Unofficial Day 5 Eugene World Championships Thread

Dos Santos was the class of the event all year, ran the rounds smart, and won going away. He was the clear favorite

I agree. It appears he was viewing it almost like a heat, that he was so much better that as you said "wouldn't be beat". Leading a championship race at a strong pace is setting yourself up for a fall. Hindsight is easy, but he should have been content to follow the Kenyan until late.

Watch a replay and notice just how much JI uses just to surge to the lead. Was this the difference at the end?

DII Ashland University with two WC medals, including a gold.

Had to watch the race at 3:30 am here... Well i don't regret it at all. What an evening of track and field, high jump was pretty sick too

i think the only way JI wins that race is to push the pace and run 3:28 again, or better. if he didnt take the lead to push (which i agree is usually a huge mistake), i still see him getting out sprinted. the extra gears just arent there right now.

Women had 6 heats

Jakob will be even more determined in the 5000. Heats in two days. Finals three days after that. Plenty of rest time.

Josh Thompson 3:35.5 for last.

Very funny from a never-was.

is Jakob in the 5k?

what does this mean?

Lol

Wightman and Bassitt were unknowns outside of the running community.

Thanks to NBC, they are still unknown in the US, despite legendary races. If NBC had hyped this event as much as they do Ninja Warrior, this could have been a launching pad for the sport. But they never gave it a chance.

You may very well be right. My experience as an athlete and fan is that if the field are all similar in ability, an early leader off an honest pace will rarely win.

Any chance for extra gears goes from maybe to no way if leading most of the race.

Again, hindsight, but what happens if he relaxes behind the Kenyans and attacks with 300 to go? Or even have the zip to hold Wightman off on the backstretch?

Lol… racist much?

Oh, but we know the Gap time of the completely wrong order. 🙄

can we just go back to showing normal results?

Someone shows their true colors. I can assure you he doesn't care who bests him, just that he gets beat. In the post race interview he was only blaming himself. So weird to not celebrate the amazing Wightman and rather hate on Ingebrigtsen. From Norway we hope that Tim comes back to top shape so he gets back to being the big force in 1500 again. We don't have the same nasty attitude as El Keniano that has to retort to hating on runners.

US 1500 running at its lowest surely. Absolutely pathetic effort by the hosts here LOL.

i agree with you- my experiences as a 1500m runner always taught me the same. like you said, hindsight - so at this point i wish he had held back a bit