Nguse was lucky to be pulled by Jakob to that mile time.
Nguse isn't a championship racer and will probably never run faster than he did last year.
Who’s making excuses? He ran a passive race and didn’t give himself a gold medal chance. He is too good to run a sandbagging race. But this is the indoor 3k and what he does in the outdoor 1500 is all we’ll end up caring about. 0/1 so far, but many chances for redemption to come.
Being fair to Nuguse, he rode on Kerr for the win in Zurich last year. He probably gambled on doing it again. It was different here in that Kerr was leading, but I'm sure Nuguse was backing his kick. But what can you do when Kerr runs 25.19 for his last 200? Kerr is just better now than he was last year
they forget it’s a 200m lap. who only starts sprinting the last 200m in a tactical race? common indoor mistake. outdoor somebody would have made a move way earlier
Every single year every single time the same thing.
The “bell lap” thing is so heavily imbued in the brain
they forget it’s a 200m lap. who only starts sprinting the last 200m in a tactical race? common indoor mistake. outdoor somebody would have made a move way earlier
Every single year every single time the same thing.
The “bell lap” thing is so heavily imbued in the brain
But the penultimate 200 was high 27 and last 600 I think 82 high so those times give the lie to nothing much going on pre 2800m
I've said this before but he's too happy with 2nd place. Ritz needs to sit him down and explain the mindset of winners. Not saying he could have beaten Kerr today but he has the same talent as Jakob and Kerr.
On the rewatch I noticed this was almost more of the Grant Fisher than Beamish. He wasn’t that far back but prioritized the rail and not running wide over going wide on the turn and not ceding so much ground. Fortunately for him his kick meant it only cost him fractions not a position/two.
