Where is the love for the Black Cactus? Abdi Abdirahman 2:11:34 at NYC at age 42

Jsjsxjdj wrote:

Ackley wrote:

I think this is a American Masters "best" and deserves its own thread.

Martin Fagan, his teammate at the time was busted for doping. That's why.

Fagan got busted in 2012. AA wouldn't have been a "teammate".

Baltsu wrote:

Ackley wrote:

IAAF lists his birthday as 12/2/78.

The IAAF webpage says 2 DEC 1978, i.e. 2.12.1978.

Americans put the month first.

1. He did run the Olympic A standard yesterday. TOP 10 at a Gold level race.

2. Fagan was not his only roommate that was busted back in 2012. There was 3 of them living together Abdi—Fagan- and Sissay.

Both Fagan and Sissay were busted.

Ackley wrote:

I think this is a American Masters "best" and deserves its own thread.

some say he likes juice...

I remember when he was at the Athens games, after he was done racing he got so drunk he threw up all over himself and lost his credentials. Unable to get into the Olympic village USA officials were woken to confirm his identity, the next day he was on a flight home and not allowed to attend the closing ceremonies. He's just the guy I want representing America abroad.

Athens Memiors wrote:

I remember when he was at the Athens games, after he was done racing he got so drunk he threw up all over himself and lost his credentials. Unable to get into the Olympic village USA officials were woken to confirm his identity, the next day he was on a flight home and not allowed to attend the closing ceremonies. He's just the guy I want representing America abroad.

That just made me like him even more.

Modern Drunkard wrote:

Athens Memiors wrote:

I remember when he was at the Athens games, after he was done racing he got so drunk he threw up all over himself and lost his credentials. Unable to get into the Olympic village USA officials were woken to confirm his identity, the next day he was on a flight home and not allowed to attend the closing ceremonies. He's just the guy I want representing America abroad.

That just made me like him even more.

+1

Does anyone else need proof that he has been assimilated?

See through the smokescreen wrote:

Ackley wrote:

I think this is a American Masters "best" and deserves its own thread.

He's best friends with mo farah, attends extended training camps with him in both Ethiopia and Flagstaff, and his old roomie in Albuquerque was busted with epo- I believe WHILE they were living together. Hard to be a fan. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

But he's a nice guy!

Never seen such a fast shuffler.

Look how good PAC 10 was back in the day:

Abdi, Lagat, Meb all competed against each other.

Meb should hop in the 2020 trials.

Fagan, Daddy Mac, Uncle Bernard and Mo send their love....

Factoid checker wrote:

2. Fagan was not his only roommate that was busted back in 2012. There was 3 of them living together Abdi—Fagan- and Sissay.

Both Fagan and Sissay were busted.

They most assuredly were not all living together. I lived in Tucson and this is a flat out lie.

Baltsu wrote:

Ackley wrote:

IAAF lists his birthday as 12/2/78.

The IAAF webpage says 2 DEC 1978, i.e. 2.12.1978.

This is obviously incorrect. This would mean that he finished high school at 16 despite having come to the US in high school and not being a native English speaker. Absolutely zero chance he'd be able to finish early. If anything, he's probably older than Jan 1, 1977.

lies on lies wrote:

Factoid checker wrote:

2. Fagan was not his only roommate that was busted back in 2012. There was 3 of them living together Abdi—Fagan- and Sissay.

Both Fagan and Sissay were busted.

They most assuredly were not all living together. I lived in Tucson and this is a flat out lie.

I lived with them. It was carnal love.

Athens Memiors wrote:

I remember when he was at the Athens games, after he was done racing he got so drunk he threw up all over himself and lost his credentials. Unable to get into the Olympic village USA officials were woken to confirm his identity, the next day he was on a flight home and not allowed to attend the closing ceremonies. He's just the guy I want representing America abroad.

So much better than the story of that dumb swimmer in Rio.

Get Reel! wrote:

Truth Bomber wrote:

The first one.

If that's the case, I tip my hat to him. It's one thing to make a hard 3-5 year push doping and then back off the sauce and get out of the sport with your reputation intact. I can't imagine the nerve and smarts it would take to race as much as he did and always stay a step ahead of USADA, WADA, etc. Truly, there may be guys that dope 25 years straight and not get caught once, but that takes some serious balls for him to have not ducked out years ago while still in the clear.

I would suspect that it started around 2012, so not anything close to 25 years.

That’s great - makes him likeable !

Reminds me of that Irish Junior who was so drunk he threw up all over the corridor and took a dump in front of team GB rooms.

I think he got 4 year national team ban for it.

Dude won North Pole marathon later in his career.

lies on lies wrote:

Factoid checker wrote:

2. Fagan was not his only roommate that was busted back in 2012. There was 3 of them living together Abdi—Fagan- and Sissay.

Both Fagan and Sissay were busted.

They most assuredly were not all living together. I lived in Tucson and this is a flat out lie.

Was this in Tucson or ABQ? And does just one roommate instead of two busted make it sit better for you?

Tuck in your Tucson wrote:

lies on lies wrote:

They most assuredly were not all living together. I lived in Tucson and this is a flat out lie.

Was this in Tucson or ABQ? And does just one roommate instead of two busted make it sit better for you?

anyone else think its weird that elite runners are roommates? Why can't they get their own place? What are they, sophomores in college?