What will happen to Kimetto now that he no longer has the WR

Honestly, Kimetto went from 2:11 to 2:05 to 2:02 and his track PRs would NOT win an NCAA title.

You can draw whatever conclusions you want but I think it’s pretty clear Kimetto had some help to undergo that kind of breakthrough in such short order... And his quick fall from grace makes it more clear he was doping to improve 2 miles in the marathon in 2 years.

Kipchoge has been at the top his entire career. There is nothing suspect about his performance.

I wish it could come out about Kimetto if he doped. It is nasty that Bekele is not getting credit for having the 2k indoor, 5k in and outdoor, 10k and marathon wr's all at the same time. Nobody can do that. He always was the greatest. I hope he gets recognised for the marathon wr. I also hope he regains it again.

Several options:

1) die in a shoot out with Kenyan police

2) get busted through a set up

3) turn into a woman called Denise

sbeefyk2 wrote:

Honestly, Kimetto went from 2:11 to 2:05 to 2:02 and his track PRs would NOT win an NCAA title.

You can draw whatever conclusions you want but I think it’s pretty clear Kimetto had some help to undergo that kind of breakthrough in such short order... And his quick fall from grace makes it more clear he was doping to improve 2 miles in the marathon in 2 years.

Kipchoge has been at the top his entire career. There is nothing suspect about his performance.

Get your facts right @Sbeefyk2. Kimetto's first ever marathon was a 2:04:16 in Berlin 2012 where he finished a very close second to Geoffrey Mutai. Many argue that he could have won that day but seemed to fall back to allow his mentor to win the race. From there he won Tokyo in 2013 in a course record which was 2:06:50 or something like that. In the fall of 2013, Kimetto won Chicago setting the existing course record of 2:03:45. He was injured in early 2014 but he went ahead to pace London marathon where he dropped out soon after the start because of the injury. Then he broke the world record in Berlin that same year.

But even back before his first marathon, he set the existing 25K world record(Best) of 1:18:xx. Before that and in his first ever race outside Kenya, he won Ras Alkhaima half marathon beating Wilson Kipsang. He ran something like 60:40. It was after setting the word record that his form deteriorated which I believe was due to injuries. He never won a race after that Berlin world record.

Kenyan athletes often use motivation after winning what is in fact more money than they’d ever thought possible. You can’t turn a second tier runner into a world record holder just by doping. I don’t know how Jos hasn’t realised that given all his interactions with African elites.

Dennis will be fine. The Shanghai marathon which booked him long before Eliud pulverised his record will be paying for that new ?. But he’ll have to live off the land from now on.

https://twitter.com/denniskimetto/status/544722162834477056?s=21

Also, like most farmers, Dennis remains a class act.

https://twitter.com/denniskimetto/status/1041263832679804929?s=21

^ Should be ‘many Kenyan athletes lose motivation’ after making money.

Kimetto's career is over. After setting the marathon world record, Paul Tergat lived for years on his world record holder reputation, getting invited to marathon after marathon and turning in substandard performance after performance. The same for Kimetto. The gravy train ends when their world records got broken. Time to retire.

Or, look at Makau since 2012.

Banana Bread wrote:

I wish it could come out about Kimetto if he doped. It is nasty that Bekele is not getting credit for having the 2k indoor, 5k in and outdoor, 10k and marathon wr's all at the same time. Nobody can do that. He always was the greatest. I hope he gets recognised for the marathon wr. I also hope he regains it again.

Geb had it. He always was the greatest.

Ganana Gread wrote:

Banana Bread wrote:

I wish it could come out about Kimetto if he doped. It is nasty that Bekele is not getting credit for having the 2k indoor, 5k in and outdoor, 10k and marathon wr's all at the same time. Nobody can do that. He always was the greatest. I hope he gets recognised for the marathon wr. I also hope he regains it again.

Geb had it. He always was the greatest.

Not at the same time.

Banana Bread wrote:

Kimetto enjoyed having the WR for a full 4 years. He has run like crap since getting it, but has still enjoyed appearance fees until now. What will happen to him now? Since his wr he struggles to run 5 min mile pace for more than half the marathon distance. He has been lucky that he has had appearance fees for this long. the vaporfly prototypes that Kipchoge wears were only developed in 2017, so the WR would have been lost 2 years ago if Bekele had what Kipchoge had this year. Will Kimetto's appearance fees dry up now and will Kimetto retire? Or will this give him a kick up the as he needs to get back into shape again. Maybe it will motivate him to improve again. He would have a long way to go to catch up with Kipchoge, Bekele etc.

What is up with the Bekele hype? Have you not been watching his overly mediocre marathon career? He had one marathon since his debut that was even remotely as fast as the WR. When will it end? When he finally retires?

sbeefyk2 wrote:

And his quick fall from grace makes it more clear he was doping to improve 2 miles in the marathon in 2 years.

Alan Webb fell equally as quick.

Louis, Alan Webb's greatness shines on despite his challenges,

he could always return to the marathon, and give it the old college go.

"One for the gipper!"

800 dude wrote:

Ganana Gread wrote:

Geb had it. He always was the greatest.

Not at the same time.

“It”. Singular.

Banana Bread is Bekele's biggest fan in the world and had been dreaming about Bekele breaking Kimetto's record in Amsterdam to become the first person to hold the 5k, 10k and marathon records simultaneously thereby cementing his status as undisputed GOAT. Banana Bread is also not crazy and understands Kipchoge's run ended whatever remote chance of that happening. With that dream dashed, he's now resorted to wishing Kimetto had doped so that Bekele can claim to have been the rightful marathon record holder for two years.

El Keniano wrote:

Stopcecil! wrote:

What is up with the Bekele hype? Have you not been watching his overly mediocre marathon career? He had one marathon since his debut that was even remotely as fast as the WR. When will it end? When he finally retires?

Banana Bread is Bekele's biggest fan in the world and had been dreaming about Bekele breaking Kimetto's record in Amsterdam to become the first person to hold the 5k, 10k and marathon records simultaneously thereby cementing his status as undisputed GOAT. Banana Bread is also not crazy and understands Kipchoge's run ended whatever remote chance of that happening. With that dream dashed, he's now resorted to wishing Kimetto had doped so that Bekele can claim to have been the rightful marathon record holder for two years.

Banana Bread is so silly sometimes

Banana Bread wrote:

Kimetto

Who?

He will still get legacy invites to silver and bronze standard marathons as the former WR holder. 2:02 is still an incredible accomplishment.