at last someone that understands just how good seb coe was

Korir

Ereng wouldn’t touch Coe at his very best. By 1989 he was all but done at 800m

@@deangarratt4965 exactly your right 👍

Perhaps so. It's just a pity he couldn't put it to optimum use and secure a major global gold over the distance during that period.

Not as long as Alberto Juantorena's!

@@deano27671 Unfortunately, I never saw Juantorena compete in person. I saw Ereng win the U.S. collegiate championship in Eugene, Oregon, in June 1988. I was sitting at track level, and when I saw him bound past everyone with ease in the last 150m, I told the friend sitting next to me that Ereng would win in Seoul.

roger federer This was Coe’s first race since getting injured winning the AAA 1500 after almost falling. A week later Coe ran 1:43.3. Coe’s 88 season was going well and ended by the selectors 7 weeks before the Olympics. He still managed a 1:43.9 while recovering from bronchitis after the Trials, faster than Elliott managed all year! The length of time between that 1:43.9 and the Olympics was longer than the time between the AAA defeat by Elliott (and his 1:43.8 win in Oslo) and the LA medals in 84. Coe had proved twice before, and in less time, that he could come back from illness to reach a peak and win medals. That, together with 2 wins over Ereng, is enough for me to believe he would have won medals (notwithstanding injuries) in Seoul.

@@deano27671 key for not selecting him (Crabb was i think) in '88 was his last race in Rieti where he was well beaten by Di Napoli, posting 3:35.7 with atrocious last 300 in 43 secs. at his best, he was capable of sub-40 off this pace. Hardly a threat in Seoul, though his '89 campaign was nearly great. watched him live in Belgrade early in the season where he dominantly won both 800/1500m at European clubs championships. Ereng was great in '89, too, but not much more after that.

@@soulyrasheed to be fair to Coe, he still hadn’t fully recovered from the chest infection that hampered him at the trials 3 weeks earlier. He still had about a month in which to recover and train before the Olympics. He had also beaten Ereng twice over 800m in 88 before the chest infection and ran faster than Elliott managed all year over 800m after the chest infection.

a great runner in deed and an alumni of Starehe Boys. I think he won the Olympics while still in high school.

I like Coe. I hope to shake his hand in an IAAF Masters Meet if he is around. But this is Ereng's day. I like Paul's tactical style. 😎🇵🇭💐

@@joeysarmiento1925 huh,,, with this WORLD KILLER VIRUS,NO OLYMPICS FOR A YEAR, NO ONE'S GOING TO BE SHAKING HANDS WITH ANYONE I'M VERY, VERY SORRY TO SAY!!!!!!! CHIN UP,,,YOU WILL GET TO SHAKE HIS HAND,,,WE WILL BEAT THIS VIRUS =AND THE 2021 OLYMPICS IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!-YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coe was the best

How bout this latest 2024 Olympics 800, the top 4 under 1:42!

Yes but sad to watch such a legend lose when he was undoubtedly over the hill..

@@stevebbuk over the hill,,,and still was chosen to represent Britain in the world cup later that year over 1500m in Barcelona...BILE cutting INTO COES lane just as he was UNDOUBTEDLY capable of winning....coe was over the hill....but still caused WORLD champions to CUT him up in races ISN'T THAT SO ABDI(CATED) BILE !!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!

@@simonedwards5564 I think Bile would of won on that day anyway. Coe lost his zip by 1989. 86 was good for him, 87 injured, 88 No olympics, 89 his last come back year and he did well at 33. 90 it was all over for him at 34 years old

Coe was 33 years old , if the race had been a decade earlier between these I suspect the result would have been different

@@darrenshaw767 Yes, a decade earlier Paul Ereng was 13 years old.

@@cerjat exactly, that’s why Coe would have won 👍

Idiotic post

Joking aren't you, Coe and Ovett would have destroyed this lumbering fella in their heyday. If he was that great then he'd have smashed the world record but he didn't, says it all.

Coe and Kipketer were better.