JAKOB 50.63 last lap in lane 2 while waving to the crowd

He would be so much more impressive if he was a total professional.

Instead, he acts the punk and demeans his fellow competitors with the waving to the crowd.

And all those tats are ridiculous.

Watch Faith Kipyegon, all business...she will celebrate when she wins the final.......he antics down the final straight were bush league.

As stated earlier, many track and field fans are pansies. If you follow other sports like soccer, football, boxing, or MMA you would see the cockiest fighters and the fans love the confidence. Jakob is confident because he’s talented, worked hard, is an Olympic champion, multiple world title holder, and has a few world records. Even Centro had the right to act confident with his Olympic gold. You pansies would be crying all day if you saw how other sports fans from more popular sports act.

I don't know what gave anyone the idea El Guerrouj was capable of bursts of speed, the guy practically invented the long kick, most of the time from 600+ meters out. I don't think he ever left things to the last 200m the way Jakob did today.

Why do you think so??? He is a smart Person.

It was the semi, I don't think Jakob will leave everything for the last 200, especially considering last World when he lost.

Faith Kipyegon's Faith Kipyegon, not Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

Bwahahaha, totally. I have a few tattoos myself and have always enjoyed some well thought out body art, but his are just ridiculous and make him look like a tool. It's like some little kid grabbed his mom's magic marker and thought "What stupid scribble can I draw on myself today?". They look like sh*t on him and I'd bet all my money once he grows up he'll be like "What the hell was I thinking?" Upside is he'll have plenty of money for laser removal.... ;-)

because the predictions over the past few years that he wouldn't improve, worked too hard as a youngster, etc. have been proven wrong. predicting what will happen after he retires is all the negative nellies on this board have left.

51:68.

Yep!

You don't have to like the guy, and it's safe to say 99.9% of the people on this board (including me) don't know him personally...and who cares! I just appreciate watching an elite athlete perform at the highest level at various distances. As someone with a bit of knowledge of the sport and the distances being run it's truly amazing for me to watch JI continue to run so well with what seems to be a limitless ceiling as to his winning races and running fast times. Will he lose races?, Yes! Will he run fast all of the time?, No! and that is to be expected at some point. Will I celebrate when he loses or doesn't perform well, NO! In order for JI to run faster and continue to win races he will need to fail at some point (WC's last year), and that is the only way he'll be able to keep challenging himself to keep pushing the envelope.

Take it for what it's worth and don't think too much about it and just enjoy the show.

turns out this was true.