I am so tired of your racism. When will you stop? So the only man to run under 7:55 is CLEAN? If he were not white you would have crucified him by now.
How is this racist you lib??
It is racist because the reason Coevett believes Jakob is clean is because he is white. How stupid are you?
That's bull. Jakob has said that he knows all about the history of the sport.
As someone who is smarter than you, I NEVER said Jakob didn’t know about him, just as Sebastian would have known about Landy. That was not my point and the fact that you misinterpreted it shows your paucity of it intelligence. I would have known about Emil Zatopek but if somehow he were still alive I am not sure his tweet would have meant that much to me.
What? If Emil Zatopek tweeted you it wouldn't have meant that much? Are you being serious Jsoed?
As someone who is smarter than you, I NEVER said Jakob didn’t know about him, just as Sebastian would have known about Landy. That was not my point and the fact that you misinterpreted it shows your paucity of it intelligence. I would have known about Emil Zatopek but if somehow he were still alive I am not sure his tweet would have meant that much to me.
What? If Emil Zatopek tweeted you it wouldn't have meant that much? Are you being serious Jsoed?
Yes I am serious. To me Emil was just another guy. Not super talented. His work ethic though? Just amazing. Yes I could admire him but he is just another guy to me…with an extraordinary work ethic.
Before the 2-mile Jakob was asked (on Norwegian TV) how big of an advantage it is to have the light and better shoes/tracks. His answer translates to something like:
"In the 90's they probably had even more advantages."
Before the 2-mile Jakob was asked (on Norwegian TV) how big of an advantage it is to have the light and better shoes/tracks. His answer translates to something like:
"In the 90's they probably had even more advantages."
To me this supports the resentment theory.
If this is true, if Jakob said this, then he is possibly as big a prick as Lance Armstrong. So Jakob is belittling past runners, if this is true, for having advantages that he, a guy who has had the benefit of training with his brothers since he was quite young, under a father who clearly had extensive knowledge, likely with the advantages of modern chemistry like Warholm, and now the fast tracks and super fast footwear, and he has the audacity to say such things. Maybe he was joking. You’d have to have a double digit IQ to believe that Jakob hasn’t used PEDs.
He clearly wanted to be funny, and just wanted to avoid the topic I think. (But I still got the impression that he believed it to some extent and was referring only to PED's.)
Before the 2-mile Jakob was asked (on Norwegian TV) how big of an advantage it is to have the light and better shoes/tracks. His answer translates to something like:
"In the 90's they probably had even more advantages."
To me this supports the resentment theory.
Based on every scandal of doping that has occurred, mainly the BALCO Scandal. Why does this surprise you?
If this is true, if Jakob said this, then he is possibly as big a prick as Lance Armstrong. So Jakob is belittling past runners, if this is true, for having advantages that he, a guy who has had the benefit of training with his brothers since he was quite young, under a father who clearly had extensive knowledge, likely with the advantages of modern chemistry like Warholm, and now the fast tracks and super fast footwear, and he has the audacity to say such things. Maybe he was joking. You’d have to have a double digit IQ to believe that Jakob hasn’t used PEDs.
He’s playing a popular guessing game called “Racist or Norwegian?”.
Your reply is idiotic.
A young black kid came up to Jakob on the infield (after Jakob was presented with the golden spike for being the best distance runner of the year for 2022), hugged him and admired him. Jakob put his arm around him and gave him plenty of his ear to listen to the kid.
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Before the 2-mile Jakob was asked (on Norwegian TV) how big of an advantage it is to have the light and better shoes/tracks. His answer translates to something like:
"In the 90's they probably had even more advantages."
To me this supports the resentment theory.
Based on every scandal of doping that has occurred, mainly the BALCO Scandal. Why does this surprise you?
Who was surprised? Either he actually believes this (so, he is clean), or he wants to give people the impression that he believes it (if he is doped).
Jakob's human. He'd just run faster than ever. Could he have been tired of the obligation of answering questions in the mixed zone? How many questions by how many people were asked of him prior to that question? And how many questions did he answer the day before at the press conference, and following the conference during the strawberry festival?
Jakob's human. He'd just run faster than ever. Could he have been tired of the obligation of answering questions in the mixed zone? How many questions by how many people were asked of him prior to that question? And how many questions did he answer the day before at the press conference, and following the conference during the strawberry festival?
I think too much is being read into his comments.
Thank you, Runners act way too formal and wannabe pious and get scandalized by the smallest BS.
Is Jakob not on Twitter anymore? He didn't reply to El G there anyway. I remember when Nick Willis Tweeted congratulations to Jakob on breaking another world junior record or something, and he Tweeted back the gratitude 🙏 emoji.
Q (Paraphrased): Hicham El Guerrouj tweeted about you with a congratulations and king emoji. What's it mean for someone like that to react to your performance?
A: Ummmmmmm I mean It's cool that people ummmm follow along I guess.
I think that Jakob pretty clearly doesn't care much for El Guerrouj. Reading between the lines, it's either professional jealousy, competitiveness, or suspicion of drug use. A very different reaction to this sort of question than you might get in other situations.
"What's it mean for someone like that to react to your performance"?
Without further evidence or context, it's pretty unfair to assume professional jealousy, competitiveness, or suspicion of drug use based solely on Jakob's response to El Guerrouj's tweet.
If there's one thing we have become aware of Jakob through all of his interviews, it's that Jakob unequivocally focuses on personal performance.
That being said, Jakob has probably (again, and on cue) prioritised his own performance rather than sought external validation. By stating that it's cool people (El G) follow along, it's totally conceivable that Jakob could be emphasising that he's more concerned with his own progress and personal goals rather than seeking approval or validation from others.
Is Jakob not on Twitter anymore? He didn't reply to El G there anyway. I remember when Nick Willis Tweeted congratulations to Jakob on breaking another world junior record or something, and he Tweeted back the gratitude 🙏 emoji.
I don't know and frankly, I don't really care. Left-leaning runners need to stop being such Homosapien about Jakob's lack of formality. He's the Beast right now, live and let live.