EVAN MF'N JAGER FOR THE SILVER

After last year's disappointment, redemption!

STFU

Anyone got a picture with flag? I need a new background!

YEAHHH JAGER!!!! I am so fricken excited. He beat Kemboi!!! Let's hear what all the doubters who said he wasn't racing enough have to say now.

Still pretty bummed Kemboi didn't do a dance for bronze though.

Kemboi's retiring. Jager took away his will to compete.

Kemboi to be DQ for cutting the course apparently ?

Wow. What a guts, heroic effort by Jager. Kept the pace honest. Made the Kenyans work before the kick. And smart--basically Jager separated field enough to guarantee himself a medal assuming he didn't blow up in last 400m. Then came back from getting passed and kicked down defending Olympic champion for the silver. Made my day.

Even defeated a few monsters--he showed zero fear of Kenyans, outkicked Kemboi who has outkicked him so many times before, beat all but one of the guys who shut him out of medals at worlds AND cleared that final barrier. I was worried until he cleared that last hurdle.

I think Jager ran best race possible. I doubt Evan could have beaten Kipruto today (except maybe in balls-out time trial from get-go). Kipruto seemed untouchable on last lap. Jager can go home with zero regrets about what-if. He had opportunity for ONE what-if...he he seized opportunity on last 100m to get silver instead of bronze.

Evan, my new hero. Well done.

GREAT RACE. Jager ran that one to his strengths giving him the best chance to win that one. There's a lot of smart distance racing going on in these games on the US team.

So that's:

800m M bronze

1500m W bronze

3kS W bronze

3kS M silver

...with legitimate chances in the M 1500m and M marathon still to come!

Run Doctor wrote:

Amazing result.

Any accusations of doping from you losers?

Oh hold on the winner was from Africa so he's automatically a doper.

It's interesting that the only talk of doping anywhere is only on LR.

What will you all talk about for the next 4 years?

Pretty sure Bob Costa talked about doping during Prime Time. Jenny Simpson in an Olympic press conference. Many swimmers. And the Spanish police seem to have it on their mind.

But yah it's just on LR.

congratulator of performances wrote:

GREAT RACE. Jager ran that one to his strengths giving him the best chance to win that one. There's a lot of smart distance racing going on in these games on the US team.

So that's:

800m M bronze

1500m W bronze

3kS W bronze

3kS M silver

...with legitimate chances in the M 1500m and M marathon still to come!

I'd say Lagat has a legitimate (though not large) chance of a medal. Daddy can still kick.

mellow seeds wrote:

BellLapBallBuster wrote:

Great run. Wish he would've challenger for gold. I'm sure he just wanted to solidify silver that last lap.

Would have been interesting to see him go with kipruto. I think he knew he had bronze locked up and was going to just settle for that but then realized kemboi didn't have his usual kick.

Kipruto looks like he would have run 7:55 if pushed.

Jager repp'd USA so well. He went out there and worked. That silver medal is the best thing we've seen these Olympics.

That's what happens when a 3:32 guy moves over to the steeple. He could've been a 1500 b teamer but he went for it!

heyyo wrote:

Run Doctor wrote:

Amazing result.

Any accusations of doping from you losers?

Oh hold on the winner was from Africa so he's automatically a doper.

It's interesting that the only talk of doping anywhere is only on LR.

What will you all talk about for the next 4 years?

Pretty sure Bob Costa talked about doping during Prime Time. Jenny Simpson in an Olympic press conference. Many swimmers. And the Spanish police seem to have it on their mind.

But yah it's just on LR.

Aaaand BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!

Amazing Race for Jager - him and Coburn paid their dues and deserved this big time! Nipping Kipruto's heels instead of getting dusted by 5+ seconds - really impressive.

1 2684 Conseslus KIPRUTO

KEN

8:03.28 OR

2 3076 Evan JAGER

USA

8:04.28 SB

3 2678 Ezekiel KEMBOI

KEN

8:08.47 SB

4 2430 Mahiedine MEKHISSI

FRA

8:11.52 SB

5 2740 Soufiane ELBAKKALI

MAR

8:14.35 PB

6 2425 Yoann KOWAL

FRA

8:16.75 SB

7 2683 Brimin Kiprop KIPRUTO

KEN

8:18.79 SB

8 3052 Hillary BOR

USA

8:22.74 PB

9 3055 Donald CABRAL

USA

8:25.81

10 2130 Altobeli DA SILVA

BRA

8:26.30 PB

11 2200 Matthew HUGHES

CAN

8:36.83

12 2340 Yemane HAILESELASSIE

ERI

8:40.68

Kill Whitey wrote:

Smart run to take it out from the gun. Kenyans were ready and no on else went with. Wish Kipruto would have tripped at the end showboating.

How about the guy going face first into the barrier? Hope he's ok.

Concussion? Not sure why he went down, maybe he stepped on the inside rail? But yeah, he took it straight to the head, flat side of the steeple cross-bar (not the angle) at about a 45 degree angle. He wearily pushed himself to a sitting position and spit before the camera cut away.

the letter why wrote:

congratulator of performances wrote:

GREAT RACE. Jager ran that one to his strengths giving him the best chance to win that one. There's a lot of smart distance racing going on in these games on the US team.

So that's:

800m M bronze

1500m W bronze

3kS W bronze

3kS M silver

...with legitimate chances in the M 1500m and M marathon still to come!

I'd say Lagat has a legitimate (though not large) chance of a medal. Daddy can still kick.

Bernie's gonna nab himself a silver medal in a time of 14:11 by crushing the last 200z

Mo for gold in 14:09.

comicbookguy wrote:

What a run.

To all the US haters on this board.. lick his big nut sack!

It's actually average size for a nut sack. Many studies have shown little correlation between steeplechase performance and nut sack size, so I'm not surprised.

BellLapBallBuster wrote:

Great run. Wish he would've challenger for gold. I'm sure he just wanted to solidify silver that last lap.

Normal 'murcan -- guy wins silver, gets criticized for not winning gold. This is the U.S. runners stigma---overcoming the negativity of "supporters" back home.

mk009 wrote:

Fantastic run and 2 medals for the USA in the chase. Starting to show that its not just the East Africans that can medal.

Imagine if officials and political forces weren't allowing E. Africans to dope! Jager would have Gold!

Yup! Absolutely amazing. He knew he couldn't outkick the Kenyans, so he took the race by the balls and went for it, and it freaking worked. May not have gotten Kipruto, but he broke the man with the fast finish. I'm impressed.