Brian Komen is another interesting case. He is listed at 25, almost 26. Yet, he has no results at all on IAAF prior to 2023, when he emerged with a 3:33. Now he has knocked off another 5 seconds in a year. Where was all of the developing stage in his career? No 3:40s or 3:37s or 3:35s before last year? Now he drops 5 seconds in one year to a world all-time elite time in his mid-20s. Is there any plausible explanation?
1500 Metres 2023 3:33.84 Golęcin Stadion, Poznan (POL) 18 JUN 2023 2024 3:28.80 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 12 JUL 2024
Brian Komen is another interesting case. He is listed at 25, almost 26. Yet, he has no results at all on IAAF prior to 2023, when he emerged with a 3:33. Now he has knocked off another 5 seconds in a year. Where was all of the developing stage in his career? No 3:40s or 3:37s or 3:35s before last year? Now he drops 5 seconds in one year to a world all-time elite time in his mid-20s. Is there any plausible explanation?
1500 Metres 2023 3:33.84 Golęcin Stadion, Poznan (POL) 18 JUN 2023 2024 3:28.80 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 12 JUL 2024
Oh, there’s an explanation…
Genetic, living on high altitude his whole life, right?
I'm glad someone has enough sense to see this. Too many fanboys trying to worship him. How many guys have run 3:26 and not been winded at all? Looked like he was getting done jogging a 6 minute mile. Defend him all you want but the eye test tells the real story.
Phenomenal race, I think Jakob's the heavy favorite in any race with pacers and wavelights.
But he won't have those in the Olympic final! Kerr still knows exactly what he has to do and exactly what it'll take. Can't wait to see them face off in Paris
The thing about the pacers and lights is that you KNOW the field is roasted going into the last lap so you just worry about the clock. No way in hell anyone has the balls or the margin of fitness to time trial in an Olympic final to drop the field. If Jakob pulled that off I'd be ready to call him 1500 GOAT without the WR. I'm gonna argue that running a PB now isn't necessarily a good thing, as Jakob will once again put faith in a flawed strategy of pacing the field but not being able to drop the likes of Kerr.
I'm glad someone has enough sense to see this. Too many fanboys trying to worship him. How many guys have run 3:26 and not been winded at all? Looked like he was getting done jogging a 6 minute mile. Defend him all you want but the eye test tells the real story.
My favorite femboy logic: he's beating dopers but he's clean.
This. Today’s race means nothing for Paris. We already know Jakob is Super Man when it comes to time trialing. Not having pacing help is his kryptonite in the 1500.
You must be forgetting who won Gold in the 1500m at the last Olympics..
You mean the final potato Tim agreed to pace him in?
Did you just start following track and field today? Jacob has already been in an Olympic final, and he won without pacers or wavelights.
Did you just start following track and field yesterday? Jakob had Tim Cheruiyot as his de facto pacer in that race.
It wasn't even de facto... Tim literally agreed to do that beforehand to secure a medal. He wasn't in shape to beat Jakob and didn't want to leave it to best kickers in a tactical race.
Phenomenal race, I think Jakob's the heavy favorite in any race with pacers and wavelights.
But he won't have those in the Olympic final! Kerr still knows exactly what he has to do and exactly what it'll take. Can't wait to see them face off in Paris
The thing about the pacers and lights is that you KNOW the field is roasted going into the last lap so you just worry about the clock. No way in hell anyone has the balls or the margin of fitness to time trial in an Olympic final to drop the field. If Jakob pulled that off I'd be ready to call him 1500 GOAT without the WR. I'm gonna argue that running a PB now isn't necessarily a good thing, as Jakob will once again put faith in a flawed strategy of pacing the field but not being able to drop the likes of Kerr.
Rudisha and Bekele did that, but we all know Jakob isn't there yet, and I'm actually a Jakob's fan, but I would be blinded by that and think he's invincible. His best chance is still to squeeze that last 800m hard ala El g instead of taking the front from 1100m.
Phenomenal race, I think Jakob's the heavy favorite in any race with pacers and wavelights.
But he won't have those in the Olympic final! Kerr still knows exactly what he has to do and exactly what it'll take. Can't wait to see them face off in Paris
The thing about the pacers and lights is that you KNOW the field is roasted going into the last lap so you just worry about the clock. No way in hell anyone has the balls or the margin of fitness to time trial in an Olympic final to drop the field. If Jakob pulled that off I'd be ready to call him 1500 GOAT without the WR. I'm gonna argue that running a PB now isn't necessarily a good thing, as Jakob will once again put faith in a flawed strategy of pacing the field but not being able to drop the likes of Kerr.
Oh and one more thing... this run must have pumped Kerr up to keep his foot on the throttle through Paris. He's not gonna be complacent. He's putting everything in executing cleaning through the rounds and final. Jakob is gonna convince himself that he can outright win it, and he's going to once again find himself helpless when there are a couple of guys on his shoulder in the last 200.
The thing about the pacers and lights is that you KNOW the field is roasted going into the last lap so you just worry about the clock. No way in hell anyone has the balls or the margin of fitness to time trial in an Olympic final to drop the field. If Jakob pulled that off I'd be ready to call him 1500 GOAT without the WR. I'm gonna argue that running a PB now isn't necessarily a good thing, as Jakob will once again put faith in a flawed strategy of pacing the field but not being able to drop the likes of Kerr.
Rudisha and Bekele did that, but we all know Jakob isn't there yet, and I'm actually a Jakob's fan, but I would be blinded by that and think he's invincible. His best chance is still to squeeze that last 800m hard ala El g instead of taking the front from 1100m.
Yeah, he needs to be the WR holder and even then I am not sure Kerr isn't in superb enough shape to snipe him. I don't know if there is much Jakob can do to control a gold medal outcome. I have no doubt he's going to front run it again because that's how he likes to race and he can guarantee a medal that way if it's fast enough.
Phenomenal race, I think Jakob's the heavy favorite in any race with pacers and wavelights.
But he won't have those in the Olympic final! Kerr still knows exactly what he has to do and exactly what it'll take. Can't wait to see them face off in Paris
The thing about the pacers and lights is that you KNOW the field is roasted going into the last lap so you just worry about the clock. No way in hell anyone has the balls or the margin of fitness to time trial in an Olympic final to drop the field. If Jakob pulled that off I'd be ready to call him 1500 GOAT without the WR. I'm gonna argue that running a PB now isn't necessarily a good thing, as Jakob will once again put faith in a flawed strategy of pacing the field but not being able to drop the likes of Kerr.
This is the same guy who said a few months ago that Jakob wouldn’t even make the olympic final.
Did you just start following track and field today? Jacob has already been in an Olympic final, and he won without pacers or wavelights.
Did you just start following track and field yesterday? Jakob had Tim Cheruiyot as his de facto pacer in that race.
So when it's Jakob out front setting the pace and he gets beat, it's all kudos to the winner 🏆 and proof Jakob is a one-hit wonder at time trialing but can't win in champs races.
But if it's Jakob not in front, and he wins late in champs race, its definitely bc he had a "pacer" and is just displaying his great "time-trialing" skills off that pacer. But has no real racing chops.
Lol
Kiss the ring nerds, this dude is superior to all. Lost some battles, but the war is one-sided (and will be for years to come).
The case for Jakob front running just got a lot better. True, no pacers for 2.5 laps would take a toll, but I am becoming convinced no one is better equipped to pay it in 2024.
At least, as important, it’s getting crowded behind him. That means second place is going to spend a lot of energy in the fight between Kerr, Cheruiyot, Nuguse and 1-2 brave others.
OK, grouping Kerr with the 3rd-place contingency is likely really unfair. But it’s true that he, and certainly all the others, would spend more inefficiencies on the way to starting up their kick. You could see this with Nuguse today. I think he could’ve run 3:28 low, maybe even 3:27 high if he hadn’t had to have fought with Cheruiyot. this, in spite of the fact that Jakob made it look like Nuguse ran a frustratingly slow race.
Well, anyone who wants a chance for silver, and certainly gold, better not let a 5m gap open up already by 800 like they did today.
You hint at why I'm starting to think it' not best for Jakob to make it a time trial. Get to the lead but 56-57 a lap may be good enough - occasionally slow it down, speed it up. You want people coming around Kerr, boxing him in, making Kerr run in lane 2 etc. If Jakob tries to time trial it, Kerr gets to run no extra distance and gets the perfect ride and rabbit much like Jessica Hull in Paris.
I wonder how much Jakob thinks about this. Seriously, it may not be as much as we think as how many humans in the history of the world have been in his spot - not many.
Did you just start following track and field yesterday? Jakob had Tim Cheruiyot as his de facto pacer in that race.
So when it's Jakob out front setting the pace and he gets beat, it's all kudos to the winner 🏆 and proof Jakob is a one-hit wonder at time trialing but can't win in champs races.
But if it's Jakob not in front, and he wins late in champs race, its definitely bc he had a "pacer" and is just displaying his great "time-trialing" skills off that pacer. But has no real racing chops.
Lol
Kiss the ring nerds, this dude is superior to all. Lost some battles, but the war is one-sided (and will be for years to come).
post of the day. these people are so embarrassingly stupid.
Jakob is the 1500m king. Kerr only won bc jakob paced him and was sick. Suck it Kerr. Suck it kerr fans.