It's on!! Dreams become reality: Bekele vs. Kipchoge at London!!

Kipchoge will eventually have a bad race.

What I'm getting at is where is the boundary of what we know. It seems to be a rather simple question if you just read the words. Are Goumri's and Kiptum's marathon performance known to be doped performances?

The track was Bekele's domain but the road marathon, this is Kipchoge's kingdom and he will defend it at all costs. Kipchoge is going to win!

Armstronglivs wrote:

You have only answered with what you believe to be the case. Following your line of thinking, Flojo, for example, could not have been doping because she was never caught. That is how a denier argues.

I did not provide an answer, but a question -- one which you have already avoided twice.

Bekele entered into Kipchoge's territory and just like Bekele did to Kipchoge on the track, Kipchoge is going to go balls to the wall and defeat Bekele

the 2013 Berlin marathon where Kipchoge got second place was his bad race. lol

What are the odds Kipchoge toys with Bekele the same way Bekele toyed with Tadese in the 2009 World Champs?

I love both these runners, BUT: Why would Kipchoge do this?

He has everything to lose, including his confidence moving into the Olympics!

If he loses to Bekele in a fast race, not only will he be beaten by one of the all-time greats, but people could speculate that Bekele could be have run faster in the Breaking 2:00 attempt as well.

Seems dumb to me. If he isn’t going to win he’ll probably drop out or say he was sick or injured and people will be disappointed.

I hope they both come to the starting line super fit and race to the end

If London proves to be an epic race with Kipchoge & Bekele killing each other for the win, I fear neither will do well in the Olympics. Kipchoge may not be able to recover in time from a true competitive effort at his age, and Bekele will never be able to string together three great marathons.

Yes...it's a simple question if you're weren't so naive (or are you trolling?). Kenyan doping is out of control. It's a problem from the lower-tier athletes all the way up through the top-level Olympic-caliber athletes -- do you fail to understand this fact? There's an atmosphere of suspicion on most or all of their top-level marathon performers - there's your boundary. Lol.

Let's get to the bottom of this wrote:

Luka Kanda was busted for Clenbuterol.

Kiptum was found guilty of an ABP-hematological violation and was consequently banned - his fastest is 2:05:26. Gourmi also has an ABP ban - his fastest is 2:05:30. These are the two fastest known doped marathon performances.

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El Mahjoub Dazza has 2:05:26 PB and few days ago he was suspended for ABP.

Kipchoge already has the gold medal in the olympics. If he is to go down as the GOAT (for me he already is) in the marathon then he needs to show he can beat a prime bekele. This could be the greatest marathon of all time.... Im already super pumped for it

afnwdwd wrote:

What are the odds Kipchoge toys with Bekele the same way Bekele toyed with Tadese in the 2009 World Champs?

Don’t see it going down like that as Bekele won’t push the pace to try to drop Kipchoge like Tadese tried to do to Bekele...if anything it would be exactly like 2009 with Kipchoge trying to drop Bekele before a sprint (although more likely to do so than Tadese)

I SINCERELY feel the Ethipians federation are banking on Kenenisa continuing training like he did in 2019. He has Olympic Holds the one thing he doesn't have and no male has is holding the 5000m, 10000m, and marathon WR add the same time That would be bigger then anothercOlympuc medal and what Kenenisa has wanted DESPERATELY for years and the Ethipian contingent will do everything they can up to 30km then it's every man for himself.

note: in the modern era wasn't the only one person/woman ever accomplished the feat Ingrid Kristansen over 30 years ago ?

zxcvzxcv wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

If Kipchoge loses, LetsRun will declare a holiday. That’s how much you folks are rooting against him and other Kenyans. But we’re like: “bring it”. Victory tastes better when they don’t want you to win.

I would be shocked to see a letsrun poll in which Bekele was more popular than Kipchoge.

I feel like Kipchoge is marketed to be some old wise runner when in reality he is younger then Bekele and Mo. Mo certainly does not give off the old man vibe. But I think that is part of his appeal to the masses who do not really follow the sport.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

The London organizers threw us for a bit of a loop when they didn't announce Bekele as part of the initial pro field earlier this week. But now it can be revealed: Kenenisa Bekele will race Eliud Kipchoge on April 26 in a battle of history's only 2:01 marathoners.

Kipchoge is 4-0 against Bekele in the marathon.

https://twitter.com/LondonMarathon/status/1217957756759572485

Is anyone else thinking how handsome Bekele looks in that picture?

El Keniano wrote:

kaptagat, KEN wrote:

Mo is already here in Kenya training with Butchart for 5 weeks. He is not wanted in Ethiopia after how row with Haile, so he brings his baggage to Kenya.

I keep saying we should learn from the Ethiopians, but I get called xenophobic. How, then, aren’t the Ethiopians called xenophobes?

The Ethiopians are xenophobes because they don't want Mo Farah there? He was a jerk to Haile that has nothing to do with xenophobia. On the other hand you say you want all foreigners out of Kenya as if they are bringing the drugs and the poor Kenyans just can't resist the allure. Isn't Geremew represented by Rosa? There are plenty of Ethiopians represented by those shady foreigners. They're not any better. They just have less testing going on there.

I think it's time for Kipchoge to lose this one! Bekele is more talented and now as strong as Eliud.

Cleveland browns head coach wrote:

Kipchoge will eventually have a bad race.

Edwin Moses never had a bad race until he was close to retirement.