Late in the season, ran a 3:43 mile the previous day, led the whole thing after the pacers dropped at 1400m. Still ran a 53 last lap and beat Kejelcha. The difference is in how much work he has to do in the final which I am assuming is very little since he can outsprint them the last 400m.
1:46 PR in 2020 blah blah blahJakob has been too busy winning championships and setting world records between 1500 and 5000 to focus on the 800. He’s certainly improved since 2020. Jakob would hit 1:41 high if they raced toda...
That was a poor attempt at trolling. There were already posts in Jakob vs Sedjati at 1200 and 1100. So I thought, let’s keep making Jakob vs Sedjati posts.
A more interesting / fun thought experiment would be Jakob vs Sedjati in the 400 m hurdles. Sedjati has the superior speed. But Jakob has decent speed and experience with hurdles from running steeple.
I would guess Jakob could run 1:44 low right now based on his 1500 m training.
There are ton of videos that show that Jakob has no final speed.
Just look at the preceding 3000m with Kechelja, or the 1500m of DL Oslo with T. Chereuiyot, or the EURO 1500m final 2018 that show him runinng like a poney.
This Is an interesting scenario, think about It. Kiplimo and Cheptegei making insane fast pace and Hagos Gebrhiwet smashing the race with his crazy furious unbeatable last 600m.
This is really happening, happening i am not scaremoungering.
Is he your buddy? Why does he necessarily have to win? Why should I be scared of him losing? It's not gonna hurt my feelings if a 5000 specialist wins the 5000 by running too fast.
It's gonna be in the interest of certain runners to pace a race that Jakob wouldn't like. I just wish Kejelcha was running. He'd take it out at pace with Kiplimo and Gabrhiwet right behind him.
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This Is an interesting scenario, think about It. Kiplimo and Cheptegei making insane fast pace and Hagos Gebrhiwet smashing the race with his crazy furious unbeatable last 600m.
This is really happening, happening i am not scaremoungering.
Is he your buddy? Why does he necessarily have to win? Why should I be scared of him losing? It's not gonna hurt my feelings if a 5000 specialist wins the 5000 by running too fast.
It's gonna be in the interest of certain runners to pace a race that Jakob wouldn't like. I just wish Kejelcha was running. He'd take it out at pace with Kiplimo and Gabrhiwet right behind him.
Here is the Ethiopian team for Paris according to a recent article in the World Athletics
Selemon Barega will defend his 10,000m title while Gudaf Tsegay has been entered for a 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m treble as part of the Ethiopian team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
This Is an interesting scenario, think about It. Kiplimo and Cheptegei making insane fast pace and Hagos Gebrhiwet smashing the race with his crazy furious unbeatable last 600m.
This is really happening, happening i am not scaremoungering.
I would like to see how thet crazy furious unbeatable last 600m looks like. I am excited for 5000m. According you we are expecting Olympic record.
Look at what happened to Cole Hocker in the American trials with 12min 58
or what happened to Katir with that 12mins 45 sec last year at Monaco. He needed at least one month to recover.
I see, you would like to hurt Jakob, and he can't breaking 3000m WR 25th Aug in Silesia. You don't want to take Olympic golds from him, just to prevent WR to fall.
This is the Olympics. No individual athlete is sacrificing their chances for individual success for a team goal. It's every man for himself. The Ugandans have never done this in the past and they are not going to start in the Olympics.
I think the opposite. I think he is better as the distances get longer. Remember the 5k at the last world's when he waved to the crowd? I'd really like to see him run a serious 10k on the track.
If his career keeps going without serious injury I think you will see it. Picture someone who has made a living off doing a huge amount of training at roughly 1 hr. race pace. Closest track race to that pace is the 10 km. It should be interesting to see. That being said, 5 km. may end up being his best distance. He's built stouter than some of the 10 km./marathon types.
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