Sunday, August 21, 2016

US Olympic Team Shoutout #2

I posted a "Shoutout" earlier this week to the US Olympic team for doing so well in middle and long distance events.

Since then, the US has snagged 3 more medals....

  • Adam Centrowicz gold in the 1500.  From the front...BEAUTIFUL. 
    • Adam is still pretty young....
    • First medal in like, forever for the US in this event.
  • Paul Chelimo - silver in the 5000.
    • Like the 1500,,,first medal in a long, long time.
    • Special shout to Lagat for finishing 5th at 41 years old.  Inspiring for old guys like me!
  • Galen Rupp - bronze in the marathon.
    • Galen hung tough and it looks like he may end up being very successful in the marathon.
    • (I hope he and Salazar are fully investigated with full disclosure and found clean...)
    • Special shout out to Meb - he didn't do well today, but at 41 he was there.....
    • Another special "Shoutout" to Jared Ward with a very impressive 6th place finish.  He kind of flew under the radar...but really came thru today with a  great performance and PR....
      • All while taking Sunday off every week for religious reasons.  Again...there's many ways to do it...
I hope this marks a trend in US middle and long distance track and field....

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