Nader is low 3:29 and high 1:43 this year and always runs well tactically.
I had him for bronce. And Reynold for silver.
Yeah I lean toward being in agreement with the observer here. In a race missing several big players and going 2:00 through 800, Nader winning isn’t that weird a result.
He won the Oslo DL mile this year. He made the Worlds final back in 2023. He lowered his PBs to 1:43.86 and 3:29.37 this year. Except for the DL final in Zurich, he’s placed top-4 in every 1500/mile he’s run since placing 4th at World Indoors. He’s consistently beaten most of the other finalists this season. Any objective ranking would have him top-10 on the season (World Athletics’s system has him at #8, prior to today’s gold). In my last prediction, I had him 4th behind Laros-Kerr-Wightman.
Riva, Farken, Ben, Pihlstrom, Gourley, Tshte, Coscoran winning would all have been a lot more surprising and inexplicable.
Credit to Nader for taking his opportunity.
Give me a break. You are post-event analyzing to make yourself sound smarter than you are. You are just as surprised as everyone that Nader won and you are too in denial to admit it, so you have to cherry pick data to make the outcome fit some kind of imaginary storyline. This was a surprise victory and you are trying to make it seem less surprising. Nice try.
You couldn't write a better story for the mem's 1500m world champs.
Jakob Ingebrigsten got eliminated in the heats due to a to potential injury Cole Hocker got disqualified in the semi finals due to jostling Josh Kerr got his ankle clipped in the finals and ended up last place Niels laros, a heavy favourite only got fifth in the finals, who got beat by Timothy Cheruiyot who is not among the favourites Issac Nader, a true Dark Horse taking gold The only realistic outcome is Jake Wight man getting silver
As there is an alleged saying the 1500 is a 12 man race rather than 2-3
Nader is only a dark horse because people are prejudiced, especially the Americans and the Brits.
Why should Wightman be a bigger favorite than Nader?
Wightman is no. 35 in the 2025 toplist in the 1500m with a SB which is more than 2 sec slower than Nader´s (Nader is no. 7 on the toplist).
Nader´s SB (PB) in the 800m is almost 1 sec faster than Wightman´s.
Seen through neutral glasses: Wightman´s silver is the sensation.
He's in every sense a come-from-behind winner. He is 26 but has done nothing of note until this last year when he has enjoyed a sudden spike in his performances.
That was the weakest 1500 showing I've seen in 2025 at any meet. Wtf was that steaming pile of garbage? Absolute flops from the entire world.
a bit of a letdown. Last lap would have been far more entertaining with Hocker and Kerr in it. Hats off to Nader though, played it perfectly.
What? Are you kidding? The 20 year-old favourite, unbeatable on the circuit this year, goes to the front, leads it with 250 to go only for the veteran former world champ, after two years of injuries to blow past him for the win. But then... a total journeyman of the circuit blasts a sub 12.5 close to take gold on the line. How is that boring? It's a Hollywood storyline
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You couldn't write a better story for the mem's 1500m world champs.
Jakob Ingebrigsten got eliminated in the heats due to a to potential injury Cole Hocker got disqualified in the semi finals due to jostling Josh Kerr got his ankle clipped in the finals and ended up last place Niels laros, a heavy favourite only got fifth in the finals, who got beat by Timothy Cheruiyot who is not among the favourites Issac Nader, a true Dark Horse taking gold The only realistic outcome is Jake Wight man getting silver
As there is an alleged saying the 1500 is a 12 man race rather than 2-3
Nader is only a dark horse because people are prejudiced, especially the Americans and the Brits.
Why should Wightman be a bigger favorite than Nader?
Wightman is no. 35 in the 2025 toplist in the 1500m with a SB which is more than 2 sec slower than Nader´s (Nader is no. 7 on the toplist).
Nader´s SB (PB) in the 800m is almost 1 sec faster than Wightman´s.
Seen through neutral glasses: Wightman´s silver is the sensation.
Nader was invisible till 2024/25. All his best times have been run this year. At 26, he's no youngster either. By contrast, Wightman was a WC several years ago before he was injured.
Nader has done nothing of note until this year when his performances are far superior to what he showed earlier in his career. He's completely flown beneath the radar until the age of 26, which was when many md runners had already peaked and retired. Color me sceptical.
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Nader has done nothing of note until this year when his performances are far superior to what he showed earlier in his career. He's completely flown beneath the radar until the age of 26, which was when many md runners had already peaked and retired. Color me sceptical.
Nader has done nothing of note until this year when his performances are far superior to what he showed earlier in his career. He's completely flown beneath the radar until the age of 26, which was when many md runners had already peaked and retired. Color me sceptical.
Love to see you apply the same logic to a 31 year old Wightman, who prior to the WC this year, who hasn't performed well since winning in 2022 after being plagued by injuries. I'm happy for Wightman and am not casting any suspicion on his race today. But man, you always have a theme here when casting suspicion on non-white non-brits
