHATyO wrote:
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I wonder if we'll ever have all of our best competing at their best in the same year? Rupp, Ritz, Solinsky and Teg could all realistically be sub 13:00/27:00 guys in the same season, yet I don't think that has happened yet, right?
Probability of competing at an Olympically competitive level in the future:
Rupp: 70%
Ritz: 10%
Solinsky: 30%
Teg: 5%
Probability of all four hitting that level sometime in the future: 0.1%
Probability of all four hitting that level in the same season: 0.001%
Don't be holding your breath.
Hats too bee shed wrote:
Lyndon LaRouche wrote:...Nobody is afraid of him now, that much is certain.
They will be...THEY WILL BE...
Quite a BOLD prediction!
WHATyO wrote:
I thought I was the only one who noticed that. Rupp faded a bit from 200 out to 100 out, and I thought he was done, but he kept pressing and in the last 100, definitely made up ground on Koech.
Then he coasted in to the finish.
I thought he had lost his chance of breaking 13.
For sure he will do it ... the reason he is not running very well now not to get injured again. He is speaking confident.
Hats too bee shed wrote:
Lyndon LaRouche wrote:...Nobody is afraid of him now, that much is certain.
They will be...THEY WILL BE...
Well said.
'I think Farah's good enough to compete with Bekele in his prime'
No chance
shoe guy wrote:
Bekele has not had a full year of healthy training under his belt, he got hurt again after his WL 10k. Thus, this is even more worrysome for the other competitors since he is just getting training under his belt again and already improving rapidly. Assuming he stays healthy until the Olympics, he should contend for medals in both the 5k and 10k.
Source? Not that I don't believe you, I have just not heard this and would like to hear more.
I agree that this makes Bekele even more dangerous, because perhaps he IS out of shape, but will truly round into form extremely quickly.
It appears he is definitely in better shape now than he was at last years world championships. I suspect in a month he will be in equal shape to what we saw in Brussels and in another month after that, he'll be in his unbeatable form.
It's a joke that Farah could beat Bekele in his prime. Nobody could touch Bekele in his prime. El G got the best of him once, but I guarantee that Bekele could have beat him had they raced again the next week . . . he just did not run a smart race which is a rarity for him.
The King Reigns! wrote:
It's a joke that Farah could beat Bekele in his prime. Nobody could touch Bekele in his prime. El G got the best of him once, but I guarantee that Bekele could have beat him had they raced again the next week . . . he just did not run a smart race which is a rarity for him.
El G was 2-0 against Bekele.
Bekele is a wonderful athlete. Equal best ever with Geb and Zatopek (sorry Viren)/ Still, it's even money between Bekele and Mo, from where I sit.
Where is Ventolin^3 on this thread?!
I agree with the OP, it's just plain Silly to think Bekele won't win the Olympic 10k. No one in history has even been close. Bekele at 75% will win the 10k, and I estimate hes at 70%.
george oscar bluth wrote:
cmurph wrote:I think Farah's good enough to compete with Bekele in his prime
This is the most ridiculous thing I've read all day.
Agreed. Absolutely horribly ignorant statement. Bekele in his prime--12:37 and 26:17
Farah-12:54 and 26:45
How can ANYONE even think these times are close to comparable??
Yeah, there's no reason to fear the greatest long distance runner ever, especially when he's improving at a rapid rate. It's not like he ever won medals or ran amazing times off of limited training... oh wait that was 2009 and 2011, where he doubled and won both the 5K and the 10K, and then couldn't even finish a slow championship race and then ended up running 25+ seconds faster. Now that his new track has been built, he is less fearful of injury and will be able to step up the training. I like Farah, and I would love to see him bring home gold in London, but if anything his best bet is the 5K, where Lagat will give him a serious run for his money. Lagat would have won last year, if it wasn't for Merga's dirty tactics and bumping him intentionally so that he could get inside. Farah probably knows it too. I don't see KB being as much of a lock for the 5K, but I guarantee him at least bronze. For the 10K, barring all injury, he is a lock for the 10K. In terms of raw talent, I believe the only two who could match him are Geb, Komen, and maybe Lagat due to his exceptional longevity. KB 2012.
I don't think sandbagging, but didn't they only just finish that new track he was having built outside Addis Adaba?
So the serious training is only just beginning and from what I've seen he can get race fit in a very short time.
http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=24933
Perhaps the 5k might be a different story, but I'm certainly not betting against him in the 10k.
I guess you guys have a point, Bekele is unbeatable over 10000; I mean, he did win the World Championships last year. Oh wait . . .
The Gold medal will go to whoever has the most skilled pharmacist and biochemist.
Bekele wont win the Olympic 10k because Rupp will win it all!