Be shocked. Even with Walcott-Nolan acting as a de facto bodyguard, she got smoked. Sheesh.
For a 1:56/3:52 runner to be that unresponsive in a 4:06 race, that's hard to fathom.
Hard to argue with that given how freaking fast 3:52 is. At the same time, it shows how hard it is to lead the bulk of a 1500, even indoors.
Bell’s last 800 was 2:06.45, which is 3:57.08 pace, and that’s with a rough last 100 where I think she was crushed psychologically. Her last 8 100m splits in succession were: 16.7-16.3-15.9-15.6-15.1-15.2-15.3-16.3.
Closer win than I was expecting but he's probably saving some energy for the 3000.
I think the surge he put in took a little bit out of him, he normally winds it up a bit slower than that. Completely took out that German guy though lol
Jakob only needs 1 more gold and he matches Valeriy Burzov's medal count. Imagine that. I think he'll lose tomorrow though to Laros, didn't look that good today.
Expected a bigger gap to form at the end, but the tactics worked out for him.
Skeptical that strategy would work on anyone else in the top 4 right now.
I always wonder, if you're not a massive kicker and 400m in Jakob is in dfl, do you start to hammer to ensure that he has to really work back to the front? Is Habz good enough for that today or do you need to be more like a Nuguse type?
Tim Hutchings just relayed she has the Flu. I wonder if some fellow Brits are furious that she would make such a disclosure instead of letting Guillemot have her moment. Maybe that is only if she refers to Guillemot as the "next woman."
She said nothing about having the flu in her BBC interview. She can't really control what a commentator might say about her, but she really did nothing to warrant your allegations and was very gracious.
That was 100% some strategy practice looking forwards to Tokyo in 6 months.
Was back to being last out of the gate - no stress on his system looking for position in the opening 400m. When everyone settled in he made his move and that was it. Turned the screws for each of the last remaining 200m sections from 800m out - starting at 28.6's and finishing with 27.20 and 26.16. That race construct was how I believed he could win in Paris.
It would have been interesting if when he was moving past the field coming up to that 600m point, if the guys in the pack had sensed it and made him work harder/wider to move up and the front of the race had even accelerated for 50/100m. And he didn't bury Habz or Nader there - that could have been interesting.
But as it was, a pretty solid tactical masterclass there from Jakob. 3rd straight euro indoor title - it's very cool he shows up and races time after time I have to say.
That was 100% some strategy practice looking forwards to Tokyo in 6 months.
Was back to being last out of the gate - no stress on his system looking for position in the opening 400m. When everyone settled in he made his move and that was it. Turned the screws for each of the last remaining 200m sections from 800m out - starting at 28.6's and finishing with 27.20 and 26.16. That race construct was how I believed he could win in Paris.
It would have been interesting if when he was moving past the field coming up to that 600m point, if the guys in the pack had sensed it and made him work harder/wider to move up and the front of the race had even accelerated for 50/100m. And he didn't bury Habz or Nader there - that could have been interesting.
But as it was, a pretty solid tactical masterclass there from Jakob. 3rd straight euro indoor title - it's very cool he shows up and races time after time I have to say.
Did the same thing at Euros outdoors last year and then tried to frontrun the Olympic final. Not sure I would take anything he does at Euros as strategy practice