El Keniano wrote:
Demonstrably false: off the top of my head (without mentioning the CG team), currently active Kenyan 800m runners that compete with and routinely beat Bosse and Langford - Rudisha, Bett, Korir, Saruni, Kipketer, Rotich, Tarbei, Kipkoech, Kitilit, Cheruiyot . That's ten runners right there, meaning Bosse and Langford would struggle to make the final at a Kenyan trials. But according to you, no Kenyans can compete with them.
I've heard some weird things before but for Bosse to struggle to make a Kenyan final? Yes, just like Rudisha would struggle to make a US NCAA final. That's how ridiculous your statement is.
Did you mean Bett, Rotich etc. can beat Bosse when he is coming off no training due to injury? Then maybe yes.
Let's see the finals of some recent world events: (and where it counts)
2017 WC
919 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:44.67 SB
2 1244 Adam Kszczot POL POL 1:44.95 SB
3 1126 Kipyegon Bett KEN KEN 1:45.21
4 966 Kyle Langford GBR GBR 1:45.25 PB
5 707 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:45.83
6 892 Mohammed Aman ETH ETH 1:46.06
7 713 Thiago Andrè BRA BRA 1:46.30
8 760 Brandon McBride CAN CAN 1:47.09
2016 OLYMPICS
1 2696 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN KEN 1:42.15 SB
2 2009 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG ALG 1:42.61 NR
3 3091 Clayton Murphy USA USA 1:42.93 PB
4 2415 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:43.41 SB
5 2695 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN KEN 1:43.55 SB
6 2844 Marcin Lewandowski POL POL 1:44.20 SB
7 2681 Alfred Kipketer KEN KEN 1:46.02
8 3050 Boris Berian USA USA 1:46.15
Random DL events:
Rabat 2016
1 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:44.51 10
2 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG ALG 1:44.91 6
3 Amel Tuka BIH BIH 1:45.41 4
4 Marcin Lewandowski POL POL 1:45.76 3
5 Abdelati El Guesse MAR MAR 1:46.80 2
6 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:47.34 1
7 Amine El Manaoui MAR MAR 1:48.83
8 Jamal Hairane QAT QAT 1:50.58
London 2016
1 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA FRA 1:43.88 10
2 Brandon McBride CAN CAN 1:43.95 6
3 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN KEN 1:44.38 4
4 Nijel Amos BOT BOT 1:44.66 3
5 Jeff Riseley AUS AUS 1:45.13 2
6 Thijmen Kupers NED NED 1:45.23 1
7 Erik Sowinski USA USA 1:45.35
8 Mark English IRL IRL 1:45.36
9 Charlie Grice GBR GBR 1:45.53
10 Charles Jock USA USA
Edwin Kiplagat Melly KEN KEN DNF
Yeah, they sure beat him often. Bosse would really struggle there.
Do you care to explain what you have against the man?