1 425 Cooper LUTKENHAUS USA 1:44.24 2 118 Eliott CRESTAN BEL 1:44.38 3 182 Mohamed ATTAOUI ESP 1:44.66 4 111 Peter BOL AUS 1:45.14 AR
It went out slower than expected, especially the second 200. 27.04 for Crestan. Ended up being even split with extra effort to hold off surges, and that slow second 200. Not a smooth one/time trial…tactical
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Well last year as a U18, he was 1.1 seconds faster than anybody ever (Aman at number 2 in 1:43.37).
This year as a U20 (first year), he’s also faster than any U20 has ever been indoors and he has one year left in this category (technically 21 months left).
He already has the top two U20 i800m performances. could have top 3 by the end of the day.
Everybody includes Rudisha
Fair enough. Rudisha ran 1:47.x at age 18.
He now has the 3 fastest U20 i800m performances and 4 of the top 8
Based on how America likes to hate on kids (look at the hate for Quincy, although that may be for another reason), if Cooper L doesn't break 1.40 within a few years, this site will be flooded with "takes" on how much of a failure he is, that he should have gone to the NCAA instead of turning pro, that his coach has ruined him, that he must have been doping in HS to get to this level, that his choice of girlfriend is also ruining his career. Any loss will be deemed a failure and that any armchair coach would have prevented that from happening. Given the hate on here for Hoey, any loss to him will bring out the boo-birds earlier.
I am interested in when this will all start (look at Mu), and how destructive it might be for him - grow a spine, develop a thicker skin, ball sport pro's deal with worse, etc.