Centrowitz goes home DEVASTATED!!!

If American middle distance is dead, getting Gold at 1500m in Rio is a good way to go....

When you're not gonna make and you know it, you don't care if you're last. He gave up.

Seabreeze HS wrote:

Is he sick or something?

Can anyone explain what dfl means?

Sbshsh wrote:

Can anyone explain what dfl means?

Dead Flipping Last

Sensitive People's Version: Dude Finished LastReal Version: Dead Fu*king Last

Sbshsh wrote:

Can anyone explain what dfl means?

dfl means donuts fruit loops

LRC Commenter wrote:

Done and finished. Hurt and injured. NOP is finished. This is april of 1944, the usda allies baring down on salezar.

I think he was just thinking off all the spelling errors in his book.

[quote]The sayonara kid wrote:

... He's always had trouble in big time races, this is just a contiunation of the trend. .../quote]

Ok, I don't usually comment on threads like this. I shouldn't even read them, but your comment takes the cake. I need to ask WTF are you talking about?

2011 WC 1500 3rd

2012 Olympics 1500 4th

2013 WC 1500 2nd

2105 WC 1500 8th --- ok there's a poor one

2016 World indoor 1500 1st

2016 Olympics 1500 1st

That does not look like "always had trouble in big time races" to me.

Clearly, this is a poor result, but he's also clearly been struggling most of this year. He had one good result earlier in the year running 3:33, but he's not. been sharp since.

Devastated is right!!! What a big surprise... Glad I didn't pick him in the prediction contest. Then again I picked Kwemoi and he looked bad too, although he did make it through on a time qualifier. We'll see.

youch

Dance the knee wrote:

RA gets the luckiest last 100m of his career. US middle distance running is DEAD

I don't know man. Dudes had some pretty good last hundreds. This just looks like he was trying to kick to 5th or 6th and it got a little too close. Guy behind him still qualified.

this and this wrote:

Props to him for not taking the NBC post race interview "bait", which tried to set him up by offering excuses for him. He essentially just said it has been a tough year and left it at that.

Also, credit to him for agreeing to the interview. He was disappointed and likely embarrassed and could have declined.

I agree. Very classy response from Centro.

A source with direct knowledge of the situation told me that he has done nearly nothing in the last 10 days due to injury. Said he was surprised Centro even decided to race.

Knowing that makes his post-race interview that much more impressive. More humility than many on this board give him credit for.

Let him rest, recover that hamstring and move him up to the 5k and see how he does. I still believe hid OG was a fluke and nothing will make me change my mind, especially after the Olympics.

nobody cares about indoor, the 2016 olympics was a choke on everyone else's part, and the rest are pathetic finishes for a guy who is extremely tallented/doped to the gil;s

Deep Throat's friend wrote:

this and this wrote:

Props to him for not taking the NBC post race interview "bait", which tried to set him up by offering excuses for him. He essentially just said it has been a tough year and left it at that.

Also, credit to him for agreeing to the interview. He was disappointed and likely embarrassed and could have declined.

I agree. Very classy response from Centro.

A source with direct knowledge of the situation told me that he has done nearly nothing in the last 10 days due to injury. Said he was surprised Centro even decided to race.

Knowing that makes his post-race interview that much more impressive. More humility than many on this board give him credit for.

he didn't give excuses bcause he knows that hell catch heat for it if he does. called reverse psychologie folks, maybe try it some time? this guy is all about his image and drawing atention to himself when hes on top or the world, but as soon as the going gets tough his weird tatoos go back behind the shirt where they belong. maybe the turkish 400 champion can teach him a lesson in grit and turn him into a lunch pale guy.

The sayonara kid wrote:

He's always had trouble in big time races.

Yeah, look at Centro's medal record on the international stage. Always had trouble, huh? Yep, today he did, but try these on for size:

Olympic Games:

Gold medal – FIRST place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m

World Outdoor Championships:

Silver medal – SECOND place 2013 Moscow 1500 m

Bronze medal – THIRD place 2011 Daegu 1500 m

World Indoor Championships:

Gold medal – FIRST place 2016 Portland 1500 m

Pan American Junior Championships:

Gold medal – first place 2007 São Paulo 1500 m

Sayanara, kid.

centro was SO OVER HIS HEAD! beating mo farah this year and winning gold last year has made him so arrogant! im not surprised one bit!

Lapped Miler wrote:

Sayanara, kid.

actually "sayanara" is the americanized spelling. in japan its spelled "sayonara" with an "o"

Didn't whine or complain. I'm surprised he gave an interview. Props to him. There is no pleasing some on this site.