Official Rio Olympic Men's Marathon Thread

jflo wrote:

Somewhere Salazar is smilling and slow clapping.

Say what you will about him...the man gets results.

+1. Wish Rupp had won gold, but still great.

Lilesa amazing race but I'm also not a fan of the "look over the shoulder, celebrate a little, repeat" down the stretch.

Kipchoge in the interview says he expects a marathon WR from Rupp.

NBC: What do you think of Rupp?

Kipchoge: Rupp is a very good Runner, World !@$@% ... xxx @ record....!@#$ Rupp.

NBC: Rupp can break the world record?

Kipchoge: What????

very sad wow wrote:

Rupp quoting Happy Gilmore as running around Rio: "Damn you people, go back to your shanties!"

LOL

Debbie Devronica wrote:

jflo wrote:

Somewhere Salazar is smilling and slow clapping.

Say what you will about him...the man gets results.

Some things are more important than results. Like how you treat others. And Salazar treats others like dirt.

Actually he's very nice in person. You don't even know him.

USA - two finishers before any other country. Who'd a thunk it.

Amazing by Rupp. What an amazing Olympics for US distance!!

Watching interview with Mo Farah on BBC. They asked him what's next, and he said he'll be running the Great North Run, then focusing on track in 2017, and then "hitting the roads and seeing what I can do in the marathon."

Silver/bronze are LOSER medals wrote:

Classless? wrote:

The definition of classless is Lilesa doing 100 yards of hand signals and bullcrap right before the finish line. And then he ignores Rupp and stomps around the finish line mat. All over silver? Bro you didn't win. You don't get to come to the line like your Dez Bryant after a game winning touchdown. Idiot.

Consolation prize mentality. The best of the non-winners.

You could tell Rupp wasn't completely thrilled with the bronze. That's a champion right there.

Silver/bronze are LOSER medals wrote:

Classless? wrote:

The definition of classless is Lilesa doing 100 yards of hand signals and bullcrap right before the finish line. And then he ignores Rupp and stomps around the finish line mat. All over silver? Bro you didn't win. You don't get to come to the line like your Dez Bryant after a game winning touchdown. Idiot.

Consolation prize mentality. The best of the non-winners.

I threw my cup of coffee at that bunk. Dez Lilesa doing the X sign and a bunch of other nonsense like he just got a bomb from Romo in the Super Bowl.

on looker wrote:

Lilesa amazing race but I'm also not a fan of the "look over the shoulder, celebrate a little, repeat" down the stretch.

Kipchoge in the interview says he expects a marathon WR from Rupp.

Yeah, I guess when you were running in the olympics you felt so confident you had secured your medal you just kept on looking straight ahead. You should pass your wisdom along to Lilesa. Sure he'll care a lot what you think.

Jordan Chipangma in 93rd 2:24-25

Nope NOP wrote:

Rupp taking a medal feels empty.

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--Just like your phallus, child.

` wrote:

What was the Happy Gilmore reference Rupp made? I was watching the BBC stream and turned it off when they cut away.

He likened his reluctance to accept that he might be a marathoner to Happy's reluctance to admit that he might be a golfer. Happy viewed himself as a hockey player, Rupp viewed himself as a track guy.

Kipchoge DQ'd for stepping on wrong side on cone at mile 4!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!

Dong limps across the finish line.

What the hell are you talking about? Their synopsis was right on. What type of apology are you looking for: "We should have said Ward has no chance to medal but he has a great shot at 6th place."

So Meb fell with his torso across the line and shoes with transponder behind the line. What's his finishing time based on?

realyank wrote:

Wtftw wrote:

Wasn't frank shorter born in Germany?????

Yeah, he was, but Germans and Americans are pretty much the same thing. Americans and Africans on the other hand...

lol.

it's cos Shorter's father was a military man.

lots of USA peeps in W. Germany post WW Dos.