Jakob Ingebritsen: "If I knew I was going to be complete shit tonight, I would of course do a lot of things different."

He will come back super strong after covid is over.
And his father was probably not fysically sick, his sons decided they didnt want him as coach anymore. That is what caused his sick leave.

That is a weird interpretation.

Here's another:

A person with class doesn't blame failures on a parent's illness. (If you can call WC silver a "failure".)

That does not mean someone "doesn't give a crap."

He is the owner of the website for 1. For 2, the rule is in place because if it wasn't, people would say all sorts of hate and be like "but it's technically not a swear word, why was I banned? I didn't even do anything. they banned me for no reason" after saying a bunch of obviously terrible and vulgar things towards someone

Is this f***g name really beyond your capabilities?

At least the women's 800m champ should be within your reach.

I get that wisdom like "don't look back" is sort of overemphasized most of the time.

But WTF was he doing? He was looking back like a JV highschool kid looks back. 90 degree head turn to see who is coming to bury him. He was physically in 1st but mentally was already hoping to hang on for 2nd.

Real tactical wizardry by the best in the world.

jakob looks back all the time. He has done it in plenty of races he's won.

You're seriously comparing the race tactics of an Olympic champion with a beginner?

He knows what he's doing. He doesn't need your help or advice. If he looks back he has a good reason for that.

Yup, it is called ''I have covid at the world championships, cannot summon the strength to close, and am running in absolute terror at getting caught''

Please do tell me the good reason for I am an ignoranamus who doesnt frequently turn my head backwards to confirm that people are in fact still right behind me even though I can hear them and physically sense their proximity.

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/content/thumbnails/00385/38370-zoom.jpg

Is that how you illustrate "looks back all the time"? Crossing the line and checking where the opposition is?

it's just something he does. probably gives him a feeling of control. it's not a great habit. but it wasn't abnormal when he did it yesterday. and it didn't cost him the win.

You show picture of Jakob looking back in the final strides of races.
Yesterday he looked back lots of times during the race.

watch some videos. you'll see it. he looks back a couple times every race. looks up at video boards, clocks, etc.

of course those pics show the finish, it's where most pics come from in races. you'll notice the other guys don't do it the way he does. It's not something new for him.

Also, anyone else think it was interesting that Jacob expected to feel "very good" after 800m? In a time trial that's usually the toughest point in a 1500/1600m race for most people, even assuming a negative split

Jakob tested positive for Covid. Could have contracted before the final and that could have impacted his ability.