Jakob Ingebrigtsen wants to triple at Worlds. Should WA make a schedule change to help him do it?

I wouldn't go that far. If Jakob played it smarter, he would have won the 1500. It was poor tactics that lost him the 1500 crown, not a lack of fitness. And unlike Hassan who is very suspect to me, I think that they should tweak the schedule. I mean, the guy wants to triple and he has the potential to medal in all three. Do I think he'll win all three? No. Could this come back and bite him in the ass? Absolutely.

But it would be a hell of a thing to watch though. Granted only deep fans care about anything longer than a 400. But still, let him try it. Worst that could happen is he goes home with nothing other than our respect

I mean, it could, but Hassan's form seems like it would be the bigger issue there. Her form always looks so janky to me. Like she's permanently injured or something

A schedule that permits all logical doubles, as this schedule apparently does, is a big step forward, at least from how the Olympics has been run. Almost never have the Olympics permitted a men's 1500/5000 double, and at times the Olympics schedule has also prevented 400/800 doubles and even the 400/200 double.

So, I am fine with the Worlds schedule as is. I don't think that trying to accommodate various triples makes a lot of sense. Just don't be like those Olympics dingbats; make sure that all the doubles work.

I believe you're correct. However, I think that was Zatopek's first marathon, so I think that should factor in as well

Absolutely they should adjust. As an earlier poster said "Why limit greatness?". I remember when Michael Johnson wanted to double in the 200m/400m at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics he put in a similar request as their was an initial schedule conflict between the two events which WA agreed to. The rest is history.

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I don´t think Jakob should try to do the triple unless the 10,000m is the last event and with 2 days between the 5,000m and the 10,000m.

Otherwise - as pointed out be others - he will rsik both the 1500m and 5,000m.

Michael Johnson had won both 200 and 400 twice each at the World Championships before 1996, including both in 1995.

What has Jakob won in 10000?

It is possible for Syd to do the doube in Paris if she wants to.

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Aug. 9. 400m F.

Aug. 10. 4x400mR F.

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Sure Jakob hasn't won any big 10,000m events yet but apart from his 1500m silver at World's he has pretty much dominated all distances between 1500m-5000m over the last couple of years. He has done a heck of a lot to revive interest in middle distance athletics again. I may be wrong but I would doubt that there would be very few people who would put money against Jakob winning on his first major 10,000m. He's got the perfect engine for it and a tonnes of versatility.

They should let him tripple. So he can get beat by Wightman in the 1500m, by Krop in the 5000m and by Barega in the 10.000m.

3 silvers.

Bemp!!

So, he's just doing 1500m/5000m, right?

Well this aged incredibly poorly. Good

Of course not. That would be blatant favoritism over the other competitors, as unsporting as unsporting can be.

All these people thinking it's a good idea are nothing but cheaters at heart. Many of them are the same people who relentlessly hunt down and cyberstalk course-cutters at their local turkey trot. No wonder the sport is such a shambles! There is no sport left.

He his not qualified for the 10000 as he has never raced it. As he said he is not running any more race before WC so yes 1500/5000 "only".

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Championship schedules should always be designed for doubles or even triples if necessary.

Michael Johnson had to choose between the 200 and 400 in 1992 because they wouldn't accommodate that double. He picked the 200. He got sick and didn't make the final, but that's besides the point.

He picked the 400 over the 200 in 1993 because the 400 final and 200 round 1 were on the same day.

They corrected the schedule and he got double Gold in 1995 and 1996.

The 10,000 should always be on day one.

Have rounds and finals for the 100, 400 and 1500 early in the meet.

Hold rounds and finals for the 200, 800 and 5000 late in the meet.

That allows for all the common doubles.

If you can run a 10,000 and come back for a 1500m prelim two days later, you could try a triple. That's very hard to do in a 10 day window no matter how you schedule it.