US men are GARBAGE from 800m to the Marathon

Jager?

Though I don’t completely agree with you, the women are better than the men for USA by a long shot. Especially in terms of depth.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Though I don’t completely agree with you, the women are better than the men for USA by a long shot. Especially in terms of depth.

That’s because other countries don’t allow women to compete in sports nearly as much or have the culture for it. There’s also a lack of depth in women’s sports top to bottom.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Jager?

I'm not counting the steeple chase because it is an obstacle race, and it does not transition to the road. Honestly, I will watch the steeple from time to time, but I don't look at it in the same way that I look at regular running events. And from my understanding, that event is dominated by Kenyans.

How many grown American men are midgets like we see from Kenya, Ethiopia,

US men also are garbage at cricket.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Jager?

I'm not counting the steeple chase because it is an obstacle race, and it does not transition to the road. Honestly, I will watch the steeple from time to time, but I don't look at it in the same way that I look at regular running events. And from my understanding, that event is dominated by Kenyans.

Jager has a silver olympic medal. Additionally, he would be world class over 5k, too. Don't be silly

A little harsh Scorpion_runner my old mate ? there's always Gatlin.

I’m eating tandoori wrote:

US men also are garbage at cricket.

Baseball-crazed US would take to cricket like Russians to hockey and ducks to water, if they took a notion. But they won't because it's an England-type game.

I’m eating tandoori wrote:

US men also are garbage at cricket.

Genetics.

I’m eating tandoori wrote:

US men also are garbage at cricket.

We must improve our cricketing at once! Who is the Lydiard of cricketing! Hire him and pay him a 2 figure salary!

What's your benchmark? Is "garbage" anything other than total dominance?

US men are better at distance running than they've ever been, both in terms of times, and in terms of competitiveness. The US has never dominated distance running, but they now routinely get three runners into the finals of Olympic/WC distance races. Additionally, the pipeline of talent now is such that there are new contenders every couple of years.

In comparing to the women, I don't think it's as bad as you suggest. The women are much better at the marathon, but they are not even in the same race as the world's best 5k/10k runners, so I think that evens out somewhat.

Bad Wigins wrote:

I’m eating tandoori wrote:

US men also are garbage at cricket.

Baseball-crazed US would take to cricket like Russians to hockey and ducks to water, if they took a notion. But they won't because it's an England-type game.

Actually it was Reformation period Flemish protestant immigrants that brought a form of 'rounders' to England that then morphed into cricket. Americans appear to have stuck to rounders and called it baseball.

800 dude wrote:

What's your benchmark? Is "garbage" anything other than total dominance?

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US men are better at distance running than they've ever been, both in terms of times, and in terms of competitiveness. The US has never dominated distance running, but they now routinely get three runners into the finals of Olympic/WC distance races. Additionally, the pipeline of talent now is such that there are new contenders every couple of years.

In comparing to the women, I don't think it's as bad as you suggest. The women are much better at the marathon, but they are not even in the same race as the world's best 5k/10k runners, so I think that evens out somewhat.

I often wonder about these guys who think that to not be GARBAGE we have to win gold in every race.

You state the case very well.

We are dominant in a sport where almost every nation has had someone over the years.

I mean, seriously, Botswana has had world class runners.

How many sports are as international as track and field? Even soccer has dominant nations and Croatia was an anomaly this year.

You're mostly correct, the women are doing awesome right now and not afraid to run fast and compete. They run with way more cajones than the men.

But Jager is world class. And steeplers can be competitive at other events. See Moses Kiptanui and Stephen Cherono (Saif Saaeed Shaheen).

Scorpion_runner wrote:

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Jager?

I'm not counting the steeple chase because it is an obstacle race, and it does not transition to the road. Honestly, I will watch the steeple from time to time, but I don't look at it in the same way that I look at regular running events. And from my understanding, that event is dominated by Kenyans.

"I'm not counting the steeple because if I do it destroys my argument"

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Additionally, he would be world class over 5k, too.

What is your definition of world class? Top 10 in a Diamond League race, medal contender or other?

OP is garbage. US men had their most dominating performance in history at the last olympics. We far outperformed Kenya or Ethiopia. This guy doesn’t even know about Jager who could run 12:55 or 3:30.

I’m eating tandoori wrote:

US men also are garbage at cricket.

And...

Soccer...

Cycling...

Tennis...

Table Tennis...

Squash...

Badminton...

Polo...

Equestrian...

Skiing...

Weightlifting...

Formula One...

Pretty much every single sport on the planet.

Within the country limits (hahahahah), they excel at:

Baseball (8.5 minutes of play per game!)

American Football (11 minutes of play per game!)

Internationally:

Sprinting (that's afro-americans only)

Gymanastics

Hahahhahahahahahah