Melibe wrote:
I'm so tired of hearing people complain about the 10k at the olympics. A non-elite track 10k is generally a tough watch, but at the olympic level it might be my favorite event. There's time for drama and tension to build in a way that can't happen in shorter events. I might just be a weird runner, but the London 2012 10k remains one of the most emotionally gripping, intense events I have ever watched.
I 100% agree. Let me ask you this. Who are the biggest track stars in the world based on name recognition?
I bet Nike has research on it but Mo Farah has to be one of them. He's BIG in the UK. What are his events. 5000 and 10,000.
The beauty of the 10,000 and 5000 at an Olympics is the drama builds. I can see why they might not want it in a DL TV window (but I'd just start at iat 11:55 for a 12:02 start so you watch the last half) but it makes fantastic tv for a country if they have a star like Farah.