Jakob tried to pass on the inside, like in the semis. Almost ended Mo's race.
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Jakob tried to pass on the inside, like in the semis. Almost ended Mo's race.
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White Supremacists BTFO
If you're rooting against Jakob, you are a stone-cold hater. He has shown tremendous guts and composure and such is a thrill to watch and such an amazing ambassador for our sport. I hope he continues to improve and that we have him at the top of the sport for many years to come.
However, If you're rooting FOR Jakob on the grounds that he is somehow the only clean athlete in a sea of dirty Africans, you are deluding yourself, and you probably have some internalized racist thing going on that you should at least be to be up-front about.
Newsflash: It's a dirty sport, always has been, probably always will be. No one is exempt: not Kenyans, not Ethiopians, not Americans, not Norwegians. I don't care who has the more rigorous doping controls. The athletes, coaches, agents, and doctors are ALWAYS three steps ahead even under the strictest anti-doping program. Any speculation of who's doping and who's not is a witch hunt, plain and simple. On this site, it often takes a racist flavor, which makes it worse, but it's all a witch hunt nonetheless.
jakobVmo wrote:
Jakob tried to pass on the inside, like in the semis. Almost ended Mo's race.
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A chance for him he did not fall and regained soome of its balance. Also I fell like Chelimo slowing down at slowed him as well when the Ethiopians attacked. He did not have the strenght to catch Edris and Barega, but could have finished a little closer.
The kid has a pair. A 19 year old running that boldly is pretty incredible. You have to respect that.
hurdlesjack wrote:
I don't care who has the more rigorous doping controls.
This kind of nihilism is corny and lame. I care, and I prefer rooting for the clean athletes.
And wishing that the IAAF would crack down on countries without an anti-doping program is sound policy, not a witch hunt.
What happened to Filip? Did he pull something?
Chef Gordon Ramzi wrote:
hurdlesjack wrote:
I don't care who has the more rigorous doping controls.
This kind of nihilism is corny and lame. I care, and I prefer rooting for the clean athletes.
And wishing that the IAAF would crack down on countries without an anti-doping program is sound policy, not a witch hunt.
The clean athletes- which ones were they again?
Marion Jones was clean as a whistle until she admitted she was doped to the gills, years after the fact. We all know how this game works.
By all means, support clean sport and clean athletes. Support robust doping controls in every country. But if testing is essentially meaningless at the elite level of the sport, let's not pretend we will really ever be able to tell who is who, or even worse, presume entire countries are innocent and others guilty.
Leopardly wrote:
What happened to Filip? Did he pull something?
Side stich.
Aaleby wrote:
Leopardly wrote:
What happened to Filip? Did he pull something?
Side stich.
LMAO
Sure...
Jakob is soooo overrated. All he does is clip other runners and tries to push his way through a race. As regards to Jakob being relatable, not to me. I'm an American.
Leopardly wrote:
What happened to Filip? Did he pull something?
He was there just to help and protect Jakob, which I find a little disrespectful in a 5k WC final.
Is Jakob in college at least?
starfish wrote:
Aaleby wrote:
Side stich.
LMAO
Sure...
Filip by his own word got side stich/ stomach cramp and wasnt able to compete in the end. You can laugh, he may be lying for all I know, but that was his version.
He's relatable if you watch the reality show (typical teenager in other ways but a fierce competitor whose goal has been to be the best in the world from an early age, whereas Henrik just aspired to be the best European), because you get to know him and the whole family very well, whereas I've never once seen a show on Selemon Barega or Muktar Edris, so I have no idea about how they live or what they are like. Jakob did not have the kick he had against GWet in a race where he ran 13:02, which was surprising but maybe the semi and controversy took some out of him.
In school? wrote:
Is Jakob in college at least?
Just finished high school, no plans of college.
zxcvzvxc wrote:
He's relatable if you watch the reality show (typical teenager in other ways but a fierce competitor whose goal has been to be the best in the world from an early age, whereas Henrik just aspired to be the best European), because you get to know him and the whole family very well, whereas I've never once seen a show on Selemon Barega or Muktar Edris, so I have no idea about how they live or what they are like. Jakob did not have the kick he had against GWet in a race where he ran 13:02, which was surprising but maybe the semi and controversy took some out of him.
In a way i am glad, humble, hard working runners are winning competition vs entitled, over mediatized, TV reality show runners even if Jakob is of course training very hard.
Olympics and running are not about youtube, views, cameras and TV shows but about what you can accomplish. And Edris did it twice, a great champion. Looking forward to see him at Tokyo.
He was to anxious to go that's the reason he kept clipping others heels. Need more experience but good young runner. But he dove for a higher place must have some incentives that will probably pay $$.
The last 1300 meters. Start the video at 10 minutes. Holy cow.
FFF wrote:
The last 1300 meters. Start the video at 10 minutes. Holy cow.
yeah, very good race and such a fast finish.
awesome to see a championship race won in 12:58.
