It's not ideal timing for sure, but congrats to them. Maybe it will give Jakob a second wind - he said himself he has been struggling with motivation after the 2020 (2021) Olympics.
Some people are saying this, but I don't see why.
A couple of points:
- In Scandinavia, women (and men) each get long paid parental leave. Even if Jakob's wife wants to work like most Scandi women, she can go off at any point. It's not as if she will be back to the factory floor in June while Jakob minds the baby.
- Have you people had kids? My wife and I were both off of work for a few months before our first kid came, and I have never been more relaxed. Wake, run, eat, hang out, run, sleep, etc. There is actually not much to do if your life is organized.
Honestly, how many kids does Rupp have? How'd he pull that off?
Jakob should have no problem putting up Rupp-like results, even with a bit less sleep. A silver, a bronze, and 4ths and 5ths -- he could do that working out once a day.
It's not ideal timing for sure, but congrats to them. Maybe it will give Jakob a second wind - he said himself he has been struggling with motivation after the 2020 (2021) Olympics.
Some people are saying this, but I don't see why.
A couple of points:
- In Scandinavia, women (and men) each get long paid parental leave. Even if Jakob's wife wants to work like most Scandi women, she can go off at any point. It's not as if she will be back to the factory floor in June while Jakob minds the baby.
- Have you people had kids? My wife and I were both off of work for a few months before our first kid came, and I have never been more relaxed. Wake, run, eat, hang out, run, sleep, etc. There is actually not much to do if your life is organized.
Good post! And Jakob’s wife is an academic -“doesn’t have to go back to the factory floor” at all…
I think we might have seen Jakob's peak last year.
Yes, I'm extremely sorrowful about this baby jinx!!! I think even Rojo's upbeat attitude towards Jakob cannot reverse my electromagnetic observation that forming of new mass-energy in the baby must most definitely consume Jakob's own nervous system energy in a way that taxes and punishes his 1500m high-performance capacity!!
Sorry but there goes the 1500m gold to Josh Kerr already, mark my words dear all! Physics don't lie, Physics don't fail, Physics is prescient and is avant-garde!!!! I, Khamis, am Physics in and of itself!!! I say that Jakob has forfeited the gold most assuredly by Physics!
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Hey listen to me man, when I say it's over it's over, there is no dispute about that!!! I'm RF clairvoyant, which means my system of knowledge allows to calculate accurately into the future with the help of Physics! Jakob has forfeited the 1500m gold in Paris already due to the diversion of energy to form a baby! In a cut-throat event like 1500m, every single bandwidth of energy is precious and counts!!! There cannot be a bandwidth called 'baby', ain't no way!!!
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Honestly, this is just about the worst timing to have a kid with the Olympics in the horizon, but if anyone can handle it, it’s him.
Nah nah nah, you are misguided. Jakob don't set the laws of Physics you know? It's Christ Jesus who did so amen!!! Jakob's nervous system is no longer the same after 1) having sexual intercourse with his wife, and 2) impregnating her with a baby. The nervous system that carried to 2021 Olympic gold is no longer the same one that will propel him to 2024 bronze!!! Yes, I envision a bronze for him at best, with Josh Kerr, Nuguse, Hobbs, Narve in the 1st 2 positions.
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