Jakob has proven that East Africans only win through doping.
Not just because he whips their butts, but because he is a completely different phenotype. All the 'East Africans are dominant because their calf to wrist ratio is so and so' and all the other tosh about aerodynamic skulls and such. East Africans have no physical advantage other then low obesity rates, which is cultural and environmental not genetic.
Lol. What a clown.
So ALL East Africa's great runners "only won though doping" ?? And then Jakob beats them ALL and then smashes one their [ and T&F's] most cherished records [ he would have run 7:19 for 3k], and..... he's as clean as a whistle?!
What happened to a doped talented runner always beats a clean talented runner? Suddenly that rule doesn't apply, huh?
Yeahhhh... you're not biased at all!!
You know your logic could easily be flipped on its head. Maybe the E. Africans *do* have some genetic/ body type advantages, and therefore to crush them so easily as Jacob has, one MUST be "equaling the playing field", i.e. doping. And if these Genetically advantaged runners [ if they are] are also doping [ as you claim] , then of course their conqueror must be an even bigger doper!
Rumor has it that Jakob is even larger up-close than one might think. Has anyone here actually seen him in person and can comment?
I met Jakob and Henrik last year in California. Jakob signed a pic I had, and posed with me for a picture together. Henrik also posed for a pic with me. Jakob is just over 6 ft tall, and both he and Henrik were very nice, very personal.
I read that he’s 6-1. It looks to me, in the video I’ve watched, that he looks 5-9 or 5-10.
It’s hard to believe he is supposedly as tall as Evan Jager, who looks much thinner and taller in race videos and photos.
I saw him in person when he ran past me on his warmup for the Sound Running 5000m. 6'2 seems just right, for reference I'm 5'10 and he definitely much appeared taller as he passed by. Didn't want to bother him on his warmup but one of my friends and teammate did get a picture with him after the race...
Runners are getting taller and taller, the more carbon fibre plates they put in there shoes to bring up the stack height
This is true, I asked for Jakob's autograph once after I watched him workout, and he'd taken off his shoes and walked up to me in his socks, and I towered over him and I'm only 5 ft 8.
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