Injury derails Alistair Brownlee's Singapore race 😞
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- Опубліковано 20 кві 2024
- A disappointing race for Alistair Brownlee at the Singapore T100 after he was forced to retire with injury having entered T2 with the chase pack and a real chance of a first T100 podium. He spoke with Jack Kelly following the race.
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i d love to see him on top of the podium with ease, no story telling. the most talented triathlete that needs to "pace him self". i am sure he hates hearing it over and over
Always rooting for Alistair!
Love Jack's interviewing skills 👏👏
People are so quick to count out ali because of his age or short course background not translating to middle distance.
We are two races into the long season. He’s been top 5 and probably would have podiumed if it were not for the unlucky ankle injury. Ali is a race away from making a major statement
Quick? You realize that Ali has been going through this cycle for years since he stepped out of ITU. He has a top 5 followed up by yet another injury this early in the season. It's just reality at this point. It's not just his age, it's the fact that he is a fragile athlete exacerbated by his age
@@EverythingIsPhotogenic I agree 100% Ankle surgery in 2021 , 2023 , and having problems in April of 2024 , he did his last race in PTO Ibiza in May 2023 , shut it down . He runs toed out and fast , much like Dave Scott who missed Hawaii Ironman 1990 through 1993 and texted me because of chronic ankle problems, he as well ran toed out and fast . Nature of this sport which I have been in since 1985 . Hips, back, feet, ankles, calfs , heart , are all the many problems these world class athletes will face .
@@loulew07 I just don't see Ali being satisfied with being an upper mid pack finisher. You don't go from superstar to top 10s or so and be satisfied with it. It's different for those who are lower in the rankings that are looking for that breakthrough. I respect all the athletes for their unbelievable talent, I'm thinking from the psychology of someone who was best in class... I don't see a satisfying career ahead for him unless he really laser focuses on 3 races a year at most.
I think memories in this sport are short. People here think I am being unduly harsh on Ali or the nature of demands of long course tri on slighter build athletes... if there are any chinks in the armor, long course will blow them up fast. Short course, you can brute force your way through quite a bit (not saying that's a good thing). I invite folks to take a look at Ali's history since stepping up to long course... it's a shadow of what he was before. Even with his prior injuries, he still raced at a world class level and dominated. We haven't seen anything close to that from him since 2019 worlds. He just can't stay healthy enough long enough.
His is closer to retirement then he is to winning.
I think his body is not able to keep up with his mind. Hard to accept but age is a triathlete's greatest rival.
Unfortunately Alli's body is just too beat up, it has too much mileage since his start in fell runs to present date, and age, what, late 30's? To be in denial is not an answer for not wanting to accept the the racing career is pretty much over, you need to go into Coaching, you would be brilliant!! Even Youeri called Alli out that he was playing very conservitive and safe on the bike, never once manning up and going after Youeri! Pretty Sad for the two time Olympic GOLD medalist! : ( Hence Alli is the equivalent of former famous runner of Oregon (Pre-Fontaine) always going out "Balls to the Wall" and nothing else matters!!!! But now AGE, a beat up body, and too many injuries/surgeries! : ( And the younger faster racers are just that much better! : (
Unfortunately, this is a common plight of many short course athletes that try to jump to middle and full distance triathlon. They just dont have the durability needed to bridge the same successes. While I dont think PTO racing is outside of Ali's ability, I don't see him acheiving much more than respectable results in pro triathlon for the remainder of his career. There aren't enough competitive years left for him to rebuild his body for what is needed to compete consistently. Even in Jan's waning years, he was VERY selective about what races he did so he could stay healthy, and he was a much more durable athlete. I think the question Ali really needs to ask himself is what he wants his path to retirement to look like. He will always go down as this era's GOAT for ITU. Does he race as long as he can until he completely breaks down? Or does he get very exacting with the distance and races he targets to fight for those podium spots? The men's field is too deep now for Ali to dominate and spread himself too thin.
He came top 5 at miami, he's already right at the top it'll come together for him this season
@@cormacmccumiskey1151 and now he's injured... again. As I said, not ability, durability is going to be his limiter
strange, when athletes reach a plateau or are declining, they seem to invoke injury after injury after . . . well you see the patern
I don’t think Ali’s injuries are a ‘common plight’ of short course athletes who attempt the jump to long course racing: witness the successes of Macca, Raelert, Crowie, Frodo, Javier (a 3 time WC over the middle distance) the Norwegians over the past 20 years. Not to mention Michelle, Riny (admittedly not a great ITU racer), Leanda, Daniela, Anne and Taylor in the women’s field.
Alistair’ s problems are unique to him on one level (reoccurring ankle - lower calf) but have their origins in his ITU career - going back to even before the London olympics. If anything, the lower tempo of middle distance should help in extending his career. The real problem is that he is already way past 15 years into a professional career at the highest level: outliers aside (think of someone like Cam Brown - a former ITU athlete who then did another 25 years as a long course pro after making the switch), Alistair has already had an incredibly long career. “But for” the awkward bike dismount in my view he won Singapore: and going into that race he had been uninjured for over 6 months - which is about the period he needs to get back to his best.
Where I disagree with you is your prediction that he can only look forward to ‘respectable results’ for the rest of his career: while sticking four great races in a season is now probably beyond him - for the reasons you outline, if (and it is a big ‘if’) he puts together one single 6-9 months of injury free training and race building, in my view a fit and healthy Alistair Brownlee contends for the win in any of the biggest races on the calendar.
@@andrewmetcalfe9898 your response is indicative of selection bias. I said many, not all. There are many durable athletes that make the jump, but there are just as many, if not more, that are not successful at moving to the longer distances as it requires a different build and resilience that is not as common in short course triathletes.
Ali has failed to produce anything but respectable results in over 5 years. Since 70.3 worlds 2019. He's had some wins, yes, but not against deep fields, and he has DNF'ed a high percentage of races. Even in Miami, he blew up. There is no reason to believe 2024 will be any different.
I also do not believe there was any chance of Ali winning singapore. He wasn't going to run down Keulen, who has beaten Ali several times. Sam long would have overtaken him for second based on the splits in that race. At best he would have been third, which is a good finish, but he wasn't winning that race, full stop.
Interviewer dealing with the good ole stiff upper lip. AB just never quite tells you what you want to know. Hope he recovers and gets that run back.
I really wish he'd waited to serve his penalty until lap 3 just before the finish line. That way if he'd had some issue, he could crawl to the finish and at least finish...
he said he hurt his ankle at the bike dismount. it was a ticking time bomb.
@@KG780c totally! We all watched it, it's just a question of if he could've held onto that time bomb until the finish if he hadn't abruptly stopped. Once that adrenaline slows, it's game over.
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that's a repeated pattern. he has to stop quitting and withdrawing - it ruins his career.
Alistair 's days are OVER! He swims, runs, bikes, sits, walks, talks . . . TIRED!
You just talk.
@@ln5747 yeah, talk the truth, and you know he is FINISHED
@@savagepro9060I don’t think he’s done
@@savagepro9060 finished what?
@@ln5747 never going to be a superstar AGAIN!
everyone’s favorite triathlete. That is a joke, right?
Can we hear Jack talk about what people think of him, like that 83 minutes straight of his podcast? yikes