JAKOB INTERVIEW : He said he felt so good that he misjudged his own opening

With the wisdom of hindsight - I think he might have held it if he'd waited until 200 until he started hammering down, rather than coming around 400 at WR pace.

Fair play though - he tried something completely insane, outside of his comfort zone, and on the biggest stage.

Also, fair play to Hocker, who followed this, and massively overperformed (based on previous PR - I'd thought he perhaps had 3:29.5 in him never 3:27.65)

Femboys need to wake up, Jakob is not a God and certainly not the king of the 1500. I hope today set you all straight.

I thought you were gonna happy you got your prediction right, but these comments really cement you are a true loser lol.

Cool win from Hocker, he’s gonna be an incredibly hard nut to crack. Cant see Kerr besting him, not Jakob either unless he gets even faster.. Most thrilling race I ever witnessed. Looking forward to the 5000m race now.

And where is the respect for Kerr who also delivered with his PB and clean execution???

In today's world that's better than "they"

He's kind of missing the point. It's less about the pace than the fact that no one in the race would be capable of leading wire to wire (except Hocker in a very slow race). Put anyone else in front for three honest laps and he might have won. But it's a lot of extra work to pace the field.

Exceptional take. Far from the typical LRC crap: bad tactics, bad training, bad coaching, low character, too much this, not enough that. The truth of the matter is you run the race 10 times you get 5 different medal iterations, probably 3 different golds. Watch how the rest of the season plays out.

Some exciting stuff so far. The Americans won't get any medals -- right?

This is all so silly. He went out at 3:27 pace, which everybody before the race would have said was the right plan. That is what 55 seconds is, 3:27.

The tactis were fine. He was just too slow to get the job done. He wasn't good enough to win. Period.

Top 4 are within 1% of each other. Good for Cole! Run it again and maybe someone else wins. I love that none of these guys is dominant. It will make for exciting future 1500 races

Have never really been a fan of Jakob but I think he's awesome now after the year he's had. He's still the most likely guy to ever break the WR and he loves to race hard.

Plus that diving finish to win the race earlier this year. Love the guy now and kinda hope he's back on top soon. Way easier to root for him as an underdog.

This is the problem. He's thinking too much about everyone and everything during the race instead of just going out there and giving it all he's got and daring them to follow. He looked up at the screen mid-way, he looked back over his shoulder with 400 to go and again at 200 from the line instead of just racing. Classic overthinker. Always going to lose to a pure racer like Hocker or ever Kerr unless he just runs to win.

I hope this experience humbled him and he learns to respect the next guys.

Kerr finally showing his true colours getting a low dig at Jakob with that last answer...

Sad that he disrespects him so much; Kerr wouldn't be half the runner he is now without Jakob dragging him up to his level.

Yeah. What he did at Euros was the blueprint, and he deviated today & went out way too fast.

And here comes the excuses rolling in...

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Just like every other time he loses in a 1500 where it matters most.

💯. Let it go slow for a quarter then start building to WR pace by 800 and be fresh enough if anyone is still around with 250 to go. Ps if Hocker passed on outside he was going under 3:27!

Yeah it's gotten ugly today with the Jakob femboys.

Correct so instead of a medal Jakob goes home empty handed. Championship racing is a thinking man's game.