Bekele is the man!

[Edward]

Just over a year ago I posted the following:

>>And then, of course, there is Kenenisa Bekele. Did anyone
>>catch his awesome display at the World X-Country?
>>Staggering.

Lyndon replied:

>Actually, Bekele's track times have not been that
>impressive given his cross results. His best 5000 last year
>was actually slower than Jorge Torres. Track and xc are
>different sports. Obviously, he has the strength aspect for
>cross, but if he has the aerobic capacity to compete at the
>top level on the track, he hasn't demonstrated it yet.
>13:26 is so much slower than the WR that the latter isn't
>even worth talking about.
>
>Maybe not Geb, but the next Tergat?

I think after the last two weeks we can agree that Bekele is
the new Geb!

Edward
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[Lyndon]

>Just over a year ago I posted the following:
>
>>>And then, of course, there is Kenenisa Bekele. Did anyone
>>>catch his awesome display at the World X-Country?
>>>Staggering.
>
>Lyndon replied:
>
>>Actually, Bekele's track times have not been that
>>impressive given his cross results. His best 5000 last
>>year was actually slower than Jorge Torres.
>Track
>>and xc are different sports. Obviously, he has the
>>strength aspect for
>cross,
>>but if he has the aerobic capacity to compete at the top
>>level on the track,
>he
>>hasn't demonstrated it yet. 13:26 is so much slower than
>>the WR that the latter isn't even worth talking about.
>>
>>Maybe not Geb, but the next Tergat?
>
>I think after the last two weeks we can agree that Bekele
>is the new Geb!
>
Yes, Teddy, I'd agree now (and a year later, the Kenyans
are still trying to figure out how to compete with him).
But at the time I wrote that, he had not established
himself on the track.

Lyndon "Speed Kills...It kills those that don't have it!"
--US Olympic Track Coach Brooks Johnson

[Anders Lustig]

airlyndon@aol.comnospam (Lyndon) wrote in message news:<20040609103944.09837.00000844@mb-m06.aol.com>...

> Yes, Teddy, I'd agree now (and a year later, the Kenyans
> are still trying to figure out how to compete with him).
> But at the time I wrote that, he had not established
> himself on the track.

FWIW as far as my humble opinion was concerned, he´d already
established himself on the track in 2001 when Hailu Mekonnen
and a very young Bekele won against the Kenyans in a Golden
League meet in Bruxelles. In addition to that excellent 7:30
3000m he ran a fairly good 13:13 5000m that season.

But it´s true he didn´t make much of an impression on the
2002 track season.

Anders