Congrats Cole Hocker, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen embarrasses himself. If he was going to be in this poor of condition why even come here. He 100% needs new coaching or he should retire! Perhaps he should suck in hope and make piece with his father. That his brothers let him come to this meet is basically malpractice in the highest order! He just looked pathetic out there! This is the worse performance of a defending champion since John Walker in 1977. He broke the world record and won the 1976 Olympics as a 24 year old and yes he also had an injury, but just one year later in 1977, he was destroyed by Steve Ovett to the point that he "quit" the race ; and never again was he the top miler/1500m. for the rest of his career he was an also ran. If he is not careful that will be the future for Jakob.
Congrats Cole Hocker, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen embarrasses himself. If he was going to be in this poor of condition why even come here. He 100% needs new coaching or he should retire! Perhaps he should suck in hope and make piece with his father. That his brothers let him come to this meet is basically malpractice in the highest order! He just looked pathetic out there! This is the worse performance of a defending champion since John Walker in 1977. He broke the world record and won the 1976 Olympics as a 24 year old and yes he also had an injury, but just one year later in 1977, he was destroyed by Steve Ovett to the point that he "quit" the race ; and never again was he the top miler/1500m. for the rest of his career he was an also ran. If he is not careful that will be the future for Jakob.
Watching it in retrospect, and how "invisible" he went after the 1st k was a masterclass: after he'd relinquished the lead, the pack stayed globby, and he didn't fall out the back like Mills or the few others, blow his load with a mile/km to go like Jakob out of probably desperation, or get into any wrestling matches, with 400m to go it was like "oh, he's still there, if he has the gear shifter ready and the nitro boost, he's got it." And sure enough I was screaming at my TV in my building at 7am. F*ck your Sunday sleep, upstairs and downstairs neighbors!
Watching it in retrospect, and how "invisible" he went after the 1st k was a masterclass: after he'd relinquished the lead, the pack stayed globby, and he didn't fall out the back like Mills or the few others, blow his load with a mile/km to go like Jakob out of probably desperation, or get into any wrestling matches, with 400m to go it was like "oh, he's still there, if he has the gear shifter ready and the nitro boost, he's got it." And sure enough I was screaming at my TV in my building at 7am. F*ck your Sunday sleep, upstairs and downstairs neighbors!
The only real concern in my mind was if he stayed boxed in too long. Once he got out the back door, it was over.
Congrats Cole Hocker, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen embarrasses himself. If he was going to be in this poor of condition why even come here. He 100% needs new coaching or he should retire! Perhaps he should suck in hope and make piece with his father. That his brothers let him come to this meet is basically malpractice in the highest order! He just looked pathetic out there! This is the worse performance of a defending champion since John Walker in 1977. He broke the world record and won the 1976 Olympics as a 24 year old and yes he also had an injury, but just one year later in 1977, he was destroyed by Steve Ovett to the point that he "quit" the race ; and never again was he the top miler/1500m. for the rest of his career he was an also ran. If he is not careful that will be the future for Jakob.