Does Jakob Ingebrigtsen have a legitimate chance to win world juniors?

Kipruto is not a junior.

El Keniano wrote:

What’s even worse is that quite a few guys around his age (Kiplimo, Rhonex and Barega) chose to man up and compete with the seniors. They cleared the coast for him.

They weren't juniors 5 years ago.

GBnothingWithoutFarah wrote:

In senior world's he will be a nobody as Kenya get their usual 1, 2 finish in the 1500m, 5000m????

If you took out convicted doper Kiprop, has Kenya ever finished 1,2 in any major 1500 final other than 2017?

Good for him to show up and compete, even though he stuck to World Juniors instead of Seniors. This is a 1500/5000m man who beat world indoor record holder Samuel Tefera at the 1500m this winter and ran 3:31.18 last year at 17. This was a tough course and the competition is very strong. Probably many of his opponents were not really juniors, but this again shows how much depth Kenya and Ethiopia have at the distances.

That’s because they are older and can’t compete in u20, Jakob couldn’t race the senior race if he wanted to.

Yo dawg...you're so off on this one.

Those guys have been doing the immoral thing for years to gain notoriety. They were never juniors when they were rocking the junior ranks. You of all people on this board know that.

Now they're rolling in their G Wagons because they manipulated their age.

The Kenyan national xcountry champoinships were held in February under the auspices of one Japhet Kemei, formerly coach of Kenya's 2018 Commonewealth Games team, and now Athletics Kenya (AK) Kericho County chairman.

Also the coach of 800m world championship bronze medalist Kipyegon Bett, currently serving a four year suspension for EPO use.

Also the coach of a female junior was was also caught doping with EPO, suspended, and who then died suddenly aged 18.

I'd bett that every Kenyan who finished ahead of Jakob was clean as a whistle.

Disagree and you're a racist.

https://citizentv.co.ke/sports/tough-xc-battle-expected-as-regions-pick-teams-for-nationals-230564/

Well, well. It appears the realisation that the great white hype is, just that, has triggered several simultaneous meltdowns here on the LRC. Most amusing, is the common allegation that East Africa is devoid of teenagers. Keep them coming O ye salty losers. Fantastic entertainment for me.

And what of the 8 non-Kenyans that beat him?

El Keniano wrote:

Well, well. It appears the realisation that the great white hype is, just that, has triggered several simultaneous meltdowns here on the LRC. Most amusing, is the common allegation that East Africa is devoid of teenagers. Keep them coming O ye salty losers. Fantastic entertainment for me.

Relax dude. There was a race a few years ago where Mo was absolutely buried in an XC race by a bunch of nobodies. He came back and won Worlds handily. This race means nothing. Kenyans will go back to getting outsprinted on the track...good thing they can win at things that don’t matter.

Coevett wrote:

I'd bett that every Kenyan who finished ahead of Jakob was clean as a whistle.

Disagree and you're a racist.

Agreed. Obviously Jakob is also clean, for only Henrik was identified as likely doper by the IAAF.

trollism wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

What’s even worse is that quite a few guys around his age (Kiplimo, Rhonex and Barega) chose to man up and compete with the seniors. They cleared the coast for him.

They weren't juniors 5 years ago.

You’re telling me this kid is 25+?

El Keniano wrote:

Well, well. It appears the realisation that the great white hype is, just that, has triggered several simultaneous meltdowns here on the LRC. Most amusing, is the common allegation that East Africa is devoid of teenagers. Keep them coming O ye salty losers. Fantastic entertainment for me.

I can't recall ever on my time in this forum referring to skin color, but racists like El K do it all the time - of course when making derogatory comments about non African runners like Jakob.

And when are you stop pretending to be Kenyan? It's obvious from your language that even if you have any Kenyan connections at all, you owe your education entirely to whichever Western country you or your parents escaped to.

Coevett wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Well, well. It appears the realisation that the great white hype is, just that, has triggered several simultaneous meltdowns here on the LRC. Most amusing, is the common allegation that East Africa is devoid of teenagers. Keep them coming O ye salty losers. Fantastic entertainment for me.

I can't recall ever on my time in this forum referring to skin color, but racists like El K do it all the time - of course when making derogatory comments about non African runners like Jakob.

And when are you stop pretending to be Kenyan? It's obvious from your language that even if you have any Kenyan connections at all, you owe your education entirely to whichever Western country you or your parents escaped to.

“Hey check out this racist! He writes to well to be Kenyan!”

Love the hypocrisy.

kettlepot wrote:

“Hey check out this racist! He writes to well to be Kenyan!”

Love the hypocrisy.

Err..I'm a hypocrite for pointing out the hypocrisy of him calling somebody a 'great white hype' and using the florid language of a Western educated elite whilst being rabidly racist to anyone who isn't Kenyan?

^This.

Plus Coevett never mentioning skin color? Bahahaha.

I recall his amazing story about him beating up that mean black guy in the locker room.

Or him calling everyone ebony lover who was happy about Kenyan successes.

And so on.

You must be a hardcore bitter racist beyond belief. 'Your' boys got whipped, but you seem happy because the one 'white' runner who was given a chance of medalling finished 12th.

Can you imagine if athletics was totally dominated by whites and a unique new African talent emerged, to which one or two (white) people here were constantly denigrating as a 'great black hope' and crowing whenever he lost?

Coevett wrote:

kettlepot wrote:

“Hey check out this racist! He writes to well to be Kenyan!”

Love the hypocrisy.

Err..I'm a hypocrite for pointing out the hypocrisy of him calling somebody a 'great white hype' and using the florid language of a Western educated elite whilst being rabidly racist to anyone who isn't Kenyan?

You’re a hypocrite for pointing out his racism and then saying that his English is too good to be a product of Kenyan education.

Jakobs biggest weaknesses are upphil running and fast starts