I didn't say he peaked in his teens. But he may get no faster than he has at 23. He may have peaked. I don't see there is any way he will be faster in 5 years time (unless he seriously ups his doping programme). Farah was clearly a late developer. Their careers aren't comparable - and that includes Farah's superior results.
Farah's superior results?
Ingebrigtsen is much faster than Farah, has a much better win/loss record. Has 10+ years to top Farah's global medal count.
4 against 10 says he is far behind. It is pure speculation to think that he may match that. What he will never match is consecutive Olympic 5k/10k titles.
Ingebrigtsen is much faster than Farah, has a much better win/loss record. Has 10+ years to top Farah's global medal count.
4 against 10 says he is far behind. It is pure speculation to think that he may match that. What he will never match is consecutive Olympic 5k/10k titles.
No, 4 against 10 doesn't says this.
If your only measure is the number of global outdoor golds, Farah is by far the greatest distance runner in history:
Farah: 10
Bekele: 8
Nurmi: 6 (individual)
Gebrselassie: 6
El Guerrouj: 6
Zatopek: 4
Viren: 4
Morceli: 4
Rudisha: 4
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Coe, Cram, Ovett combined: 4
For me, Farah is way behind Bekele, Gebrselassie and El Guerrouj.
Farah - Ingebrigtsen
1:48.69 - 1:46.44
3:28.81 - 3:26.73
3:56.49 - 3:43.73
5:06.34 - 4:43.13
7:32.62 - 7:17.55
8:03.40 - 7:54.10
12:53.11 - 12:48.45
26:46.57 - 27:27 (intermed. road)
Very unlikely that those times will all be Ingebrigtsen's lifetime PBs.
Because of those much better PBs and much better results ouside of OG/WC, I already would rank Ingebrigtsen ahead of Farah, but for sure 10 golds are a very strong argument and many rank Farah ahead.
1500m/5000m is also much more difficult than 5000m/10000m.
And why exactly would Jakob be unable to match Farah when Farah won his first global gold at age 28?
Ingebrigtsen has risen and peaked far earlier than Farah. He was a teen prodigy. There's no way he's going to be running faster at 28 than he is at 23. That is, unless he seriously ups his doping programme. That's quite apart from the fact that everyone else is still improving and some have closed the gap on him. But the main reason is that, unlike Farah, Ingebrigtsen isn't and never will be a 5k/10k runner. He is a md man.
You cant know that. You don’t know anything of what you stated as facts.
Your relationship with facts and numbers are only rivaled by a certain president.
-Falls on his face trying to pass Elliott Giles on the inside
-1:50 finishing 2 seconds behind the field
Let's not forget that Josh Kerr's 800 was not just 1:50, but 1:50:high, slower than Jakob's final 800 in world indoors 800. Dude looks like a complete joke right now.
-Falls on his face trying to pass Elliott Giles on the inside
-1:50 finishing 2 seconds behind the field
Let's not forget that Josh Kerr's 800 was not just 1:50, but 1:50:high, slower than Jakob's final 800 in world indoors 800. Dude looks like a complete joke right now.
It was a slow-paced race. If Ingebrigtsen had been in the 800 race he wouldn't have beaten 1:51. Every runner faster than that was faster than Ingebrigtsen over 800 and has higher top-end speed.