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On the front page, there's a link to an article by Pat Butcher in which he berates Tirunesh Dibaba for not leading. He refers to her "...lack of courage and initiative and self-respect...".
Here's the comment I left on the site:
"Kenenisa ran the 5000 the way he needed to, fearing the finishing sprint of Bernard Lagat. Tirunesh is under no obligation to you or anyone else to run her races other than she sees fit. You display ignorance when you say “women she knows she can beat”, because she actually has a losing record, lifetime, against Meseret Defar, who also held the world record until Dibaba broke it. Defar beat her in the 2004 Olympics 5K, and also beat her in 2006 in a race that knocked Dibaba out of the running for the “Golden League” jackpot. If Dibaba can outkick the other runners, then it is up to THEM, not her, to set a fast pace to try to either drop her or tire her so she cannot sprint at the end. Abeylegesse tried that in Osaka last summer in the 10K and again in Beijing. She failed.
You question her courage. Did you see last summer’s 10K? She was suffering from a stomach ailment, and she also was involved in an accident during the race and nearly fell. She dropped well back from the entire pack. I thought she was going to drop out, but she gutted it out, caught back up, and won the race, despite Abeylegesse’s excellent effort. It was one of the most remarkable, courageous efforts I have ever seen, and I have been following Athletics since 1960.
Not only that, but your English sucks!
it’s = “it is”
its = belonging to “it”
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA"
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Here's the comment I left on the site:
"Kenenisa ran the 5000 the way he needed to, fearing the finishing sprint of Bernard Lagat. Tirunesh is under no obligation to you or anyone else to run her races other than she sees fit. You display ignorance when you say “women she knows she can beat”, because she actually has a losing record, lifetime, against Meseret Defar, who also held the world record until Dibaba broke it. Defar beat her in the 2004 Olympics 5K, and also beat her in 2006 in a race that knocked Dibaba out of the running for the “Golden League” jackpot. If Dibaba can outkick the other runners, then it is up to THEM, not her, to set a fast pace to try to either drop her or tire her so she cannot sprint at the end. Abeylegesse tried that in Osaka last summer in the 10K and again in Beijing. She failed.
You question her courage. Did you see last summer’s 10K? She was suffering from a stomach ailment, and she also was involved in an accident during the race and nearly fell. She dropped well back from the entire pack. I thought she was going to drop out, but she gutted it out, caught back up, and won the race, despite Abeylegesse’s excellent effort. It was one of the most remarkable, courageous efforts I have ever seen, and I have been following Athletics since 1960.
Not only that, but your English sucks!
it’s = “it is”
its = belonging to “it”
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA"
Cheers,
Alan Shank
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