Official Men's 10000m Thread

Nappy Roots wrote:

I literally never thought I'd see an American-born runner medal in the 10k. Rupp damn there WON the greatest 10k on the biggest stage EVER. Well done kid. Well done!!!

Between 1992 and 2008, every medal in the 10,000 went to a runner of East African descent. (The last non-East African was Salvatore Antibo, who wan silver for Italy in 1988.) Galen is the first (and only) since Antibo.

gonchar wrote:

OMG. Alberto, I bow to you, Sir.

Great night for Great Britain, three gold medal performances tonight. Btw, how did Cam Levins do?

said88 wrote:

berol wrote:

I believe Bekele is the first to win three 10,000m medals.

He hasn't.

So far, nobody has won 3 medals in the 10k.

But for sure Nurmi could have done this - in 1924 he ran (and won) 1500m and 5000m and set the WR for 10000m shortly after the games.

Incredible race despite the commercials and idiot NBC commentators

Truer words have not been spoken today on these boards.

runr over wrote:

I can't stop smiling. Just watched the last four laps again.

Galen's positioning was perfect.

Exactly I was thinking this the entire last mile,

I was a little concerned b/c he appeared to be boxed

in for a little bit toward the middle, but moved into

perfect postion to dominate in the last lap.

sadly wrote:

Sadly,

Almost all of America will forget who Galen Rupp is in a few days, if that.

All the papers will have huge articles about Michael Phelps- and a slight mention of Rupp.

Decades ago this would have made him a household name.

Just another sign of the sad sad decline of track and field in America- even as the athletes are as impressive as they have ever been.

Then we need to BLOG OUR FNGERS OFF!

levins beat ritz - whooda thunk it?

27:42.7, but I bet the 5000m split was way faster than 14:05.

Good to see that the Ethiopians can be beaten fair and square.

teblow wrote:

jjjjjjjj wrote:

What were the Kenyans and Ethiopians thinking leaving this easy for the kick after seeing what Farah did last year and what Rupp did to Lagat at trials.

Exactly.

You know why the Keynans and Ethiopians let it go to a final kick?

Arrogance.

Direct TV went out last 10 mins of race i entire area- severe thunder storms. I'd already sworn off watching the sport for most meets last 2 yrs, due to joke of coverage. But I'm 90% not a fan anymore. It generally wastes my time with no reward. On top of it, the Nat'l Masters track meet isn't far away- so they're screwed.

Does anyone care about Ritz & Teg? I know I don't!

WOW that was fcuking amazing.

The "heart thing" is the Mo-bot, a finish-line move they came up with on a British TV show when Farah was a guest. Goofy...but golden.

Farah wins Gold and Rupp the Silver!

Dean moriarty wrote:

Was it the Ukrainian dude that provided a slow-moving obstacle in the penultimate lap? What was his problem?

No they had lapped him earlier...as well as the other British runner...it was either the Italian runner, the Spaniard, or Sato.

I counted rupp out for the medals but Im happy to be wrong, BEAST

Crazy Guy wrote:

Call me crazy but i'm going with

Farah

Rupp

Bekele

welp, lol

My favourite part is the look in Rupps eyes in the last 400m. He knew he could go with Mo. All the training, all the sacrifice = that look in the eyes when you know you can go..

Awesome.

I agree. Idiot NBC announcers....didn't the studio host say "a race over 6 and half miles long...."