Blanks is the one who has to take it earlier there. Just got outkicked by Nico and Grant on Thursday and just oodles of kickers in that race, including the gold medalist in the 1500. Graham can’t let that be a 13:25 race. Just overestimating his chances in that kind of race.
I think he ran for the win in the 10k, and as a strength guy, the slow race + sub-4 last mile probably took some of the pop out of his legs more than Fisher or Young. He may have been able to drop a faster last mile today, but I don't feel too bad for him. He made the 10k team, and it's a lot to ask the 3rd place guy there, running on tired legs, to try to drop a sub-4 last mile in a 13:2x race.
He made the 10k team, so it’s not a disaster on the level of Hoey, Nuguse, or Kessler, but as a guy who has run sub 12:50 *twice* this summer, you can’t let that race be at a pace through 11 laps that the entire field can handle comfortably.
Honestly Lyles is such a dick with the look over at the end. I would’ve pushed him too. If you win you don’t need to be petty, it should speak for itself. Also Kenny is hot!