17 Year Old Runs 3:44!!!!!! 1500m!!!!!!

TalentedBoy wrote:

If you think I'm being racist, this guy ran a 12:55 5000m as a '17 year old'. Here is a photo of him at '16' after winning the world u20 5000m :

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kKgF5WV_VWI/maxresdefault.jpg

I believe he was 16 in that picture. I've seen high schoolers that look much older than him. Also, that's not some 'guy' thats Selemon Barega. He also posted some good improvement (as younger people tend to do) and ran 12:43 at 18, so it's not that unbelievable that he ran 12:55 at 17.

really????????? wrote:

TalentedBoy wrote:

If you think I'm being racist, this guy ran a 12:55 5000m as a '17 year old'. Here is a photo of him at '16' after winning the world u20 5000m :

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kKgF5WV_VWI/maxresdefault.jpg

I believe he was 16 in that picture. I've seen high schoolers that look much older than him. Also, that's not some 'guy' thats Selemon Barega. He also posted some good improvement (as younger people tend to do) and ran 12:43 at 18, so it's not that unbelievable that he ran 12:55 at 17.

Man, he ran 12:43 at 18? That is almost a minute faster than Rupp ran. How can this guy not get the WR? He can't improve 8 seconds in 10 years?

really????????? wrote:

TalentedBoy wrote:

If you think I'm being racist, this guy ran a 12:55 5000m as a '17 year old'. Here is a photo of him at '16' after winning the world u20 5000m :

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kKgF5WV_VWI/maxresdefault.jpg

I believe he was 16 in that picture. I've seen high schoolers that look much older than him. Also, that's not some 'guy' thats Selemon Barega. He also posted some good improvement (as younger people tend to do) and ran 12:43 at 18, so it's not that unbelievable that he ran 12:55 at 17.

What an NPC dunce. Of course if some white kid looked that old in HS you'd be asking for his head on a platter.

Arabergber wrote:

really????????? wrote:

I believe he was 16 in that picture. I've seen high schoolers that look much older than him. Also, that's not some 'guy' thats Selemon Barega. He also posted some good improvement (as younger people tend to do) and ran 12:43 at 18, so it's not that unbelievable that he ran 12:55 at 17.

What an NPC dunce. Of course if some white kid looked that old in HS you'd be asking for his head on a platter.

I've had quite enough of the racism on this board.

These 16 year old Kenyans and Ethiopians have been injected with HGH and EPO since before they started puberty (and before you racist trolls scream 'cheats', it was legal when these kids were growing up in the 90s). And then you racists wonder why they look a little different to the average American High Schooler?

You just can't accept that these East African kids can be so fast.

Racists.

This is bottom feeding stupidity. Since when has phenotype determined someone's age?

Here is the Irish U20 4x200 sprint team.

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Thank you. I hoped I wasn't the only member of the Reality-Based Community here.

Clearly, if East Africans have the top times as adults, they would be pretty competitive at 17. SMH.

High school athletics isn't quite as important elsewhere in the world as it is here or in the Anglosphere.

sconehead wrote:

This is bottom feeding stupidity. Since when has phenotype determined someone's age?

Here is the Irish U20 4x200 sprint team.

http://www.kilmarnockharriers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Under20Senior-men.jpg

Thank you. I hoped I wasn't the only member of the Reality-Based Community here.

Clearly, if East Africans have the top times as adults, they would be pretty competitive at 17. SMH.

High school athletics isn't quite as important elsewhere in the world as it is here or in the Anglosphere.[/quote]

And equally clearly, if East Africans regularly fail doping tests as adults, it's certain they would be regularly willing to age cheat as juniors.

In fact, we know that Third World African countries age cheat in sport, because in football, where age checking standards are much more rigorous than in athletics, it's happening all the time.

It's also a bit silly to put up a picture of four well fed 19 year old young Irish men as proof that we can't suspect 16 year old East Africans who look 40 of being age cheats.

Coevett wrote:

It's also a bit silly to put up a picture of four well fed 19 year old young Irish men as proof that we can't suspect 16 year old East Africans who look 40 of being age cheats.

It would seem that for some personality-disordered people, skin tone is correlated with levels of drug-taking.

Coevett wrote:

It's also a bit silly to put up a picture of four well fed 19 year old young Irish men as proof that we can't suspect 16 year old East Africans who look 40 of being age cheats.

You provide lots of pictures of young Kenyans and accuse them of being age cheaters because of their "receeding hairlines" when that is an ethnic characteristic.

So I think that picture of the Irish lads to be an excellent example that shows young men can look more mature, especially the athletically brilliant at a young age, as they tend to mature earlier than their peers.

As for this:

Spade Detector's ugali wrote:

These 16 year old Kenyans and Ethiopians have been injected with HGH and EPO since before they started puberty (and before you racist trolls scream 'cheats', it was legal when these kids were growing up in the 90s).

It's beyond silly.

Besides, if they are 16, 17, 18 now, they weren't growing up in the 90s.

Coed wrote:

Coevett wrote:

It's also a bit silly to put up a picture of four well fed 19 year old young Irish men as proof that we can't suspect 16 year old East Africans who look 40 of being age cheats.

It would seem that for some personality-disordered people, skin tone is correlated with levels of drug-taking.

No, coming from Third World corrupt cultures with an established endemic level of cheating in athletics correlates to levels of drug taking.

It's called satire.

And when Kenyan coaches stop feeding teenage athletes drugs which lead them to drop dead at the age of 20, I'll stop suspecting that young Kenyan athletes with clear cranial deformities haven't been fed HGH.

Coevett wrote:

Coed wrote:

It would seem that for some personality-disordered people, skin tone is correlated with levels of drug-taking.

No, coming from Third World corrupt cultures with an established endemic level of cheating in athletics correlates to levels of drug taking.

Fair enough.

Great Britain's Olympic Games Captain, Linford Christie, was busted for doping so I guess you are right.

Spade Detector's ugali wrote:

Arabergber wrote:

What an NPC dunce. Of course if some white kid looked that old in HS you'd be asking for his head on a platter.

I've had quite enough of the racism on this board.

These 16 year old Kenyans and Ethiopians have been injected with HGH and EPO since before they started puberty (and before you racist trolls scream 'cheats', it was legal when these kids were growing up in the 90s). And then you racists wonder why they look a little different to the average American High Schooler?

You just can't accept that these East African kids can be so fast.

Racists.

Thanks for letting me live in your head rent-free!!

As for doping busts lending credence to age cheating, how many high level Ethiopians have been busted for doping?

He Will Run Quick wrote:

Rockstar Games wrote:

And they decided to use sprinter spikes as well? On topic, it's a fantastic time, Ingebrigtsen's PR doesn't change that. It's not a guarantee that he can keep the 3:39 shape anyway.

I reckon he will run 3:36 this year. But in the future I think he will max out at 3:32.

You’re about the biggest idiot on letsrun. The kid ran 3:31 at 17, a few months after your post, and you thought he won’t run faster than 3:32 with another 15+ years of potential development. Sorry, but this is not one of your talentless Yankees, Norway is home to some of the richest endurance/athletic talent in the world.

Coevett wrote:

I write mystery novels. Or do I? wrote:

You provide lots of pictures of young Kenyans and accuse them of being age cheaters because of their "receeding hairlines" when that is an ethnic characteristic.

So I think that picture of the Irish lads to be an excellent example that shows young men can look more mature, especially the athletically brilliant at a young age, as they tend to mature earlier than their peers.

As for this:

It's beyond silly.

Besides, if they are 16, 17, 18 now, they weren't growing up in the 90s.

It's called satire.

And when Kenyan coaches stop feeding teenage athletes drugs which lead them to drop dead at the age of 20, I'll stop suspecting that young Kenyan athletes with clear cranial deformities haven't been fed HGH.

You sure do write a lot of "satire" on here...

"clear cranial deformities"... We know who you are talking about and you should be ashamed of your accusations.

good to see Priddey settling in . 2nd ever race indoors and 7 sec PB over 3000 ( 3rd 8.10)