Bekele easily wins hands down. Bekele fully focused on the marathon will become the most dominant of all time. I predict 2016 gold in Olympic marathon, which is something Geb never did. This will sink in Bekele, not Geb, as the GOAT.
Bekele easily wins hands down. Bekele fully focused on the marathon will become the most dominant of all time. I predict 2016 gold in Olympic marathon, which is something Geb never did. This will sink in Bekele, not Geb, as the GOAT.
Captain Oblivious wrote:
Bekele has more speed? Questionable. Kipchoge beat Bekele in the 2003 WC 5k.
Bekele beat kipchoge at 2004 Olympic 5k, 2008 Olympic 5k.. To mention but a few of the many other incidents.
Kipchoge has definitely been on a marathon roll, but even the best have bad days.
What tips the scales for me is KBs XC dominance. That seems to be a better indicator of long distance strength (as opposed to the 3k/5k and maybe even the 10k).
Talent never goes away, right?
I think bekele is bored and killing time a little until he is old enough to retire.
I'll go with the younger guy without the big money and injuries.
But this is pretty close to 50/50 really