Bix 7 Winner Silas Kipruto Attempts To Slap Competitor During Race

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3 years ago 07/31/2016 7:29am CDT

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Kenyan Silas Kipruto won the Bix 7 road race yesterday, but not after some unusual conflict. Around mile 5, Kipruto took a swing at Ethiopia's Teshome Mekonen who apparently Kipruto felt was making contact with him from behind.

Mekonen ended up finishing 8th and filed a protest against Kipruto, but officials determined that Kipruto had not done anything â€œflagrant" and elite athlete coordinator John Tope said he was told it was â€œincidental contact.â€™â€™

Video of the altercation: http://kwqc.com/2016/07/30/bix-winner-silas-kipruto-attempts-to-slap-competitor-during-race/

Photos: http://qctimes.com/sports/running/bix7/photos-kipruto-s-swipe-that-led-to-bix-protest/collection_6e008a93-b1bc-5a7b-958e-078fcdac54c7.html#1

Race Recap: http://qctimes.com/sports/running/bix7/kipruto-s-knowledge-of-course-key-to-third-bix-victory/article_fe233c99-e994-5bb0-9771-2d83366fedec.html

Results: http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/07/2016-bix-7-results-silas-kipruto-mary-keitany-win-elkanah-kibet-brianne-nelson-top-americans/
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3 years ago 07/31/2016 8:01am CDT
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Our sport needs more 118-lb roid-raged Kenyans for the comic relief. Reminds me of the IAAF World Cross slapfight a few years ago.
Weak

3 years ago 07/31/2016 8:10am CDT
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Africans are weak. I wish directors would allow more "incidental contact." Would love to have seen a bigger American give them love taps.
old guy 70

3 years ago 07/31/2016 8:11am CDT
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If someone is clipping your heels he probably deserves to be slapped.
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3 years ago 07/31/2016 8:13am CDT
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Potential Quad Cities Times headlines:

"Kipruto Bix-slaps Elite Field" by W. Earp
"The Kipruter Film: Frame By Frame Analysis", by O. Stone
"Kipruto's Phantom Punch KO's Mekonen" by S. Liston
RI red

3 years ago 07/31/2016 8:27am CDT
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Country Mike wrote:

Potential Quad Cities Times headlines:

"Kipruto Bix-slaps Elite Field" by W. Earp
"The Kipruter Film: Frame By Frame Analysis", by O. Stone
"Kipruto's Phantom Punch KO's Mekonen" by S. Liston

Touche!

Seems like more of a "fly swat" than a slap.

Gentle Giant

3 years ago 07/31/2016 8:52am CDT
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Yeah like maybe Chris Solinsky.
Weak wrote:

Africans are weak. I wish directors would allow more "incidental contact." Would love to have seen a bigger American give them love taps.
Davenport Potato

3 years ago 07/31/2016 9:22am CDT
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I'd like to see Leo Manzano have a crack at them.
what a guy

3 years ago 07/31/2016 9:46am CDT
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Weak wrote:

Africans are weak. I wish directors would allow more "incidental contact." Would love to have seen a bigger American give them love taps.

Are you serious?

Let's look at reality.

165-pound Chris Solinsky dives into a potted plant when a 120-pound African muscles into his line.

That was some great incidental contact. Classic video if you can find it.
what a guy

3 years ago 07/31/2016 9:51am CDT
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old guy 70 wrote:

If someone is clipping your heels he probably deserves to be slapped.

Exactly.

Classic Ethiopian to run on someone's heels all race then point like a b!tch when that someone responds.
messi

3 years ago 07/31/2016 9:57am CDT
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Is it any surprise it was an Ethiopian doing this AKA clipping of the heels?
Well? Didn't we just have a thread about World Junior 1500 (girls)? Well?
Cody, WY

3 years ago 07/31/2016 10:02am CDT
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Weak wrote:

Africans are weak. I wish directors would allow more "incidental contact." Would love to have seen a bigger American give them love taps.

Except that the Americans are nowhere near the front, tough guy.

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3 years ago 07/31/2016 10:05am CDT
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed2trh16OQU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ52NEk-MwQ

Here are the videos
holad

3 years ago 07/31/2016 11:06am CDT
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YMMV wrote:

Our sport needs more 118-lb roid-raged Kenyans for the comic relief. Reminds me of the IAAF World Cross slapfight a few years ago.
holad

3 years ago 07/31/2016 11:07am CDT
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That sh1t is funny as he11
kikKomen Soi sauce

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3 years ago 07/31/2016 12:37pm CDT
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He learned from the master.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE7o6gnP98g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbxfKavcCdA
JoJoCo

3 years ago 07/31/2016 1:12pm CDT
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Wimpy punch...his right is not nearly as formidable as Alexa Efraimson
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3 years ago 07/31/2016 2:11pm CDT
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Kipsang, Jemima, kamwowor, all have been tripped. I feel like it just goes to show the degree to which Kenyans have their head in the game, now we're seeing a little enforcing, no big deal
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3 years ago 07/31/2016 2:18pm CDT
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Look, if BB didn't get DQ'd for winding up and shoving Avila, and Teg didn't get dq'd in that road race (Providence, US 5k champs?) where he charged across the road and barreled into the East African dude, then this guy's non-slap doesn't deserver a dq, that's for sure.
george oscar bluth

3 years ago 07/31/2016 3:27pm CDT
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Weak wrote:

Africans are weak. I wish directors would allow more "incidental contact." Would love to have seen a bigger American give them love taps.

Tegenkamp shoulder-checked an African runner in a road 5k for similar reasons.