Paul Chelimo is Leaving the Army, Has Signed With Nike

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5 years ago 11/07/2018 7:20pm EST

re: dude what

dude what wrote:
not a Nike fan wrote:
This is sad to see. Of all the world class athletes, I've always guessed that the WCAP guys were the most likely to be clean. For him to go to Nike is unfortunate because everyone there seems tainted.
So you think after earning a Olympic silver and a WC bronze as clean athlete, NOW he's going to start doping? If he did all that clean, I can't wait to see what a doped Chelimo can do.

The Army uses EPO on Soldiers all the time. This is well known if you are deployed in crazy conditions and need to be up all night. However, I'm not to sure about giving it to their athletes.

5 years ago 11/07/2018 7:20pm EST

re: grumpyoldman

grumpyoldman wrote:
They should actually make the "Army" man do a 9 month tour in Afghanistan before he's released.

Never gonna happen.

5 years ago 11/07/2018 8:18pm EST

re: Friends In ARMYUSA

Friends In ARMYUSA wrote:
dude what wrote:
So you think after earning a Olympic silver and a WC bronze as clean athlete, NOW he's going to start doping? If he did all that clean, I can't wait to see what a doped Chelimo can do.
The Army uses EPO on Soldiers all the time. This is well known if you are deployed in crazy conditions and need to be up all night. However, I'm not to sure about giving it to their athletes.

This might be one of the biggest lies I've ever come across in well over a decade on these boards. Wtf is wrong with you?

5 years ago 11/07/2018 9:17pm EST

re: BingBongBing

BingBongBing wrote:
If you never went to Basic Training, never served your country, then you are the least to criticize anyone who has, especially when your critique is based upon race.
Sincerely, THANK you Specialists Chelimo and Kipchirchir for serving your country. THANK you SGT Elkanah Kibet for your service in Kuwait. And with so much respect, thank you SGT Julius Bor for your service in Afghanistan. All soldiers enlist knowing war time deployment is possible. Some do, some don't. Message-board quarter backs never deploy. Never serve our country. Negativity is easy online. Try Basic Training first and get back to me, you 10-minute milers who couldnt do a push up after a 13:45 5k if your life depended upon it.
True Americans, all.

Just because YOU are stupid enough to sign up and have other grown adults order you around, and then allow them to send you to impoverished lands where you cowardly slaughter innocent women and children, don't think that the rest of us are as dumb and gutless.

At ease, moran.

5 years ago 11/13/2018 5:05pm EST

re: Fact King

Fact King wrote:
Keep in mind Cheseret and Chelimo are two TOTALLY different athletes. One has a silver medal, DL win, sub 13 on his name, and many titles. He is the face of the track and field for America in the 5K and comes with a personality that is needed for the sport. I'm sure the offer put out by Nike made it a hard decision to leave. Once a Soldier. Always a soldier. But when money thrown in your face at an amount much more than what you're making because of a running career that looks flourishing = EASY decision.
P wrote:
As a former member of the unit (marathoner) I tend to agree with this. The WCAP Motto is "Soldiers-First". If you are there JUST to run with no intension of serving after your time there is up are you living up to the motto or just being an athlete? There are many Soldier-athletes at the unit who have deployed numerous times. CPT Robert Cheseret is an example of a Soldier who has served in regular support and line units and been a part of the WCAP team (still is unless he has been released), others such as myself served for a year or two in the unit, had deployed prior to being allowed in (and then after), went to line units after departing and continue to serve in uniform on active duty. Granted, Chelimo has done GREAT things for the Army in terms of morale and represented us at the highest levels unlike any other athlete at the unit but does he want to be a Soldier and serve outside of the unit? If he has a sweet deal with Nike I can partly see why he would want to depart but I think there should be a requirement for these athletes, for every year you serve in WCAP you are required to give 2 years back in regular units. That being said, the "real" Army is not for every athlete at the WCAP unit. Sadly, this is the case for many Soldiers who are a part of WCAP. They are GREAT athletes, spend their time there, some are so good they even retire there (I knew many Wrestlers there that did this) but never have any real goals of serving in regular support and line units.

The money isn't big enough to secure your future retirement. A base salary slightly higher than his military pay. A far more flexible schedule to train and live a normal life.

He will only make big money in marathons.

Why would Nike sign him? Great chance to make Tokyo team as pure Nike play, not Army athlete.

His downside, a career in the army would have given him something to fall back in when his running stops. Nike does not have a retirement program, sorry.

Very few athletes make enough in career of running to retire on.

Agent doesn't tell you this, they are only greedy to make money on the signed contract and prize purses for the short window of time the athlete is active.

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