Oh man I think Gourley wins or gets within a meter if he’d been more patient. He lost the element of surprise and wasted some energy with the first move.
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Gourley's failed backstretch pass cost him a bit but don't think he would have won either way. We'll see how Jakob deals with a fresh Katir in the 3k later
Oof, thought Gourley had that at one point. Jakob just had one more gear. Got to say, I don't think Jakob can front-run a race with Nuguse and Wightman in it
Gourley's failed backstretch pass cost him a bit but don't think he would have won either way. We'll see how Jakob deals with a fresh Katir in the 3k later
Oof, thought Gourley had that at one point. Jakob just had one more gear. Got to say, I don't think Jakob can front-run a race with Nuguse and Wightman in it
That was sort of my thought. If someone comes with a crazy kick can he hold them off?
Outdoors there is even more benefit to being the chaser.
1 NOR INGEBRIGTSEN Jakob 3:33.95 CR 2 GBR GOURLEY Neil 3:34.23 3 FRA HABZ Azeddine 3:35.39 4 ESP GÓMEZ Jesús 3:38.11 5 ITA ARESE Pietro 3:38.91 PB 6 FRA GILAVERT Louis 3:39.54 7 BEL DEBJANI Ismael 3:40.06 8 CZE FRIŠ Jan 3:40.86 9 POL ROZMYS Michał 3:43.09 10 IRL MCCANN Luke 3:44.55 11 GBR MILLS George 3:51.28 ITA MESLEK Ossama DNF
Oof, thought Gourley had that at one point. Jakob just had one more gear. Got to say, I don't think Jakob can front-run a race with Nuguse and Wightman in it
That was sort of my thought. If someone comes with a crazy kick can he hold them off?
Outdoors there is even more benefit to being the chaser.
He may not front-run them in a Diamond League race, but in the 3rd round of a championship race, he can run-front anyone.
The 3,000m is pretty weak this year, Mechaal being the strongest in the field for Jakob in my opinion. Gourlay was his main threat to prevent him to achieve the 1500/3000 double.
Oof, thought Gourley had that at one point. Jakob just had one more gear. Got to say, I don't think Jakob can front-run a race with Nuguse and Wightman in it
That was sort of my thought. If someone comes with a crazy kick can he hold them off?
Outdoors there is even more benefit to being the chaser.
The gap between Jakob and the rest of the world isn't big enough for him to front run and win. On the DL ill take him 95/100 times with a pacer to 800/1,000, but what happens if nobody is willing to set the pace early at World's?
That was sort of my thought. If someone comes with a crazy kick can he hold them off?
Outdoors there is even more benefit to being the chaser.
Jakobs not in top shape though. It won’t be a 3:33.9 race outdoors. I think Jakob looks a lot like 2018-19 Cheruiyot. He’s very much improved his last 150 and managing his effort. Granted the competition is better now, but if he runs his best race most guys will be pretty spent with 100 to go. It will take 3:28 fitness AND great energy preservation to beat him.
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Oh man I think Gourley wins or gets within a meter if he’d been more patient. He lost the element of surprise and wasted some energy with the first move.
Neil ran a really smart race. Jakob had plenty left in the home stretch so I don’t think Neil was winning that one unless he passed before the final turn, which is what he tried to do.
Didn't see one, so here goes. I've talked myself out of a Gourley upset vs. Jakob. I think Jakob will have a great last 400 squeezing it. I am going to pick the Klein upset over KoKo. And perhaps Swoleboda's time in the 60.
Spot on there with the 3k, but man, I feel bad for Koko. I was surprised Battoceltti didn't feature. She ran 14:51 when she was 20 so is obviously talented, she just didn't seem capable of going with the break. Nice result for Courtney-Bryant in third
The break was tough; the first k was in 3 min, then Koko ran a 33 sec. lap. Had Batocletti followed along, she might have had a chance against Courtney. But in fairness, one has to say that Batocletti's Tokyo result was far ahead of anything else she has done ever since and she did well today.
3000m is too short to run the wheels off people, especially with a slow first k but I would not have thought that Klein could keep up with 2:49 2:45 and still kick. Amazing result for her. But Koko is also running faster than she has been since 2019 in/out which is a good sign.
That was sort of my thought. If someone comes with a crazy kick can he hold them off?
Outdoors there is even more benefit to being the chaser.
He may not front-run them in a Diamond League race, but in the 3rd round of a championship race, he can run-front anyone.
I mean we literally saw him lose last year in a championship race trying to run it from 800+ out. The margins at 1,500m are too small right now for him to make tactical mistakes like he did in Eugene.