money run wrote:
Well you said it yourself, Olympics are completely unimportant. Placings are unimportant.
You seem to stress only times. Kerr ran the 18th fastest 1500 ever en route to his bronze medal.
Kiplimo ran a 13:02 and a 27:43 time. Where, may I ask do those times end up in the history books? Top 800?
In this case, what exactly makes you say Kiplimo did better than Kerr in the Olympics?
Alright, I'm willing to concede that Kerr performed better at the Olympics than Kiplimo by bringing his absolute best to Tokyo and peaking in the final, if you concede that that means Kiplimo's A-game is far beyond what he brought to Tokyo.
Kiplimo's peak performance is rated at 1299 pts, but he has 3 more performances at 1268, 1261, and 1252 pts.
Kerr's peak performance? 1258 pts, or about as good as Kiplimo's 4th best event.
Kerr is 18th all time in the 1500m, thats cool.
But Kiplimo is 8th all time in the 3000m. 7th all time in the 10000m. 13th all time in the 5000m. And the current all time best in the 15k and Half Marathon.
You already conceded to me that placements at the Olympics dont matter and started rating performances. It follows that where the performances took place likewise does not matter, where someone peaks is irrelevant. If we're only concerned with an athlete's peaks and not where they happen or what hardware comes with them, then Kiplimo just dwarfs Kerr.
Kerr's bronze is better than Kiplimo's bronze. But I don't care. Lol