Jakob Ingebrigtsen wants to triple at Worlds. Should WA make a schedule change to help him do it?

I've always wondered how Viren would have done in that '76 Olympic marathon with three days rest after that tough 5000m final. He had less than 24 hours between the 5000 and the marathon.

iirc, Zatopek had three days rest before his marathon in 1952.

If J.I. proves he’s serious about the triple and capable of medaling in all three then, yes, absolutely they should do what they can to accommodate it.

If peak Bolt had decided he wanted a 100/200/400/4x1 quad and he as actually serious about the 4, would anyone really have objected to them bending over backwards to make the schedule as amenable to it as possible?

it’s in the best interest of the sport.

If he really said that than I hate to break it you all but our Letsrun is now doing coke. The only thing left is for him to shows up to a press conference wearing a gold suit.

Yes he can!!! Not easy at all of course!!! But he's the one able to do it!!! He's still young and have of course a quick recovery between races !!! He s absolutely the GOAT !!! And we are very lucky to have the chance to see such a phenomenal talent in our lifetime!!! All of you that talk about World record, (some WR dont mean anything or mean the level of peds use in a period of time) let me tell you if Jakob had the kind of peds (quantity and quality)that was around El Guerrouj era late 90's early 2000 , he would have already run sub 3'26"!! Period

If Jakob was to attempt the triple, the order would have to be 1500/5000/10000m which would push the 5/10 too close for the other runners that are running both.

Beating Wightman, or anyone else running the race of his life in the 1500, and then doubling back with a win in the 5000m, would be legendary. I don’t understand why people want a circus act instead.

Definitely not advising him to do that unless the competition is spread over 15 days.

If he's serious about tripling, then yes, the schedule should be changed. The sport is better off when the best athletes take on these sorts of challenges for themselves, and as Gault noted, running the 1500 on Days 1, 3, and 5 makes more sense than 1, 2, and 5 anyway.

However, I think that the triple would go poorly for Jakob if he were to actually attempt it, especially with the 10k final coming first. More likely than not that he would end up with no golds, I would expect him to remain focused on the 15 and 5, at least until he proves he can win both.

What if they schedule the WC around Jakob, he gets injured or sick and doesn’t even show up?

Then the 1500 semis are just a day later, which most athletes would probably prefer regardless. Seems fine.

WA should seek to determine the best athletes in the world at each discipline at a WC.

Three of the top handful of women’s 400 runners in the world weren’t entered in the event in Eugene because the schedule wouldn’t permit it.

No no no no no. What if LeBron James was the best 400m runner in the world and the NBA Finals conflicted with the World Championships? Would you change the date for LeBron?

Putting the 1500m semis back a day wouldn’t be nearly enough to tee up a triple for Jakob. The meet would need to be extended by 3 days to allow for recovery from his heats and finals.

I believe they have to sort out this issue first

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Wow...its almost as if swimming might be more condusive to athletes doing more events....huh...we should get some scientists together to figure out why this would be...if they could shed some light on this the IMPACT would be huge! The findings would have a lot of GRAVITY, and potentionally reverse a lot of DAMAGE that poor schedule choices by the IAAF and other bodies has JOINTly done to the sport. They'll never RECOVER from this crushing knowledge blow (and we'll all bask in a month long world champs extravaganza!!!).

Discus.

Yes lol.

It wouldn't be LRC if someone can't come up with a stupid analogy like this and pretend he's posted the post of the thread

As someone who is significantly smarter than you (and no it is not close), I never pretended to make an analogy (maybe educate yourself) nor did I pretend that I posted the post of the thread. You should genuflect in front of your superior kid.

NO. He hasn't shown that he can win a 10000m like S. Hissan when she attempted the triple. I also feel Hissan was determined to triple at all cost physically and mentally. Jakob on the other hand mostly would go thru the motions in one event and focus on two, as long as he got the hype of tripling.

As the poster I'm responding stated he haven't shown he can win two, why change the schedule and deny others their double when NO WAY. in hell he's going to try or even capable of winning at 3 distance's.

Yes. Track needs to do whatever it can to help it’s stars run more events. Also need to make it possible for Sydney to try a double.