Semiler wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has registrered for the bowerman as born 19th november 2000. However wikipedia and other sources claim 19th september 2000. If he is due to take an age record on the bowerman 2 months can be significant.
You don't make any sense at all.
Lets just say he is fudging his age as you are suggesting. He will still be nominally 17 years old TODAY whether or not his actual birthday is Nov 19/2000, or Sep 19, 2000. In fact, he would be nominally 17 years old if his birthday is anywhere between 5/27/2000 to 5/26/2001.
Look at it this way. If his birthday is 5/26/2001 he would be 17 years, 0 days old today. Nominally, he's 17 years old. By submitting a fake birthday 11/19/2000 he doesn't become any older than his real age.
Likewise, if his real birthday was 5/27/2000, he would be 17 years 11 months and 29 days old today. By submitting a fake birthday of 11/19/2000 he doesn't become younger than his real age. Nominally he is 17 years old today.