Centrowitz goes home DEVASTATED!!!

the todd father wrote:

The guy clearly is sick, he's not himself. It's a shame what is clearly a serious illness coincided with the world championships

He had a rough year and never looked himself.

If he is like this next year, he might be done.

I watched his interview and he's all "injuries injuries can't train since nationals blah blah." How lame can an excuse get?

If you're injured and can't train, you step aside and let someone else go. He knew he had no chance but ruined someone else's dreams from becoming reality. USATF should have a system for kicking injured athletes off the team if they don't do it of their own accord.

Centro should be barred from representing the USA internationally for two years.

El Keniano wrote:

You have to remember his is the luckiest, most undeserved gold medal in Olympic history. 2015 Genzebe Dibaba would have won that final.

Of course Dibaba was not capable of closing in 50xx in order to win. She would not even have gotten a medal.

Oregon 1488 wrote:

Centro sucks, could never stand that half nagger.

STFU Trump supporter!

I'm sorry but you don't go from controlling a world class field at the olympics and 3.30 to barely being able to break 3.50 off a 2.10 first 800.

He obviously gave up a bit in the last 100m but clearly he's not the athlete he was in 2016 - Off the dope.

I watched him with my own eyes at a solihull BMC come dead last in 1.51.

Doped.

Asu guy wrote:

the todd father wrote:

The guy clearly is sick, he's not himself. It's a shame what is clearly a serious illness coincided with the world championships

He had a rough year and never looked himself.

If he is like this next year, he might be done.

Hmmm, I wonder if there's anything he could have taken to reduce the effects of the illness? He's never been sick enough in the past to have his performance effected, so maybe its something he used to take that he doesn't take now?

He forgot to mention that the main reason he came in 2nd at USATFs was because Ben MF Blankenship ran like Prefontaine and burned his wheels off.

It takes about 3 weeks for EPO and L-carnitine to completely clear your system, and the trials were not too long after the times investigations got serious. perhaps he was still benefitting from his cheating during the trials, and then really started to deal with its absence once the world champs came around.

Not Ben Blankenship wrote:

He forgot to mention that the main reason he came in 2nd at USATFs was because Ben MF Blankenship ran like Prefontaine and burned his wheels off.

How'd Ben do at the World Championships?

He was hurt - CASE CLOSED.

that's official excuse. probably not actually injured. if he were seriously injured he would have dnf'd

Mister PC wrote:

Not Ben Blankenship wrote:

He forgot to mention that the main reason he came in 2nd at USATFs was because Ben MF Blankenship ran like Prefontaine and burned his wheels off.

How'd Ben do at the World Championships?

Moot point.

Ben MF Blankenship left it all on the track at USATFs. He ran from the front and left it all out on the track. He didn't sacrifice the gift.

Not Ben Blankenship wrote:

Mister PC wrote:

How'd Ben do at the World Championships?

Moot point.

Ben MF Blankenship left it all on the track at USATFs. He ran from the front and left it all out on the track. He didn't sacrifice the gift.

Seriously, this isn't Ben MF Blankenship (I know, had you fooled). Just wanted to give props to Centro for being honest and real. I'm usually somewhat critical of him, but I feel for him getting injured.

Read my past post. I knew Centro was done after his last race. He should go up to the announcers booth and comnentate.

All of you people who criticized Centrowitz on this thread: seriously, you were you ever runners yourselves? I seriously doubt it. Matt Centrowitz is a warrior and a champion. If he ran 3:48 on the biggest day in the biggest meet of the year there was a physical reason for it. What is wrong with you people? You are the kind of people who give letsrun.com a bad name.

he ran 3:48 tactical. Thats easy. MAKHLOUFI can run 3:34 in a tactical race. Give me a break. Centro fans are the biggest babies. WATCH SADIK MIKHOU WIN 1500 2017!!!!

4/10

That was okay. The "if you weren't an elite runner you don't get to criticize people" troll is a little overused though. If that applied to other sports there would be no sports media.

Centro's heat was won in a time of ~3:45, with a final 400m run in 52 seconds. Please stop this nonsense of willfully pretending that tactical races are not a reality of the sport.

If you want a time trial, change the channel.

i agree with spencer wrote:

called it back when he had his "phantom illness"....it was a hot time for NOP, and i say dont expect to see centro to run under 3:35 ever again. boooooom

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