What happens when Mo Farah or Usain Bolt gets beat at Worlds?

Mo will lose to Chelimo in the 5k but has a better chance of winning the 10k.

Usain, whose chances just improved with degrase pulling out, will lose to Christian Coleman. This will be good for the sport however because people can look to Coleman now and not have to wonder who will replace Bolt on top. Unless of course he chokes again like a USA's...

this is what will happen wejo if bolt loses.

he will make that worthless carl lewis 1984 face as ben johnson crushed him. the powers that be that control this sport already have a back up plan just in case bolt loses.

they will have "test" results within the hour of whoever it was who won, and say they were juiced to the gills. the media will have a field day. "only way to beat the greatest sprinter ever was to take PEDs" or something like that. so this saves bolt, saves the sport and crucifies the athlete, who will be ruined forever. now i would imagine this is "known" so i do not see any athlete going for the win. its annoying, our sport was a joke and now its totally staged.

because of this blackmail they have on the entire field, watch and see bolt run a 9.93 at best and 2nd place be 10.0 something. they will all be running scared not to win.

If either of them lose I will be surprised.

If they loose, then I assume they will shit their pants...

Elsip wrote:

No one with any sense of perspective would care much. Neither has anything left to prove.

A Bolt loss would be quietly forgotten by the masses, and a Farah loss (or double loss) wouldn't even register. Maybe a few Brits would say, "Oh, Mo didn't win? Too bad."

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Gatlin would not care for this.

yes gatllin would. he has no other means of an income. did he get a degree from Tennessee? if he did get one, is it one that is worth anything? and how much experience does he have in this field? my guess would be 0%

gatlin needs to run and run often since he was out of "work" for a number of years. think about it, what will gatlin do when he retires? you really think he would go out there beat bolt at the risk of being called "cheat", lose all his sponsorship's, fame, respect etc? he needs to "play ball" if he wants to maintain a good reputation, and hopes he can retire as an ambassador of the sport like maurice green and still make money.

if he beats bolt he ruins all of that.

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Elsip wrote:

No one with any sense of perspective would care much. Neither has anything left to prove.

A Bolt loss would be quietly forgotten by the masses, and a Farah loss (or double loss) wouldn't even register. Maybe a few Brits would say, "Oh, Mo didn't win? Too bad."

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Bingo.

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wejo wrote:

For whatever reason I feel one of them will lose.

They never lose. So how will everyone react?

I guess it won't be as big a deal as I think. What happened when edwin Moses finally lost?

I would take the field over bolt as it stands in the 100m. Christian Coleman finally got some rest and has a deadly start, Yohan Blake has been running well this season, and akani simbine has been consistently in the 9.9x range and was close to bolt in Monaco. Also, there are other guys like Gatlin who can hop in there and pull off a huge surprise. I think bolt will medal but I don't think it will be gold- my (bold) prediction would be Coleman winning, then Blake, then bolt in bronze position.

Farah Believer wrote:

wejo wrote:

For whatever reason I feel one of them will lose.

They never lose. So how will everyone react?

I guess it won't be as big a deal as I think. What happened when edwin Moses finally lost?

I would take the field over bolt as it stands in the 100m. Christian Coleman finally got some rest and has a deadly start, Yohan Blake has been running well this season, and akani simbine has been consistently in the 9.9x range and was close to bolt in Monaco. Also, there are other guys like Gatlin who can hop in there and pull off a huge surprise. I think bolt will medal but I don't think it will be gold- my (bold) prediction would be Coleman winning, then Blake, then bolt in bronze position.

Also I'm not confident in mo's double. It's not that he's getting that much worse but the rest of the world is getting better. In the 10000m kamworor definitely has a shot to beat him but I think abadi hadis is the guy who can really pull off the upset. I don't think he's as vulnerable in the 5000m but the Ethiopians (edris and barega) are both threats and there's also the outside chance chelimo could run away from him. He should definitely medal in both but I have significant doubts they'll both be gold

Democrat controlled media must have Bolt as winner of the 100m. So, look for more scratches, phony false starts, etc to ensure that he wins.

Who cares about the World Championships, Olympics is the only thing that matters, SMH. I seriously wonder how many people in America know that it starts this week.

Nosreme wrote:

Mo will lose to Chelimo in the 5k but has a better chance of winning the 10k.

Usain, whose chances just improved with degrase pulling out, will lose to Christian Coleman. This will be good for the sport however because people can look to Coleman now and not have to wonder who will replace Bolt on top. Unless of course he chokes again like a USA's...

The same Chelimo who lost by 10 seconds at Pre - while Mo was jogging around waving at the crowd for half the race? Hmmm ok.

We will all regret that they never raced at 600m.

wejo wrote:

For whatever reason I feel one of them will lose.

They never lose. So how will everyone react?

I guess it won't be as big a deal as I think. What happened when edwin Moses finally lost?

I can't see Mo losing the 10000, it is almost impossible to get the pace quick enough at a world championship to take the sting out of his kick. I think he is the underdog in the 5K, I won't be surprised if he loses, I won't be surprised if he wins either. I am picking Mo for close race silver for silver in the 5000. There are 2 athletes in that 5000 who can kick with Mo. I video timed Mo's last couple of races and he has lost some speed.

Bolt will not win the 100m, I don't have time to get into the details why I think he'll lose, but remember I called it. I have a suspicion he will pull out with an injury or not make it to the finals. If he does make it to the finals and doesn't false start in the finals...he won't win, perhaps not even get 2nd. The days of being in 9.9x shape weeks before global championships and then dropping down to 9.7 are over. You can only go to the well so many times.

got one wrote:

Who cares about the World Championships, Olympics is the only thing that matters, SMH. I seriously wonder how many people in America know that it starts this week.

Most people in America don't even know that a World Championship for track and field exists. 2 years ago I was at a bar and grill and they had NBC on one of the TVs, which was showing the men's 100 in Beijing where Bolt narrowly beat Gatlin. The table next to mine had about 10 people at it. One of them looked up at the TV and said "Is that like the tryouts for the Olympics or something?" No one at the table had any idea why Usain Bolt was running a race a year before the Olympics.

snow blow wrote:

Most people in America don't even know that a World Championship for track and field exists. 2 years ago I was at a bar and grill and they had NBC on one of the TVs, which was showing the men's 100 in Beijing where Bolt narrowly beat Gatlin. The table next to mine had about 10 people at it. One of them looked up at the TV and said "Is that like the tryouts for the Olympics or something?" No one at the table had any idea why Usain Bolt was running a race a year before the Olympics.

Ouch. Reality strikes again.

you called it.....and you will be wrong.

in a world where things are legit bolt has a very high risk of not getting gold. but since track and field is now as corrupt as any other sport, bolt will win and i am calling it 9.93, and 2nd will be like 9.99 or so. and its because they want bolt to win...no no they NEED him to win.

as i said earlier if someone else besides bolt wins IM CALLING IT NOW, they will be outed as a drug cheat within hours of the final, their career will be forever ruined and never heard from again. thus bolt will win.

so bolt either wins because its scripted that way and people are blackmailed into playing along.....or he gets 2nd, has the carl lewis shocked look 1984 ben johnson spanking, and the winner "busted" and bolt gets the gold, talks sh*t about doping and everyone is happy.

im betting on him winning cause everyone is scared to have their career ruined. just like de grasse going out "injured" in the 100. no he was told to drop out or face consequences.

It is Groundhog Day on Letsrun - every major championships the people whose only pleasure in life is the prospect of Farah losing post their usual crap because this time it will be different, they get it wrong then repeat.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

It is Groundhog Day on Letsrun - every major championships the people whose only pleasure in life is the prospect of Farah losing post their usual crap because this time it will be different, they get it wrong then repeat.

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