Makhloufi, new all time 800/1500 king.

Wrong username...

Yeah, and Dennis Kimetto is the best in the 100m/Marathon combination. Or do you think Eliud Kipchoge can run the 100m 8 seconds faster? Or is it Gebrselassie, who is much faster than Kimetto on the track. 62 seconds advantage in the 100? Hm, not sure anymore.

To ADD times from different distances! That's...well - ähm, I better stop.

Is there a good 1000m-race after Rio?

A have not looked carefully at the 800-final so far, but obviously some tenths faster was possible for Makhloufi.

Mope Dealer wrote:

Metric Miler is THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THIS SIGHT.

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Go had the WR in each event.

Mope Dealer wrote:

Metric Miler is THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THIS SIGHT.

No, he's actually one of a decreasing number of posters who is knowledgeable, civil to others and makes a lot of sense.

Makhloufi hasn't a WR yet at any distance, nor has Kiprop.

Coe's marks stand up to theirs and were run 30 years ago, and he held the WR at both events.

And second place goes to.....

Deanouk wrote:

Mope Dealer wrote:

Metric Miler is THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THIS SIGHT.

No, he's actually one of a decreasing number of posters who is knowledgeable, civil to others and makes a lot of sense.

Makhloufi hasn't a WR yet at any distance, nor has Kiprop.

Coe's marks stand up to theirs and were run 30 years ago, and he held the WR at both events.

Should have gone to specsavers..

He's not better than Coe. No way. Not even doped.

for once you are posting something reasonably reasonable.

You don't have a clue.

You can only perform against your peers in the era they run in.

Coe was running 30 years ago and still has a better combined score for 800 and 1500 than Mak, despite the Algerian having all the benefits of improved training, faster tracks and EPO.

It's immaterial what the world records were back in the 70s. The guy broke them by huge chunks. He was not competing against athletes from the future.

Just because Centrowitz runs 3:31, doesn't make him as good an athlete as Herb Elliott, who was almost 5 secs slower. No one would rate Centro above Herb, because the eras they ran in were so different. One was an Olympic champion and world record breaker and one hasn't yet achieved either of those things.

Metric Miler wrote:

Mope Dealer wrote:

Metric Miler is THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THIS SIGHT.

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I feel like he really only deserves bronze behind Wigins' gold and Ventolin/calculo's silver. tony the tiger for a medal if one of the top 3 come up positive for a valid post.

...and the Russian judges? wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

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I feel like he really only deserves bronze behind Wigins' gold and Ventolin/calculo's silver. tony the tiger for a medal if one of the top 3 come up positive for a valid post.

I think it would be foolish to count out Clerk and trollism. Both capable of pulling major upsets.

El Keniano wrote:

...and the Russian judges? wrote:

I feel like he really only deserves bronze behind Wigins' gold and Ventolin/calculo's silver. tony the tiger for a medal if one of the top 3 come up positive for a valid post.

I think it would be foolish to count out Clerk and trollism. Both capable of pulling major upsets.

No! No! Guys different event entirely.

Admin giving you facts wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

Missed that one...

Uhhhh so you cant be registered as "Metric Miler" and make an error like that. Delete your account.

He is Metric Moron…again.

Oh well.

Star wrote:

Go had the WR in each event.

Because he always made sure he "had his blood right" with the magic Go Juice.

...and the Russian judges? wrote:

Metric Miler wrote:

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I feel like he really only deserves bronze behind Wigins' gold and Ventolin/calculo's silver. tony the tiger for a medal if one of the top 3 come up positive for a valid post.

Do you know what I do when I want to make an accurate race prediction?

I take Metric Miler's prediction (Slagowski 800m in1:46!…how did that work out?)…and then I take calculo's drivel prediction…

…then I average the two prediction numbers…and write down the result on a piece of paper.

Then I take the piece of paper…and throw it in the trash.

rjm33 wrote:

...and the Russian judges? wrote:

I feel like he really only deserves bronze behind Wigins' gold and Ventolin/calculo's silver. tony the tiger for a medal if one of the top 3 come up positive for a valid post.

Do you know what I do when I want to make an accurate race prediction?

I take Metric Miler's prediction (Slagowski 800m in1:46!…how did that work out?)…and then I take calculo's drivel prediction…

…then I average the two prediction numbers…and write down the result on a piece of paper.

Then I take the piece of paper…and throw it in the trash.

Very funny.

I predicted 1:42 mid for Mak end of last year when he kept running 1:44s. Just because the sub 1:47 opportunity was never presented to Slagowski (he won all his races by a lot) doesn't mean he wasn't capable.

Herb Elliott didn't train that much and was an incredible talent who in the mid 60s might have done some serious training and then he would have run much faster. There's no evidence whatsoever that I've seen that Aouita ran 36.14 close in a 3:34 race.

Ventolin, your raison d'etre is to scour these boards and do all you can to denegrate Coe and say how he was lucky and that everyone else could have run faster but didn't for various unmeasurable reasons.

You clearly dislike Coe and Deanouk, who you are always trying to antagonise.

It really is a case of the lady doth protest too much. If you really thought Coe's record as an athlete was so insignificant, calling him a runt and accusing him of doping, then you wouldn't waste so much time putting him down. You spend more effort on these boards dismissing this runt than you do on anyone else. Somewhat of a fixation for you?

Your posts on this thread are your usual exaggerated and biased drivel.

If 1:43 and 3:32 were such weak records then all the hundreds of athletes that came before only have themselves to blame. They must have been pretty poor.

Your description of the late 70s being a series of perfectly paced time trials is totally inaccurate. Go fetch all the circuit 800 s from Coe's 78 European to the 1984 season where the rabbit went through 400 in under 50 sec?

I'll even help you out and give you one, Florence 81, Konchellah going through in 49.6. List all the others.

In the last 7 seasons there have been half a dozen races each season where the rabbit goes through in sub 50 sec. Rudisha has his own personal rabbit and it is rare to see and Diamond League race go out in less than 51 secs.

You paint a totally opposite picture of reality. Winning was paramount in the late 70's, now it's all about money and fast times.

Oh and if Coe was so rubbish and so many were capable of running faster then why haven't they? Coe can't be the only lucky athlete out of all the others.

jjjjjj wrote:

Herb Elliott didn't train that much and was an incredible talent who in the mid 60s might have done some serious training and then he would have run much faster. There's no evidence whatsoever that I've seen that Aouita ran 36.14 close in a 3:34 race.

Does that mean that calculo is egregious drivel…again?

That is a surprise.

Oh well.