7:20 in regular shoes is better than 7:17 in cheater shoes with cheater light.
Nope. Jakob is already better than Komen. They might be level on times but Jakob has won way more.
Jakob is now up there with Bekele, El G, Geb as the GOAT in the modern era. He's way better than Farah - with respect.
There's been a 16 year gap since Bekele was dominating so it's nice to have someone that will try to win Olympic Golds and and go for WR's (a requisite for GOAT).
It's 3000m - 7 and a half minutes of running. These guys are so fit and efficient that the real benefit of "the shoes" is having zero impact on them performance - or you think any extra 4mm of softer foam is generating some kind of extra force that is increasing running speed by fractions of a percent?
The spikes might matter in training - reducing cumulative fatigue over the course of a season from faster track work. Maybe that was in play at this stage of the season? Either way the real reason he obliterated this record was the LED's - he still smashes the record if Komen had the same access to them - but maybe by a second and not three.
^… this. I don’t remember all the hype, pace lights, physical pacers and 2024 spring loaded shoes when DK produced 7:20.67 nearly 28 years ago [9/1/1996]
I don’t remember Komen winning any Olympic medals. who knows, Komen might have been a science experiment. How many times was he tested? He had two years of quality display on the track , and basically a 4 year professional career.
ingebrigsten has achieved more in the last 6 months, like him or not.
This^ Komen raced during the most juiced period of distance running, when there was no good test of EPO, so any record during that time is suspect. You should view any record from then as worthy of doubt. He had a short career, didn’t even compete in the Olympics, and overall accomplished less than Jakob has thus far.
Nurmi is better than komen also, it’s just cheater shoes, modern track and good pacers that made him faster. Jk
Nice try. Komen is the greatest 3000m runner ever. Too bad your golf buddy should have a bunch of asterisks by his name. Komen will always have the record. Period. Good thing no one cares about track. Clown show circus it has become.
Nurmi is better than komen also, it’s just cheater shoes, modern track and good pacers that made him faster. Jk
Nice try. Komen is the greatest 3000m runner ever. Too bad your golf buddy should have a bunch of asterisks by his name. Komen will always have the record. Period. Good thing no one cares about track. Clown show circus it has become.
This^ Komen raced during the most juiced period of distance running, when there was no good test of EPO, so any record during that time is suspect. You should view any record from then as worthy of doubt. He had a short career, didn’t even compete in the Olympics, and overall accomplished less than Jakob has thus far.
We’re all witnessing the most juiced period of distance running. You think people are running 7:17 on good ol’ fashioned gumption and moxie? LRC “Komen ran 3000m WR during the height of EPO *wink” also LRC “All hail the new clean WR holder!” Nothing to see here.
There was literally no testing for EPO when Komen was running. He got out as soon as he made his money. You'd be nuts to think he wasn't doped to the max. Why can't a Kenyan get near 7:20 a quarter of a century later with twice the population, supershoes and all the rest? You may as well believe Koch or Kratchilova were clean. Kenyans getting popped every week in 2024, but the guy running 7:20 in 1998 with no testing chose to refrain from EPO? Get real.
Yes. The first EPO tests that had some kind of chance to work were introduced in the early 2000s but they were very unreliable and only tested for the cheapest EPO-variety. In the 90s there were no EPO tests at all.
Modern training methods which has allowed him to get 10 years of consistent training without long term injuries.
Exactly this. And improvements in shoes also help with the non-injured streak (not just the super shoes, but all daily trainers).
To say that K may have been better than J if he had trained smarter and got injured less is a valid but completely pointless line of discussion. You are only as good as your training got you - Jakob is better.
Admittedly, I don’t know much about Komen’s career. Looking at his results it seems that it ended when he was around 22 years old - what was the reason for that?