Lagat pulls off rare double gold

[kozmon0t]

Tactics, heats, I don't care what the excuse is... if the winning time in a WC 5000 is 13:46, there should be no medals awarded. You don't hand out the WC gold for a time like that. Let them try again next year in the 1500, or, if that's still too far to race before the bell lap, the 800.

[littlechrisb]

*eats dorrito* I can do that.

[conricks246]

there's a rare sight....a white man beating black people in a distance race

[iMaDeMoN2012]

TegenKamp, you are tall...LEANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!­!!

[AssHoleThunder]

kinda looks like lagat got in front of the kenyan at the last 100m giving the kenyan no chance of passing him

[geto235]

why is the time so slow? must have been a fairly tactical race huh?

[MrRedskins0021]

Lagat is a fucking sell out!!!!!!

[liam4458]

@MrRedskins0021 your an idiot

[tadaa11]

@MrRedskins0021 Lagat moved to america to extend his running carrier. Its hard to compete for Kenya at his age. Smart move really, cause there isn't as much competition here.

[maldo55555]

damn thats over 12 laps of running a 67 sec 400 pace.

[tadaa11]

@maldo55555 Yeah kind of slow

[lilsharkbait23]

i feel so bad for tegankamp he was so close!

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

funny how America has many gold medals but just a few are American Phelps and White? the rest are immigrants

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners go fuck youself if you have a problem with the United States. all our nigs were here for hundreds of years and you still call them immigrants? i'm proud of having a diverse population. i'll agree we have mexican immigrants but no one likes them and everyone wants them to leave anyway

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 i was never saying that i have a problem with the united states, and for you to say that your proud of having a diverse population but saying that mexican immigrants are disliked and should be sent back then your ignorant, racist, and have no values you fucking troll

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners i meant the illegal mexican immigrants that take our jobs.  i'm not racist

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 that is racist when you single out a whole race for being illegal when there are illegal canadians, jamaicans, scottish, irish, british, indian, japanese etc. and to talk about it like its not a big deal is ignorant again

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners no you do not understand. i do not like the ILLEGAL immigrants and only the ILLEGAL ones. the vast majority is Mexican because they go across the border so they can get a job. they are ruining our economy. i don't mind the mexicans that actually became United States citizens, but there are thousands of ILLEGAL mexicans that have no right being in the United States

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 why dont you look up everything before you argue because its IMPOSSIBLE to become a legal citizen and be from Mexico LEGALLY.The shit that you have to go through just to become a citizen its no wonder why people know a days just cross illegaly then take the test because its a lot easier then putting up with the governments BS. I still dont see why your singling out Mexicans when there are still a ton of other illegals from El Salvador, or Guatemala that you just take to be Mexican

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners yeah you are right. fuck mexicans....only illegal ones

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 i never said that are you stupid?

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners thanks nigg you too

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 WTF!



[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners you started it my nigguh

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 calm dowwwn white boiii

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners who da fuck you callin white,? goddamn faggots

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 cant be any other race since there are a lot of ignorant white americans. Couldnt think of a time where i met an ignorant black, asian, or hespanic to be honest with yo u

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners hah funny shit kid

[ABOUT258dirtybeaners]

@turniptod12 ignorant, white trash, cousin fucking, sister kissing asshole

[turniptod12]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners wait what the fuck are we arguing about?

[squirrel0654]

@ABOUT258dirtybeaners they may be immigrants but they chose to come here at their own will, obviously they know a better country when they see it

[chenstah346]

such a dirty kick, bernard lagat is a machine

[Tizianogb]

There are sluts everywhere track & filed as well!

[yaaasiiin]

farah is the bes now

[EricaSteuwe]

id just like to point out that a white guy got fourth!

[467076]

Hey remember when Lagat was kenyan.

[MrMiddleDistance]

He didnt beat Kenenisa. That Would be more impressive

[467076]

When your are a up and coming runner in the U.S and making some breakthroughs in distances, Pre is still the man your compared to. Its always based on pre.

[ReadLuke95]

yo they say bernard lagats name funny

[tadvids]

i wanna see lagat and hiccam race in a 5k.

[Runningman3200]

YAY go white guy

[KorJangmingi]

He is bekele's brother.

[acoti]

Steve Prefontaine would have given Lagat one hell of a run in the 5k.

That white guy who came in 3rd-4th has some massive balls!

[blaze222666]

bekele...

[addis11100]

lagat magat

[UsitukaneMkunga]

Make life hard for Lagat in the in th US

[bgrimes395]

Bernard Lagat is the greatest long distance track runner in US history and if anyone says anything different they are ether haven't seen him run or only watched the Beijing Olympics where he was not in proper shape. To have the ability to completely dominate the final lap of a race the way he dose is a talent only found in the greatest of runners.

[DaneSteeves]

Dude... Lagat is legit.

But no one can top Pre.

[Winston408]

@DaneSteeves Pre was very inspirational, but Lagat probably would beat him.

[DaneSteeves]

Probably...

Running has just matured so much. I just miss Pre. He is my hero.

[Winston408]

@DaneSteeves I miss him too.

[467076]

@DaneSteeves you miss him

i bet you werent even born when he was alive

[MrMiddleDistance]

@DaneSteeves Kenenisa Bekele Can

[bzman149]

you're a dumbass. you don't need to break the wr in order to be considered great. some of the world record holders never won gold at a world final. i would consider lagat more successful than some world record holders

[GetUpAndTryAgain]

what do you mean lagat is an average runner??? he beat el guerrouj a couple times in the past, and he's the second fastest 1500m runner EVER. his best time is 3:26.3 which is only 3 tenths of a second off the world record, and his best 5k is 12:59, and his mile time is 3:47!!!!!!! AND he got a bronze medal in sydney, a silver in athens, and a bronze and a silver in this year's world champs in berlin!! oh by the way, he's 34 freakin years old and still one of the best mid. dist. runners on earth.

[kristianday11]

Word

[dagda16]

@GetUpAndTryAgain actually his best 5k is 12:54 :)

[GetUpAndTryAgain]

@dagda16 dang lol

[roadrunner7000]

ohh yeah for sure for well mortal standards its incredible im happy if i break 4:50's i'd be overjoyed to run just one 4:25 haha

[roadrunner7000]

4:25 actually and that's a HUGE difference. and with the times they put up a minute back is slow by elite standards. i suppose it is a tactics race tho

[roadrunner7000]

wow a whole minute behind WR so slow. who's excited for 2008 world finals?

[Trembo3578]

Don't forget, the time from lap to lap for the 1st place person was 52.79. Lagat was in 6th place at the bell probably a half second or so behind the 1st place person at the time so he probably came extremely close to running sub 52

[mrembo87]

lagat is great man .lagat was not in good shape in beijing.hope to see him in berlin winning 5000m.apart from 1500m whitch belongs to kiprop asbel.

[nirvanaadict]

Bekele did not do good in this.

[jgxcmonkey]

that was his younger brother.

[sintayehu99]

It's not Kenenisa Bekele. This one is Tariku Bekele, his brother.

[briefdawg]

whats with the no lines on the turn there, it all looks like they are running inside of lane one and should be disqualified....i don't get this track :(

[mattgordon87]

there's a rail there. there has to be, so they don't run on the inside. track and field rules

[briefdawg]

oh gotcha, thank you :)

[xcs0cr201318]

ok i wouldnt say he is doing great but i think he is doing ok

[IamAEpsilon]

I don't think lagat should be representing the United States due to his citizenship. It should be determined by heritage.

[TMANsez]

lets put native indians to represent United States then...

[IamAEpsilon]

well no but my point is lagat is obviously not american

[estifanico]

ur right..he is not an athlete that was formed by USA..he was already a great champion when he was offered the US citizenship..it's like if michael johnson runs for France after he achieved what he achieved

[MichealWeather]

good, at least som1 agree's with me

[MichealWeather]

yeah your totally right

[estifanico]

thx bro

[trackstar20202020]

it doesnt matter though hes still part of the us and gets the chance of rep. us and hes doing great.

[IamAEpsilon]

well it kinda matters nowadays as everyone is counting the medals every country gets.

[flame123652]

Actually, this was a very slow race, if u try to make excuses go suck a dick. This is world championships.

[MichealWeather]

i know i fckin said that..did u not read my comment u donkey

[runningfiddler]

The United States is a country of mostly immigrants, Lagat has every right to make this country his home. We should all be proud that he chose to come to America and run for us. He is an amazing runner that should have our utmost respect

[sblade777]

@runningfiddler word, homie.

[Makbelly]

@runningfiddler

We all know that Lagat is considered a Kenyan on the streets of America and American only while running his Ass off on the tracks. Sad but True .

[toocool2beat]

yer it wasnt a gud time craig mottram stuffed up hard. His pb is 12:55 which means if he had run gud he should have finished 1 lap earlier lol.

[MichealWeather]

thank u, at least some1 agrees with me

[iamreally9]

if he had run at that pace though every one else would have probably hung on. it was a bit stupid of him to let the pace be so slow because he was really giving the medal to lagat

[racketer]

dont be stupid. This was a tacical affair. If mottram went out at his pb pace and ran everyone arund he would just be outkicked because leading takes alot out of you. And half the field had faster pb's anyway including kipchoge's pb which is way better. Your comment shows your lack of knowledge of the sport

[MichealWeather]

Yea i do tink that was a shit time.....What you think 13:45 is a world class time do yea? And for starters he isn't even american, hes kenyan! What you feel proud for winning the Gold by cheating...Do yea

[WetInPants]

Yeah what a slow ass, I mean he anyone can run the last lap of a 5k in 52 seconds ... psssh

[racketer]

Looked a bit to comfortable. Definitly could of gotten that to a 51 if he really pushed the boat out in the last 100m

[toocool2beat]

alright mate shut the fuk up i know way more than u

[racketer]

no i wont shut up. And what makes you think you know more than me. You don't know who i am. Your comment makes me laugh. You can't even spell or use proper grammer, are you that stupid you don't know how to spell? Did you even go to school?

[MVPacMan23]

lagat was using every ounce of his strength. it was his last race of the world championships, and so OF COURSE he used all that he had. it's completely unheard of for anyone to make a 51 second last 400 in a 5000m race. that's comparable to expecting a 4:00 last mile for a marathoner. there, i can both spell and use grammar. dipshit.

[racketer]

That last 400m was 52 seconds. And incase your blind the last 50m of that race he could of pushed out a lot harder. Sure the last 5-10m he jogged in in front of kipchoge because kipchoge wasnt going to get past him. Your clearly an idiot. And your saying a 51 is never heard of in a 5km? That may be so but this was the SLOWEST ever 5000m race in world and olympic history so it is very possible it could take place. And there has been 52's in many faster 5000m races in the past. U FUCKING DUMBASS

[clayhighschooltrack]

i honestly dont see anything frm you about ur times frm running and so until i do shut ur lil prick mouth up because a 13:45 time i guarentee is alot better than anything you could EVER run and how did brenard cheat hes running for another team tht doesnt make you a cheater

[MichealWeather]

look man, dats not what i ment. dat time is good for good runners, but lagat and the other pple runner in dat race are world calss runners, and 13:45 isn't really good for them because some pple in that race can go a min faster, and others can go near 13min mark. i know it was da worlds and their is no pacemakers and it was prob a tactical race which it was cz it was dat slow

[MichealWeather]

and for me sayin dat e was a cheat i only said dat becase some america guy commented me back being a dickhead

[racketer]

man your an idiot.

[MichealWeather]

It was alright race, fair play to lagat though...But really what a shit time

[AKenna15]

really can u run a sub 14 5k hot shot? I dont c u reppin the US on the world stage

[geektar03]

Announcer needs to know how to pronounce his name right.

[mshalemkuki]

FUCKING TRAITOR...this idiot gave up his kenyan passport to run for the states.a true definition of an fool i was so happy he didnt get any medal in beijing

[aaronh20s]

idiot?? who the hell would want to live in the god awful country of kenya??

[shakkyz87]

go lick your ass..and let our mother fuck you...than throw the shit fucking words about Kenya...am an Amerian but i feel proud of that country..you ned some spanking!!!!!you rotting asshole!!!!

[runnerguy2011]

hes not a traitor hes just running for the country that feeds him, shelters him, and trains him.....

[Ep1cjawa]

This is the world championships, not the olympics.

The "gold" imo is onl in the olympics.

[redsan305]

kuja

[Gorgon1123]

At the olympics there is a 19 year old kenyan who can beat legat

[Ep1cjawa]

you mean tergat?

[29domn29]

howcome kelly holmes isnt running in the olympics this year?

[alexbl4]

kelly retired in 2005!!

[wallasky]

Webb is only an alternate for our 1500 team in Beijing. Tegee made the 5000 team by finishing second to Legat at the Trials.

[runmatt]

How about some love for TEG, baby?

Is he not the premiere American distance runner? Sure Web got the american mile record last year, but he was a disappointment in the WC'07 1500m. Teg, on the other hand, grabbed his own AR with an 8:07 in a world class race; not to mention he hung well the best of the world minus Kbekele in the 5k for near bronze medal! His ability to remain competetive in the last straight with the best in world sets him above the rest of American runners.

[hurdleman91]

were you pissed when the announcer thought teg was goucher on the bell lap?

[joesatriani15]

on Webb's worst day, he could beat Teg.

[Suprafly05]

Um on Webb's worst day, he drops out of races...

[stoppre75]

Where will Webb be at the Olympics? Where will Tegg be...Sorry, try again!

[Ep1cjawa]

Webb is a joke.

[stoppre75]

Well, Lagat may have changed allegiances to the US, but if the unrest in Tibet doesn't change, could the US boycott the games? Wouldn't that be ironic?

[RunningIsFun86]

wont happen

[minirunner92]

people who think the us will boycott the games is stupid. These athletes train the most of 4 years for one or two races in the olympics. Plus we boycotted the olympics before and no one really cared.

[stoppre75]

Yeah and they have uncovered a terror plot already. Sounds safe to me!I have tickets to these games. I live in Korea and went to the torch relay in Seoul. Politics and the olympics should not even mix, but it is the unfortunate and undeniable truth that does exist. I went to the torch relay for a once in a lifetime chance to see the torch and instead I was left to five hours of nothing but protests. In Pariswhere they had to take the torch bearer into a vehicle for safety five separate times.

[stoppre75]

In 1972 nine Israeli athletes were killed by terrorists. I don't believe it will happen, but the news has covered up so much of the atrocities in Tibet.  The disparities in news coverage from China to the Western World is appalling. The Chinese news claims that 22 Tibetan protesters were killed. Meanwhile the BBC and CNN report 140. When the US boycotted the games in'80, people did care. The news didn't show anything about the Olympics at all. Greats like Neamiah missed their one chance!!!!

[stoppre75]

Renaldo Nehemiah was the prohibitive favorite in the 110m hurles in the 1980 games. He never got to run in the Olympics. It would be a disgrace if something like that happened to athletes who may never get the chance again. However, supporting a country that has a long history of human rights abuses is simply not right. The world has come together in unfortunate circumstances with the massive earthquake in China. The Olympics has extra meaning now!

[akuraoo]

Remember the Kenyan Henry Rono who broke 4 world records in 4 different track events but was the victim of the Moscow Olympic boycott!!

[akuraoo]

Just to add, Henry Rono's 4 world records were broken in a span of 80 days!!!

[HeshimaJameni]

The great Henry Rono of Kenya also missed two boycotted Olympics (1976 and 1980) in his prime due to political boycotts. He broke four world records (3000m, 3000m steeplechase, 5000m and 10000m)in 81 days in 1978 while he was a student at Washington State University.

[stoppre75]

You are so right! His numbers at the time were unmatched and to not see him---it is just not right. Thanks for remembering him! He deserves it!

[TLDOWLESS]

unbeleivable

its hard enough pulling off a 52 second 400 lol let alone doing it that late in the 5,000

TOO FAST!

[JimUSA]

52 sec last 400m. Now you see why Lagat won!

[wrmmw]

Man what happened to Mottram and Limo?

I mean Mottram was over 1min from his PB.

[racketer]

tactical race. Times mean nothing

[okonh0wp]

yah, Tegenkamp almost metaled, what an awesome guy. Correct me if I'm wrong but he never won an NCAA title or got higher than 3rd in an NCAA track or cross-country national championship?

[marvinjojojo]

booooooooring!!!

[oldmungrel]

when you have a bunch of runners with no brains let a 1500 runner walk around the first 4000 metres then sprint home wont run a drum in china but all he can do is his best

dont bag him bag the others who raced against him a real weak lot of 5000m runners

[rufo3]

lagat is kenyan not a fucking gringo

[sizzlexc]

TEGENKAMP 4TH; WHAT A BEAST. Is it possible he will be better than Craig Mottram in the future? the new big mazungo?

[0077725]

nope

[nsgunner]

Well done to Lagat, the kenyan born american.

[nsgunner]

British Somalis are very proud of Mo Farah. Born in Mogadisho, raised in Djibouti but originally from Somaliland.

[smooveXXX]

nationality aside, Lagat is a cheat and was caught. Forget all that "false/positive" crap. If you are smart you do your performance enhancement right on the borderline of "acceptable" limits so your chances of scoring a "false positive" are high. Lagat ran 3.26.34 during the period he was caught. Don't be so ignorant

[0077725]

sorry to usa, but in the long distances the only way u can win is to have an african (by birth or previous representation) run for you!! sprints you are good, long distances not so good. dont they have programs focussing on long distances in the US?? im curious..

[racketer]

lol, well said

[NIADU]

We as Kenyans were also surprised too,but we still have another champion coming up.....no wonder the likes of Lagat were always scared of our national athletics trials.

[racketer]

ur just jealous you lost one of the best kenyan runners ever

[NIADU]

I'm not jealous,lagat is good,but by kenyan standard not the best.Paul Ereng was one of the best by kenyan standard and the world.

Lagat was always scared stiff of our national trials and thatbs why he came to you to find an easy way out to qualify. He won't beat us again ....EVER

[racketer]

lagat is the only person in history to ever win both the 1500 and 5000m in world championship history. A man like that will go down in history as one of the best.

You havnt seen the last of lagat either. He doesnt need to beat you again as he already did in 2 world championship finals!! ha ha!

[NIADU]

There is a saying in my country ,that he who does not concede defeat is not a sportsman.We conceded a defeat and we are back to the drawing board.Ever dog has it's day out, in Tokyo it was lagat's day. PEACE.....

[brendanokane1430]

hey definately cut him off...what a dirty mo fo

[Trulyloyale]

No, thank u Kenya ! Lagat is american like I'm Roger Rabbit........ let's be serious ,US never had one champ on longer distance races .

[Freedomdave]

Lagat is an American. He's a citizen, so he's an American. That's what America is about baby. Love it or leave it. :) Seriously, let's embrace him he'll make the whole team stronger.

[Trulyloyale]

Quote : he's a citizen ,so he's an American  that's

what America is (all) about . Well, US are not the only one country in the world giving citizenship to the ones who have the right to have it, so definitely that's

what international laws are about.

Seriously, I was talking of sport : no doubt by US laws he's americ. citizen now and he's formally

an american athlete, but I confirm my prev. comment

Lagat he's an american athlete like I'm Roger Rabbit..... SERIOUSLY

[kingrob1212]

mottram will be back in biejing

[racketer]

was he?? i think he wasnt! got worse actualy since osaka!

[MichealWeather]

yeah dats true, he has but he missed da olympics because of injuring and like 2weeks later he ran a great 1500 and 1000 in england

[racketer]

we are talking about mottram and not lagat here

[MichealWeather]

o right, sorry my mistake. but yeahh your totally right, he has got a bit worse, like his PB is 12:55 and was doin good up untill osaka but ever since osaka hes kinda fallen out what happen 2 him

[southpatch]

omg i was so supraise but thank u usa

[TheTool2]

what a great finish