Galen Told Us He Will Not Finish Chicago

hellonerth wrote:

If you watch Galen's evasive and deceptive appearance with the press, he says he was not able to even do a tuneup race due to bumps in the road. It is clear that Galen is setting up the DNF.

Indeed.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

#freesalazar wrote:

It appears Gault (at least I think it was him) has not read the AAA decision.

Rupp appeared as a witness in the AAA case so he obviously knew about the pending matter.

Shoot, that's a great point. I did read the AAA decision (well the Salazar one at least), but I forgot that Rupp was a witness while talking to him today.

This answer is being turned into something, I think it's not. This is not a defense of Rupp, but the most obvious explanation, is not a blatant lie about when he learned Salazar had been charged but a mis-hearing of the question, or the meaning of the question, as when he learned of the decision. That's the more recent event, and what the other proximate questions related to. It's not like this was asked in a silent room. Athletes misunderstand questions all the time, and there was no follow up to clarify if he understood the question. It's possible the answer to the question wasn't accurate even if misunderstood, but I still think it's much more possible that Rupp's answer relates to when he found out of the ruling than truly expecting people to believe he didn't know Salazar had even been charged prior to reading the final decision.

Chimo wrote:

Click bait? How are you making this conclusion?

Now with hindsight even you can make this conclusion.

"Notice that in the interview he also said that no one in NOP has ever tested positive or been found with drugs... That does not preclude doping at all. The "never tested positive" argument sounds very Lance-like."

Armstrong came clean and admitted everything only when the credible evidence against him was so strong that his denials had started to sound ridiculous. People from the same team as him, who had taken the PEDs with him, were coming out and talking. We are nowhere near that situation with Rupp (or Farah) and NOP. Nobody has said, for example, he took EPO and I know because he stored it in my fridge. Or he used blood transfusions because I was lying on the couch next to him taking the blood when the process took place.

Not saying nothing like this took place, just that we aren't in a place yet where we can say with conviction that it did.

How soon until Galen is dropped by Nike altogether? Why are they even sponsoring him at this point with how seldom he actually races? Time to cut him loose.

I second this and it was my exact thought when I watched the interview.

groogle it wrote:

Opera ain't over 'till the fat lady sings, a Dead show was never over 'till the fat man rocked.

Thus, Galen ain't over until he runs.

How many times have I seen on these boards some version of "Rupp will DNF". So many times.

A lot of times when races were won, records were set.

Let's just wait until Sunday and let Rupp's running speak for itself.

Ummmmm....I think the lady with the high BMI has sung her lullaby.