Nick Willies throws shade at Sifan Hassan on twitter

It's like WWF for puppies here.

Dril wrote:

Do you think any of these pros make comments to each other in person? Or are they only tough on the internet like us let’s runners??

It's like here...talk tough, and complete awkward weenies in real life.

Leads off with "I know absolutely nothing about Sifan and her training."

That's about all there is to it.

What a clownish coomer.

Hope he’s ready for tomorrow’s final!

Oh wait...

Nice. I just expect more from a 35+ year old man to go on the internet and talk poorly about another person, dragging names through the mud, based on circumstantial evidence only. The pro athlete response has been the saddest thing about the whole Salazar scandal.

This is someone who has been cheated out of Olympic gold twice, so I think he has the right to say what he wants on this matter.

08 and 16 olympic 1500 wrote:

This is someone who has been cheated out of Olympic gold twice, so I think he has the right to say what he wants on this matter.

Oh yah. Is that how it works? Now he gets a free pass for being a terrible person. Good to know.

The mental gymnastics on this site of late is incredible.

Can’t we all agree Salazar is a bad guy. Some NOP athletes were bad. Being a crappy person on Twitter is also bad. One doesn’t excuse the other.

Agreed.

That is a racist behavior is not acceptable.

New Zealanders in general have a history of that type of attitude.

casual obsever wrote:

Agreed.

WTF??!!!

So on numerous occasions you've accused Nick Willis of doping for ... not too sure, but.. because he's not Russian?

Now you're agreeing that he's a 'poor human being' for 'throwing shade' at an athlete suddenly producing crazy performances in her mid-twenties who was coached to it by a man banned for doping offences this very week.

LetsRun is a crazy place.

08 and 16 olympic 1500 wrote:

This is someone who has been cheated out of Olympic gold twice, so I think he has the right to say what he wants on this matter.

I hadn't thought of this. Somebody should have made a thread about it immediately when Al Sal was convicted.

Behind Centro and Big Mac in Rio, 8 years after being cheated out of Gold by two cheating athletes in 2008.

And LetsRun turds are calling him a pitiful human being for making a comment on Twitter that 'could' be interpreted as questioning the crazy performance of an athlete also coached by the man who just got suspended and who coached one of the athletes who likely cheated him out of one of his golds?

Nick’s fine to say what he said, but if Sifan wanted to cheat would it make sense to join a coach under investigation for doping in a country with a far-more comprehensive anti-doping infrastructure? Or would it be better to join a group in Ethiopia and Kenya?

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Nick’s fine to say what he said, but if Sifan wanted to cheat would it make sense to join a coach under investigation for doping in a country with a far-more comprehensive anti-doping infrastructure? Or would it be better to join a group in Ethiopia and Kenya?

It would make far more sense to join the top American doping group (a group we all thought would always get away with it - hence the shock and disbelief this week).

Gets high-tech doped in America away from Dutch doping testers.

Spends winter in Africa among her 'home' network getting full throttle doped away from all testers.

It's the Mo blueprint.

And it proves East Africans are genetically superior, LOL!

I made a thread on this the other day.

Just a pissy thing to do, same as Simpson.

What is it with you clowns not providing a link to the post in question? I swear this has been happening with increasing frequency. So annoying.

There is absolutely nothing to criticize him for here :

https://twitter.com/nickwillis/status/1180546595663880203

Here was the all-time great Sifan Hassan's championship record together with this World Championships.

She had just a bronze at the 15 and the 5 for her entire career.

HONOURS - OLYMPIC GAMES

PLACE DISCIPLINE MARK WIND PLACE DATE

5. 1500 Metres 4:11.23 Estádio Olímpico, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 16 AUG 2016

HONOURS - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

PLACE DISCIPLINE MARK WIND PLACE DATE

1. 1500 Metres 3:51.95 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha (QAT) 05 OCT 2019

1. 10,000 Metres 30:17.62 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha (QAT) 28 SEP 2019

3. 5000 Metres 14:42.73 Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 13 AUG 2017

3. 1500 Metres 4:09.34 National Stadium, Beijing (CHN) 25 AUG 2015

5. 1500 Metres 4:03.34 Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 07 AUG 2017

Coevett wrote:

There is absolutely nothing to criticize him for here

That you stick up for him is a HUGE red flag! Willis should be investigated right now!

Coevett wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Nick’s fine to say what he said, but if Sifan wanted to cheat would it make sense to join a coach under investigation for doping in a country with a far-more comprehensive anti-doping infrastructure? Or would it be better to join a group in Ethiopia and Kenya?

It would make far more sense to join the top American doping group (a group we all thought would always get away with it - hence the shock and disbelief this week).

Gets high-tech doped in America away from Dutch doping testers.

Spends winter in Africa among her 'home' network getting full throttle doped away from all testers.

It's the Mo blueprint.

And it proves East Africans are genetically superior, LOL!

I made a thread on this the other day.

Dude. Get out of my thread and go back to yours.

Questioning athletes’ performances who have not been proven guilty of cheating is a really sh1tty habit of pros on Twitter and in interviews. It’s bad for the sport and is real salty cry baby behavior.

If he’s so sure her performance is suspect he should get off his soap box, go out IRL and do something. Go make a difference and stop whining on the internet. At minimum call her out to her face.