Replace the 10,000 with cross country, but only if the race is not interrupted. The London 10,000 had something like 4 commercial breaks for the 28 minutes it took.
Replace the 10,000 with cross country, but only if the race is not interrupted. The London 10,000 had something like 4 commercial breaks for the 28 minutes it took.
Farah did not do much until the end but their were a lot of moves in the race that made it exciting. Tadese made a big surge in the middle of the race. Masai and Muchiri made a strong push shortly after. My favorite move was when Geb Geb and Tariku charged to the front with 1400 to go only to slow down the race(I assume they were trying to help Kenenisa). There are not that many XC races where you are going to find a dozen guys kicking for the win with 400 meters to go.
The real question is are you trolling? I don't think anyone in charge of making such decisions would ever consider getting rid of the 10,000 and replacing it with XC in the Olympics. Especially after how it was received in London. It still makes sense today. Holding a race in the Olympic Stadium is still much more viewer friendly than holding the race in some fields outside the city.
I think adding a 12k XC race as one of the first events in the Olympics could work. That way athletes from different events could run it and have time to recover for their later events. If that were to happen it would be interesting if there were team medals or individual medals for the event. Maybe both?
[quote]Bad Wigins wrote:
10,000 meters should never have been run on the track to begin with. 25 laps is too many. It should be on the roads.
Why would it being on the roads make it more interesting? Its much better to watch on the track
Its crazy there are less 10,000m on the track but more marathons show on tv
I usually sleep for at least the first hour any marathon on tv
crazy raisin wrote:
The hell are you talking about? All the track medalists are sub-13 guys...
ignore J.R.
he is a confused old man
Yes! Replace the 10000. the 5 is long enough and the 10 is already too similar. Cc would bring some variety
truth. xc tv coverage sucks. something in a stadium or even on the roads is easier to show on a tv.
yourmom.com wrote:
truth. xc tv coverage sucks. something in a stadium or even on the roads is easier to show on a tv.
ummm, to properly and fully see a track event on TV you need a smaller track. They should go with a 200m track. The 5k would be an even number of laps, finally.
Is there a race more exciting to watch than Dibaba's 10,000m run?
Her 2008 Beijing race was just as good.
The Insider wrote:
I agree with them. I've always thought that the 10,000m was too long to be a track event. I would absolutely love cross country in the summer games. Especially if they did it as the last event so all the track distance guys could double back.
That's a great idea... heck, let anyone who qualified in the 10k/5k/1500/steeple run (and no one else?). Make sure all the best non-marathon distance runners are there and have no reason not to run it.
How I feel:
Olympic 10k on the track is exciting and doesn't need to be replaced... same with the Marathon
No running events at Winter Olympics-- We have the Summer Olympics for that
10k xc could be added at the SO, it would be exciting, but shouldn't replace the track 10k
I like the idea of having XC in the winter games. Keeps to the season it's traditionally in, and it won't interfere with all the distance tack events in the summer games. Question. Is XC Skiing part of winter olympics? If so, it would have it easier to make an argument for XC running.
Canova>God wrote:
There are not that many XC races where you are going to find a dozen guys kicking for the win with 400 meters to go.
Thank goodness.
Now that you bring this up, yes please get rid of the Olympic 5 and 10k.
And keep the WCCC separate as it is, for all the best runners in the world.
GT101 wrote:
I like the idea of having XC in the winter games. Keeps to the season it's traditionally in, and it won't interfere with all the distance tack events in the summer games. Question. Is XC Skiing part of winter olympics? If so, it would have it easier to make an argument for XC running.
That's a good idea but there's already a XC snowshowing race.
J.R. wrote:
And keep the WCCC separate as it is, for all the best runners in the world.
Apparently JR just doesn't get it. If all the best runners in the world are going, then why did Kenya, Ethiopia, USA, and Eritrea combine to send exactly one member of their Olympic teams? These are the best distance running nations in the world. Obviously they don't care about the event anymore.
J.R. wrote:
And keep the WCCC separate as it is, for all the best runners in the world.
The Insider wrote:
If all the best runners in the world are going, then why did Kenya, Ethiopia, USA, and Eritrea combine to send exactly one member of their Olympic teams? These are the best distance running nations in the world.
Obviously because they send their best runners to the WCCC.
The Olympic races are usually very slow compared to races held elsewhere.
perfectly right. xc in the olympics: great!
10k on a track is really too long, should be on the road.
It is the same distance whether it is on the track or not. It will take a shorter time and be more viewer friendly if it is on the track. I would also think most athletes would prefer a 10k on the track over a 10k on the roads.
The Brojos are right to campaign for XC in the Olympics but it should be for the Winter Games. It is a winter sport after all and it's ridiculous that there is no running in the Winter Olympics.
Brojos, please use your influence to make my dream a reality!
Bold isn't always correct...
The problem is that a cross country 10k isn't a substitute for a track 10k which isn't a substitute for a road 10k.
It's probably true that one can be excellent at one of them but only good at the others.
XC should be in the Olympics, but not as a replacement. It should be added to the summer games - where it was an event on an individual and team basis in 1912, 1920, and 1924. I would also be fine adding it to the winter games also, where there are some advantages - no conflict with other running events so you make 1500m to marathoner runners available, giving African countries more of a stake in the winter games, and less likely to get lost in other Athletics events.
It would be a shame to drop the 10000m, which has seen some great races in the Olympics and has tradition going back to 1912. There is a great athletic heritage in those 10000m races - Nurmi, Zatopek, Mills, Geb, Bekele, etc. - that would be diminished by getting rid of the event.