Almaz Ayana's 10000m WR run in Rio.
Almaz Ayana's 10000m WR run in Rio.
How has no one mentioned all the Chinese WRs set by their women in the early 90s? Didn’t they run like 3:53 and 8:20 or something?
Taoufik Makhloufi - London 2012 1500 m
Everything since 1971.
Utterly cynical and perfectly hilarious at the same time.
Phantasy Star wrote:
Ooohhh man so many good ones. Great thread.
el G's 1999 1500 final is my favorite. 3:27 with the guitar playing, finishing well ahead of Noah "car accident" Ngeny and a trio of Spaniards (lol!!!).
Ramzi's 1500 & 800 double at '05 Worlds was glorious. He almost got caught at the line in the 15, but his 800 was a work of tactical genius. Can't forget his lane 7 drift in the 1500 heats either.
"18-year-old" Kipchoge beating el G in '03, squeezing him right up against the kerb.
Ethiopian women's world records in the 1500, 5000, and 10000. Literally unbelievable.
Bolt's '09 double (triple? I assume he was in the winning relay too) was comical.
Any recent marathon with the "random" 2:04 African guys.
There are tons more I'll think of later.
Reading on wrote:
Taoufik Makhloufi - London 2012 1500 m
What's so weird about that?
China wrote:
How has no one mentioned all the Chinese WRs set by their women in the early 90s? Didn’t they run like 3:53 and 8:20 or something?
Yeah, how the hell did they do that, even doped wise? I guess it was an example of what the East German system would have produced if the GDR had lasted a few more years into the EPO era.
Let's end this thread right now:
FLO JO 100m and 200m 1988 olympics.
The biggest doped up records of all time...
MoldyoldJoe wrote:
For me, Olaf Bayer in '78.
Lots of people thought that this marked the start of some sort of feud between Coe and Ovett because Ovett walked up to Coe post race and was caught on camera say "f__k," but the truth was Ovett turned to Coe and said "who the f__k was that?"
Eastern bloc wrote:
Daniel Komen's 1997 World Champs 5000m where he blasted a sub 4 minute mile in the middle of the race.
This ⤴
Scorpion_runner wrote:
Almaz Ayana's 10000m WR run in Rio.
+ 1
pretty much any of usain bolt's races,any of michael johnson's races,ben johnson's seoul win,marita koch's 47.60 in 1985,jarmila kratochvilova in 1983,flo-jo in 1988,paula radcliffe's world marathon record,almaz ayana's 2016 olympic win,and many many more.
FloJo
And he, like El G in his record runs, finishes so fresh, hardly blowing even though he is flat out over the last bit. I'm more winded after one decent rep. Just does not seem normal.
jeff tallon wrote:
pretty much any of usain bolt's races,any of michael johnson's races,ben johnson's seoul win,marita koch's 47.60 in 1985,jarmila kratochvilova in 1983,flo-jo in 1988,paula radcliffe's world marathon record,almaz ayana's 2016 olympic win,and many many more.
^This/those, very unfortunately.