A triple Medal yes I absolutely see it possible if he gets close to his peak fitness again, triple Gold on the other hand might be a little bit of a reach mainly in the 10k in my opinion. If he reaches a new level of fitness he hasn't had before I would say it would be completely possible.
With all due respect he couldn't even do the double in the year he ran 3.26.7 and 7.17.55 - in fact he didn't even make the podium in the 1500m.
To even be competitive in the 10000m he would need to change his training to the point that being competitive in the 1500m is simply impossible/implausible. There is a reason why the closest thing we have had to a 15-5-10 triple is Nurmi back in 1924 (the 1500-5-XC triple) and no disrespect to the great Paavo Nurmi, but 1924 was not and is not 2028 (he ran 3.53, 14.31 and 32.50 for 10.6km)
The level of fitness he would have to reach to run that triple in 2028 is simply beyond the capabilities of a human being.I don't need to be an expert in human physiology to be very confident in that statement.
1500m were before the 5k. His 1500m performance didn't have anything to do with doubling. In hindsight you simply can't win in today's competitive environment running from the front. He could have employed a different tactic and in that situation it would have been anyone's game. People like to say that Hocker would win a slower race but nothing is certain, it is all about having relatively good position while still expending the least amount of energy.
His 2024 condition was good enough to win. It is all about tactics and luck.
A triple Medal yes I absolutely see it possible if he gets close to his peak fitness again, triple Gold on the other hand might be a little bit of a reach mainly in the 10k in my opinion. If he reaches a new level of fitness he hasn't had before I would say it would be completely possible.
With all due respect he couldn't even do the double in the year he ran 3.26.7 and 7.17.55 - in fact he didn't even make the podium in the 1500m.
To even be competitive in the 10000m he would need to change his training to the point that being competitive in the 1500m is simply impossible/implausible. There is a reason why the closest thing we have had to a 15-5-10 triple is Nurmi back in 1924 (the 1500-5-XC triple) and no disrespect to the great Paavo Nurmi, but 1924 was not and is not 2028 (he ran 3.53, 14.31 and 32.50 for 10.6km)
The level of fitness he would have to reach to run that triple in 2028 is simply beyond the capabilities of a human being.I don't need to be an expert in human physiology to be very confident in that statement.
Sifan Hassan won The 1500 and 10000 in either the World's or Olympics, She has done The Triple several times, Not sure if she ever won the triple but she wins Medals lots of times, So If She could do it, it can be done
Have they made the 800m/1500m double (for men) impossible again?
Imagine how different LA 84 would have been if they had the current dumb timetable and Coe had had to choose between the 800 and 1500? (or maybe back then he would even have become a 1500/5000 runner?)