KESSLER HOLY SH!T 1:43!!!

Kessler is awesome to watch. But since he already made it in the 1500m, I'm honestly rooting for Murphy, Holt, and Cohen in the final.

Dude's the total package for a mid-d superstar. What a cool, calculated, well-planned race. Sounds great in interview as well.

you obviously like the underdogs

having called out a lot of dopers, along with others here, in advance

hobbs does not have the profile of a flagrant doper at all.

yes the great time is suspect after 1500 heats. 331.

but the aerobic base these guys have make a 1500 easier than a regular speed traning session.

i'm not saying anyone is clean.

just that hobbs isnt in the crosshairs that katir was, its not even close.

Jakob closed the Budapest semi with a 51. That should have been his 800m pace, had he been in this race.

fast track

the first 9 guys PB more or less.

except hoppel at 144 flat

these are the types of races your pb is lowered massively, giving the impression that you're god like. it's only one race.

like monaco, retti,

still in a "normal" race hobbs is a 144 guy. and that is quite a progression.

Yeah Katir had an insane and quick drop in times. Kessler has been steady but I'm not giving him the credit yet

Hobbs is gunning for that Grand Slam Track contract.

I think his best medal shot may actually be 800 this year. He looked like he was in his element tonight.

also hobbs had the 145 run suboptimally prior, so that was a 144 type run.

plus sharpening.

if your coach brings you to a peak correctly, it's magic, a new level.

still all bets are off for doping,

i don't have the inside scoop, but peptides and nutraceuticals are surely in the mix,

and not illegal at this point.

such is the nature of cheating, if you do something "new" it's fair play, when in reality you have an unfair advantage over the rest.

Nope. 1:43 guy.

You know what he is not doing? Is that.

this is what it looks like no pressure and incredible gifts. I thought if it broke right 1:44.3

that I thought he could run

This ? On 5th race

its a good day for the U.S.

There are two coaches i know personally

a bit

Ron would never ever ever coach a dirty runner

He just happens to be this talented

It really does not take drugs to run 1:43. Hobbs is a guy that closed the Michigan in 50 and that was years ago. Running 1:43 and 3:31 to make the team could not happen to a better guy and a better coach. I am happy to see it. This is becoming the golden era for U.S. middle distance and I have been waiting since I was a kid to see us even be competitive again.

Only if you’re Algerian! And I’m not even sure Moula/Sedjati are clean (Sedjatis background is a complete mystery), but the reaction to 1:43s is wild. Let’s all reset our expectations in the event. There’re gonna be a lot of 1:42s coming soon and the top 2 of 3 are going to be hitting 1:41s like Seb Coe did 45 years ago,

And that's how you go from "guy who might make the team" to "guy who might medal in Paris"!

Are you talking in the 800 or 1500? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves…he was closer to Vince than the top 2 in the 1500. And those guys are considered top contenders for bronze not slam dunks. In the 800, Arop and Wanyonyi have a similar Kerr-Jakob dynamic and Sedjati looks a step above a large group with Hoppel and a few others.

All of that to win no medals in Paris