Laros, Kerr, Hocker, Nuguse, Ingebrigtsen left off the podium
Very believable, Wejo. I feel like you and Rojo have shut off your brains since last August and put your confirmation bias on cruise control since then.
Hocker/Nuguse have been very poor in the 1500m since their, frankly, hard to believe performance in the Paris olympics
Kerr was always going to be fighting for 3rd place coming in to today with a strong chance of being upstaged
Laros had talent but a lot of inexperience. Never was guarantee he would win even though his season was trending in the right direction
Ingebrigtsen has been injured all season and it was a miracle he even decided to show up at world's given his condition and recent return to training on the track.
Can someone confirm that it was the fastest last 800m ever in a 1500m race? Curious that this race was almost equal (in terms of splits) to the 1500m final in 2004, where another portuguese (Rui Silva) won the bronze with similar closings.
The best of the best have learned how to run fast, this slow stuff has been out for 6 years now. Jakob Ingebrigtsen changed the game and without out him, the field was just so unsure of what to do! This was one of the most boring 1500m championship races that I have ever seen. At least the slow 10,000 was still fun to watch. But as the say of the NFL, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. WTF happened to Niels Laros. This was tailor made for him. To much pressure for the young guy. I don't want to hear any more comparisons to Jakob Ingebrigtsen as 20 year olds. Jakob I. won the Olympic gold as a 20 year old, while 20 year old Laros bombed out, at least in the 1500m.
Nader is low 3:29 and high 1:43 this year and always runs well tactically.
I had him for bronce. And Reynold for silver.
Yeah I lean toward being in agreement with the observer here. In a race missing several big players and going 2:00 through 800, Nader winning isn’t that weird a result.
He won the Oslo DL mile this year. He made the Worlds final back in 2023. He lowered his PBs to 1:43.86 and 3:29.37 this year. Except for the DL final in Zurich, he’s placed top-4 in every 1500/mile he’s run since placing 4th at World Indoors. He’s consistently beaten most of the other finalists this season. Any objective ranking would have him top-10 on the season (World Athletics’s system has him at #8, prior to today’s gold). In my last prediction, I had him 4th behind Laros-Kerr-Wightman.
It's hard to go out fast in such sweltering weather (mid 80s and 80% humidity). I don't blame them.
Most folks likely spend more time training for a fast race with moderate temps rather than jog a 700, sprint an 800 in a heat index just under 100 degrees.
Can someone confirm that it was the fastest last 800m ever in a 1500m race? Curious that this race was almost equal (in terms of splits) to the 1500m final in 2004, where another portuguese (Rui Silva) won the bronze with similar closings.
Don't know if this is the fastest, but I timed ca. 1:48.2 last 800m for Nader.
Can someone confirm that it was the fastest last 800m ever in a 1500m race? Curious that this race was almost equal (in terms of splits) to the 1500m final in 2004, where another portuguese (Rui Silva) won the bronze with similar closings.
1:47.86 for Nader - not particularly close to the fastest final 800 of a 1500.
That distinction still belongs to Abdi Bile, who closed in 1:46.0 at the 1987 Worlds.
People are probably not gonna believe me, but a week ago I dreamt about the 1500m final. I dreamt that the winning time was 3:34.xx (which actually happened). I thought to my self: "No way that it's gonna be that slow, considering the 5 consecutive sub-3:30 finals in recent years." But I also dreamt that the following runners ended up in the top 4: Gold: Kerr Silver: Laros Bronze: Hocker 4th: Jakob So that prediction was a rather bad one from my subconscious, lol
You couldn't write a better story for the mem's 1500m world champs.
Jakob Ingebrigsten got eliminated in the heats due to a to potential injury Cole Hocker got disqualified in the semi finals due to jostling Josh Kerr got his ankle clipped in the finals and ended up last place Niels laros, a heavy favourite only got fifth in the finals, who got beat by Timothy Cheruiyot who is not among the favourites Issac Nader, a true Dark Horse taking gold The only realistic outcome is Jake Wight man getting silver
As there is an alleged saying the 1500 is a 12 man race rather than 2-3
Can someone confirm that it was the fastest last 800m ever in a 1500m race? Curious that this race was almost equal (in terms of splits) to the 1500m final in 2004, where another portuguese (Rui Silva) won the bronze with similar closings.
Don't know if this is the fastest, but I timed ca. 1:48.2 last 800m for Nader.
Jakob ran the same in the semfinal in Budapest 2023 in a 3:34.98 race. His last lap was 51.6? when gesturing to the crowd and easing up in the end.
Some has claimed that El-G ran 1:46.?? in his 2004 OG 1500m win beating Lagat narrowly.