Of course at first I thought this was just Italian hype, as usual…but now, it would have to be DL hype, which is also a possibility.
Maybe they should tack on a third meet.
Honestly, I don’t know what to make of this. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens. My guess would be that 2 of the 3 athletes show up for each race.
Bracy runs in Kenya on Sunday vs Bednarek and Omanyala. On Coleman, he ran Seiko and NY last year. Wonder if he does that again with Kerley already in the Tokyo field. Paris DL could also be an option (for him and Bracy) with Rabat/Rome likely maxed out as far as appearance fees.
Organizers just announced today that Jacobs and Kerley will race each other for the first time since going 1-2 at the Olympics in 2021. They've beefed on social media and now it's time to take that smoke to the track.
I'm just hoping they both stay healthy. They were supposed to race each other three times in the regular season and again at Worlds last year and Jacobs wound up pulling out of all of them, first because of food poisoning and then injury.
Seriously - let's play odds here. What chance do we legitimately think there is that this happens? And it's more than fair to be on the cynical side of the fence here given that we just came off a decade of the fastest and most decorated men in sprinting history (Bolt, Blake, Gay, Gatlin, Powell) who seemingly always found ways to dodge each other in Europe in a plethora of ways - "injuries", bizarre A and B race scenarios, event shifting (one guy runs the non DL event vs a bunch of journeymen for absolutely no truly good reason) etc etc etc.
Based on my experience watching and listening to 100/200 guys who "challenge" each other - I am going to give this a 35% chance of happening.
But I do think there’s a decent chance that Bromell, Kerley, and now Omanyala all show up.
But wtf do I know, I’m sure there is all sorts of “strategy” (i.e. $) going on behind the scenes.
Oh I have no doubt they will. Jacobs of course is one of the most hilarious and obvious dopers in history that is on a full "don't blow it now and get caught" management situation so this will be common place for the rest of his career.
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