TOKYO WORLD CHAMPS 2025 DAY 2 THREAD!!!!

Supposedly elite runners on this board really thought that Jakob could go from pool running for 6 months to medalling and even winning at a global championship.

Anyone whos ran at even a sub elite level should know thats not possible

Yeah, Martti was born in 1950 so that would be pretty old for him to have a 28 year old daughter; I've looked around but haven't found anything yet. Would be kind of cool!

Seem pretty relevant to me

I believe she won the English schools

She 100% did. First the Kenyans get a warning now this. Water stations too complicated for some people it seems.

GB probably wouldn't have selected her for their team given she "isn't fast enough" ;)

I thought he did that last year? Missed a whole build up ran for a bit and set world records.

She's not at least closely related. Vainio is a fairly common surname in Finland.

I don't think he's been able to train effectively though like he was last year

Quite a ways back from the leaders, but sitting in 4th is a pretty great place to be at the moment.

Quite a finish. I don't understand why Assefa didn't push earlier. She should've learned from Paris that she's not cut for sprint finishes in marathons.

Those ladies raced AMAZING

I was wondering about that, not being Finnish I would have no idea if it's rare or the Finnish equivalent of "Smith" in the US.

What an epic marathon duel!

Jepchirchir wins in Tokyo again! Great cat and mouse battle and awesome finish on the track

Sorry but Jepchichir is lowkey GOAT

Incredible finish but... they've got to DQ the Kenyans for the bottles, right?

Assefa gets out run for the second straight year in the final straight. Where's the 800 speed now?

Put on her war face.