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Uploaded by Ryan From Flotrack | October 15, 2012

Colorado is no stranger to Olympic athletes. Coach Wetmore was not as impressed with performances from the Olympics as he was with the drug testing and lack of team tactics.

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 DJ 7 months ago

negative nancy

Neil C. 7 months ago

He says that "No opponents were running 3:29 or 12:48" but those times have never been run in an Olympic final. Granted, the 15oo, 5ooo, and 10,ooo finals were slow this year, but it's not reasonable to say that is the only reason why Farrah got two golds, Rupp got a silver, and Manzano got a silver--all three managed the races that ended up happening very well against the best in the world on that day. If it had been a a substandard field, then perhaps you could say their achievements were not important, but this was an Olympic final, and it's very hard to medal in those finals ... ever ... fast race or tactical race.

Anonymous Coward 7 months ago

Dude was driving, having a casual conversation more or less. I don't think he was putting much thought in his answers. Why this was submitted as an interview is beyond me. Plus, I doubt he pays much attention to what other runners are actually running/times being put up.

Neil C. 7 months ago

It is all too easy to make Wetmore's assumptions about the "dialed-back" competition and discredit Farrah's achievement, but his argument is so poorly put together that it is a disservice to the entire anti-drug project in the sport. Many of us dearly hope that comprehensive drug testing will succeed, but it works against the sport to make quick, cynical quips like this. He doesn't know this what precise influence the new testing system had on the 2012 Olympics. None of us do. This lazy argument falls in line with Wetmore's well-known disdain for foreign born runners. Wetmore is one of the best collegiate coaches--clearly (particularly for the chosen few who have the genetics and thick skin to endure his personality). Beyond running, he has a world view that is unimaginative and unexamined.

Anonymous Coward 7 months ago

I agree that Wetmore sounds very ignorant in this interview. The talent in the US and around the world is as good as it has ever been. The way he groups all Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes together also seems odd. It seems like he does not understand tactics well at all. To medal in the Olympics athletes need supreme finishing speed. If you do not train your athletes to be able to kick there is no way they will do well even if they are extremely fit. There were some sub 12:50 guys who got dropped hard during the last 400 because they just did not have the sprint speed to compete. The Olympics are not about times and just because races went slow does not mean that the competition was weak. Also a lot of people including me had Mo picked to double. Taoufik Makloufi and Stephen Kiprotich were the real surprise Olympic champions this time around. By the way I have nothing against Wetmore I just wanted to give my opinions on his comments.

Duhgreat 7 months ago

I completely disagree with Coach Wetmore's statements here. I respect him as a coach, but the things he said here are ignorant in terms of where American distance running is. 5 years ago, we did not have 2 sub 27 minute 10k guys and 5 sub 13 minute 5k guys. Besides Bernard Lagat, we had no consistent medal threats in World and Olympic games. Now we have Galen Rupp, Matt Centrowitz, and Bernard Lagat who consistently battle for medals, and talents (Solinsky, Manzano, Jaeger, etc) who have demonstrated they can compete with the world's best when they show up on race day. Also, when he says there were no guys running 3:29 or 12:48 this year, does he not remember the 2012 Paris Diamond League (6 guys under 12:50), or Silas Kiplagat and Aspel Kiprop prior to the Olympic games? Maybe anti-doping measures have helped reign in the competition, but the evidence clearly shows US distance running has vastly improved, and the competition has not slowed dramatically.

Running Brave 7 months ago

Big chief from mountains say much with few words.