Cam Levins nowhere to be seen on final lap

great to see Levins hanging on to the back of the lead pack. dudes there.

who was the d-bag from Lithuania insisting to stay in the first lane despite being lapped [twice].

Ya, only could muster a 60 flat after hanging in there for 96% of the Olympic Final - a real crashing failure, huh?

Get stuffed OP

Whatevs27040 wrote:

Ya, only could muster a 60 flat after hanging in there for 96% of the Olympic Final - a real crashing failure, huh?

Get stuffed OP

He's not a failure, that's great. That wasn't my point. I only started this thread to ground the morons on here who seemed to think he had a legit shot to get a medal and idolize him for no reason when he hasn't accomplished jack sh*t on the world stage. He's right where Rupp was 4 years ago roughly, it would be great to see him in 4 years where Rupp is now. That's the right progression.

That is exactly right, in four years he could be on the podium. People are still bashing on the kid for not winning. He placed 11th two months after winning an NCAA title. If his training had been set up to have him ready to peak in London and he turned in a 54 like he did at Stanford he would have been right in the mix for medal. If the pace had been faster things might have been different, but he is 11th in the world. Way to go Mr. Levins.

Awesome wrote:

That is exactly right, in four years he could be on the podium. People are still bashing on the kid for not winning. He placed 11th two months after winning an NCAA title. If his training had been set up to have him ready to peak in London and he turned in a 54 like he did at Stanford he would have been right in the mix for medal. If the pace had been faster things might have been different, but he is 11th in the world. Way to go Mr. Levins.

To say he's 11th in the world is actually somewhat disrespectful for many of the Kenyans and Ethiopians who were not able to compete in the Olympics due to the restriction on the number of entrants.

Dennis Reynolds wrote:

He's not a failure, that's great. That wasn't my point. I only started this thread to ground the morons on here who seemed to think he had a legit shot to get a medal and idolize him for no reason when he hasn't accomplished jack sh*t on the world stage. He's right where Rupp was 4 years ago roughly, it would be great to see him in 4 years where Rupp is now. That's the right progression.

I idolize him a lot more than I do Rupp. If I want to teach kids how to improve without having advantages pretty much no one has (except Rupp) Levins is my example. Levins is a real world example of hard work paying off. Rupp is a hard worker, but 1 in 1000 will be offered the advantages he has.

Awesome wrote:

That is exactly right, in four years he could be on the podium. People are still bashing on the kid for not winning. He placed 11th two months after winning an NCAA title. If his training had been set up to have him ready to peak in London and he turned in a 54 like he did at Stanford he would have been right in the mix for medal. If the pace had been faster things might have been different, but he is 11th in the world. Way to go Mr. Levins.

No way does Cam even get close to a medal no matter how well timed his peak was in this Olympics. Four years from now, we'll see. Other poster is right on, he's right near where Rupp was four years ago. Maybe Cam will jump on the Salazar bandwagon (if there is room now), and really improve with Rupp/Farah as training partners.

Seyta wrote:

Awesome wrote:

That is exactly right, in four years he could be on the podium. People are still bashing on the kid for not winning. He placed 11th two months after winning an NCAA title. If his training had been set up to have him ready to peak in London and he turned in a 54 like he did at Stanford he would have been right in the mix for medal. If the pace had been faster things might have been different, but he is 11th in the world. Way to go Mr. Levins.

To say he's 11th in the world is actually somewhat disrespectful for many of the Kenyans and Ethiopians who were not able to compete in the Olympics due to the restriction on the number of entrants.

Ethiopians maybe but he did only get beat by one Kenyan.

Synthroid wrote:

I idolize him a lot more than I do Rupp. If I want to teach kids how to improve without having advantages pretty much no one has (except Rupp) Levins is my example. Levins is a real world example of hard work paying off. Rupp is a hard worker, but 1 in 1000 will be offered the advantages he has.

Fair enough. Rupp is only offered those advantages because he is very talented AND willing to put in the hard work.

Dennis Reynolds wrote:

Fair enough. Rupp is only offered those advantages because he is very talented AND willing to put in the hard work.

This is true. Rupp deserves every ounce of that medal and every dollar it gets him. In all honesty, I'd like to see a system where coaches like Salazar work with kids from the age of 14. Until that's a reality, however, that guy who finds a way to get it done at the age of 21-22 trumps the kid who had the silver platter from 8th grade on. Imagine a gymnast who made an all around final without being part of the machine. She'd be the darling of the world.

Awesome wrote:

he is 11th in the world.

Nope.

Levins is a beast. 13:30 for his second half.

The pace was slow and yes they ran the last lap fast but all those guys going hard from a mile out certainly didn't happen like everyone claimed it would. The race was wide open for guys with a kick, thus Mo and Rupp going 1-2. with fresh legs Levins certainly would have finished higher than 11th. But, there will always be haters, just like there were and still are for Rupp.

He looked great. I thought he would pick off more guys in the last lap but everyone closed well. Not much he could have done better. Bright future for that dude!

Good race for him to start off his post-collegiate career. I'm excited to see how he progresses over the next few years.

Some of you guys need to learn how to watch a race. The pace was not slow, but was very quick in the last 4000m. The 13:20 last 5000m was mostly run in the last 4000m. It took the sting out of everyone's kick except Rupp and Farah.

No. The pace was slow until the last kilo. Most of the race, including the 9th kilo, was at 27:30 pace or slower. Check the splits.

The point is exactly opposite what you think. I faster pace might have burnt the kick out of the two strongest kickers - Rupp and Farah. Instead, all the horses came in with fresh legs for a 400 meter race and fastest 400 meter runners went 1-2. The rest of the sub 27 guys should be ashamed of themselves for just giving away the medals.

I was cheering for Cam! Anyone but Rupp.

Are you sure you paid attention to the splits? You missed the 61.x lap in the early-middle there... or the 26:55 pace from 3k to 5k and from 6k to 8k.