YARED MFING NUGUSE 3:43.97

He should have been in there for head to head and run a national record even if he lost. Look at the 400H when 3 guys were just bombing the all time list. 5th Ave mile was a clear dodge for future meet appearance fees as WC and nothing to do with great competition. He missed out but it should be something to look forward to next year in Paris.

10 second PB...I mean...

*paddle paddle, splash splash!*

That race was crazy.

As one of Webb's HS teammates at South Lakes I bid farewell to his great American record. Nuguse freakin smaaaaashed it! wow.

I admire Naguse's humility and respect. In his interview he only showed JI respect that he does make the bar higher for everyone else, but it does not mean he can't beat him one day.

Please stop posting. If you can’t tell from the downvotes, your stupid comments are getting in the way of the thread’s flow.

There is just something about Nuguse's loping stride that should probably concern Ingebrigtsen.

You are correct of course. The standard conversion from having too favorable circumstances to regular is 1.27. So 3:43.97/1.08 = 3:27.38; 3:27.38 x1.27 = 4:23.37. So Nuguse’s run was only worth 4:23.37 for 1500, honestly not that promising.

Hocker ran 3:48.low.

and when I answered two days ago that Y. Nuguse or R. Cheruiyot are potential Olympic champions 2024 in a thread started by Rojo, some didn't believe me.

Unless Laros prove he is resistant in the next two years (which doesn't seems obvious) we have restricted choices

Waiting that time Morocco prepare the next big thing after El Bakkali:

https://i.imgur.com/CKlHJze.jpg

Jawad Khchina already Senior Arab champion of the 1500m this week at the age 16/17.

I don’t even want to get started on “no-talent” Nordas. He closed a 3:29 championship 1500 in under 53 seconds. Now he’s losing to Laros in a 2000 and can’t break 55 seconds for the last lap running from the back in a 3:48.2 mile.

What's questionable? He showed undeniable talent at Notre Dame, running 3:34 solo as a junior and always having great closing speed. Natural closing speed and a massive stride is usually a strong indicator that there's more potential. That's not even mentioning how undertrained he was at ND and how wonky his mechanics were. He had said in an interview that he ate Pop Tarts for breakfast and training took a back seat to school. His improvement this year is not surprising considering how he went from that to training full-time with the best middle distance training squad in the world with proper nutrition under his belt. His mile performance today should not be surprising after his 3:47 indoors closing in 25.9. Anybody who has been following him knew that his Wanamaker Mile performance was a glimpse of what would finally happen once his training caught up with his talent. Nothing questionable if you've been paying attention. His 3:43 was basically all the stars aligning in terms of fitness and having one of if not the the greatest middle-long distance runners of all time basically pace him for the entire race. I didn't see rabid haters calling Hobbs Kessler a doper after dropping a 3:34 1500m after only having run a 4:21 1600m and 2:02 800m the year before. I wonder why.

Tell me, what's his 1500m PB and what's the mile conversion for it?

How fast was the OLD goose?

I honestly cannot believe we're still doing this. Learn how to use the verb "run."

Nuguse is talanted and had a great run, a great stepping stone. But no where near Jacob's level. This was two races: Jacob doing all he work in the last 2 laps and Nuguse hanging on.

Next year Nuguse must activily particpte at the front of the race and challage for the win. He cannot rely on Jacob being the 3rd rabbit.