We combined two threads on the topic and merged them into 1. We also greatly apologize that a volunteer moderator deleted this breaking news thread. The OP would definitely win a free t-shirt for noticing breaking news like this if they had posted under a registered name. If you want to win free great, post under a registered handle.
This sucks and I love calling out athletes for dodging (like Jakob is dodging today), but I believe Kerr got sick. Seems like everyone I know has gotten sick in the last two weeks, and I was sick for most of last week. No reason for him to fly all the way out to NY and do interviews just to scratch last minute.
In what way is Jakob dodging….This is indoors not outdoors.
This sucks and I love calling out athletes for dodging (like Jakob is dodging today), but I believe Kerr got sick. Seems like everyone I know has gotten sick in the last two weeks, and I was sick for most of last week. No reason for him to fly all the way out to NY and do interviews just to scratch last minute.
Don’t worry about Jakob. Next week when Trump announces Norway will soon be part of the USA Jakob will have to run the USA trials to make worlds.
This sucks and I love calling out athletes for dodging (like Jakob is dodging today), but I believe Kerr got sick. Seems like everyone I know has gotten sick in the last two weeks, and I was sick for most of last week. No reason for him to fly all the way out to NY and do interviews just to scratch last minute.
In what way is Jakob dodging….This is indoors not outdoors.
Also, it’s not like all three of those guys might be dodging Jakob at World Indoors…oh wait they are.
Man I'd have agreed with this up until this week. Then norovirus swept through town, and dear god--that sh** hits hard and fast and is extremely contagious. If he picked that up on the plane, he probably wouldn't be able to make it a full mile without launching out of both ends.
Ya like he isn't going to fly to New York, do the media day to duck to avoid a bad race cause of fitness, I mean he ran like a solid 8k on YouTube, he is fit enough to race. He got sick probably throwing up, fever - probably the same thing Jess Hull got. It happens sadly. You got school systems closing down due to an outbreak of the flu/covid/etc.
Ignorant European here. Is there a stream of the race somewhere? (Youtube would be lovely) Would love to see both the 3000m and the mile.
You can register with worldathletics and stream UNLESS IT IS GEOBLOCKED IN YOUR COUNTRY. But if geoblocked you should be able to see it on tele in your country.
I am streaming in Spain since they don´t send it here.
Run and tell people you were sick like Jakob did. So few races to see stars like him compete in on the east coast. Tell people you’re sick before the race if you’re insecure
Run and tell people you were sick like Jakob did. So few races to see stars like him compete in on the east coast. Tell people you’re sick before the race if you’re insecure
That's literally medically inadvisable. This site is so entitled lol
Run and tell people you were sick like Jakob did. So few races to see stars like him compete in on the east coast. Tell people you’re sick before the race if you’re insecure
That's literally medically inadvisable. This site is so entitled lol
Agreed. At their level things can really go to hell when you race all-out while sick. Remember Kemoy Campbell?
Track athletes are such babies. My home's played with a severely injured ankle the second half of a Super Bowl because he's not a weak pathetic nothing. Play injured you babies.
Rojo, do not allow double entries in the prediction contest. I saw this coming.
PPS. I can't believe a moderator would delete this thread which broke IMPORTANT breaking news to the world. Yes the guy saying "screw you" isn't being nice but this is a "fan forum", fans are fanatics and are allowed to be emtional. Imagine if you bought tickets to Lakers Mavs game later this month and Luka doesn't play.
Fire him, Rojo. Seriously. It'll unironically improve our community as this moderator has already demonstrated a gross incompetence for identifying which threads should be deleted and which should be left alone. If a moderator can't handle important discussions or breaking news properly, he shouldn't be in a position of authority.
If Ingebrigsten had scratched a race, this thread would be looking very different.
Kerr is getting hate because of his (deserved) reputation for dodging. If he raced more there wouldn’t be any backlash. Most people recognize he had a legitimate reason to scratch today, but he’s still getting dunked on because of his history. These things don’t happen in a vacuum.
If you thought Kerrs finish was good, you haven't seen his ducking skill! Feel like this is the season we get to see everything come together for him. Ducking every meet except Grand Slam, where he knows he will be safe from most of the europeans and africans.
