Wait till there is 3000m left and mo is jogging 15m behind in the back of the pack... Then surge on a straight away and gap him by 30m.
Isn't there anyone that thinks they can run a 3k within 3-4s of mo? Mo's dropped back in a number of championship races... I'm surprised no one had this as a backup race plan.
Did you watch the race? it looks like Mo anticipated just that sort of stratagem.
Did you watch the race? Farah was in dead last until 2800 left, when he moved up towards the front.
A good way to beat a guy that is faster than you is to take a head start... An even better way is to take a head start after that guy ran a hard 10k in warm muggy weather and then ran a 5k round. If you watch Mo's post race interview on the BBC you'll hear him thank people from British Athletics for helping him with issues after the 10k (i believe he mentions his hamstring). They should have tested him just like Ayana tested Dibaba and Mo likely would have cracked just like dibaba... Even if Mo didn't cede 3-4s to his competitors until 3000 left.
Yes that's the easy thing to say and what i was initially thinking. I mean it's stupid. But what if you wrote a thread, "How to beat the 10k champ in a 5k, let it turn into a hard last 800?" That sounds quite sound.
Farah is basically unbeatable at 5k as he has great strength.
If Hagos tries to push it, then he loses out on the medal as Kejelcha beats him. These guys figure, "We aren't beating him anyway, i might as well medal."
I mean I asked Hagos why he let it go slow and he said they like their kicks. He was happy with third.
ANd he told me his 800 pb was 1:53!! Farah closed in 1:48 .8 so Hagos was likely 1:50 flat.
Yes that's the easy thing to say and what i was initially thinking. I mean it's stupid. But what if you wrote a thread, "How to beat the 10k champ in a 5k, let it turn into a hard last 800?" That sounds quite sound.
Farah is basically unbeatable at 5k as he has great strength.
If Hagos tries to push it, then he loses out on the medal as Kejelcha beats him. These guys figure, "We aren't beating him anyway, i might as well medal."
I mean I asked Hagos why he let it go slow and he said they like their kicks. He was happy with third.
ANd he told me his 800 pb was 1:53!! Farah closed in 1:48 .8 so Hagos was likely 1:50 flat.
Some things really never do change...
The truth is...Jakob will win every 5k final until 2032. He is Farah but if he had started at a younger age and even faster.