He is listed at 6'2", what do you think his weight is? Jacob is also listed at 6'2". I was surprised they were both this tall. I would have guessed 5'11". 6'2" seems on the tall side, especially for a 5K runner in Jingy. El G was 5'9". Coe was 5'9". Morceli was 5'9". Steve Cram 6'1".
These new guys are tall! 5'9" seems like the sweet spot.
Niels Laros is listed at 5'9 so we know these guys haven't been measured. Cole Hocker at 5'10 is one that stands out as hard to believe. With Kerr I think he could be a legit 6 1 and you have a pretty bad eye for height if you estimated Jakob and Kerr were below 6ft. My perspective is that as men rounding 6'1.3 up to 6'2 is par for the course but upping yourself more than an inch is a violation of reality.
Yomif Kejelcha is reportedly 6’1” which I found to be sort of surprising. He just seems to be towering over the rest of the fields he races in and maybe he does since the 5 & 10 runners are generally smaller than most 1500 guys. I guess that I would expect him to be closer to 6’3” or something.
thinner or not, if Jakob takes it out from the start Kerr stands no shot at beating him. Big difference between a 3:29 and 3:26
I find it hard to believe Kerr is a maximum potential 3:29 guy right now. Imma drop the prediction that 3 guys break 3:28 in the final and Kerr will be one of them.
I’m a Jakob see-u-see-kay but I think he’s in trouble. Kerr was the only person who looked unassailable in the rounds. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a Centro like performance from him. Except <3:30 rather than 3:50.
There is a reason they call it "the lightness" and it is seemingly used by many elites in sports where 'excess' weight minimization is important (e.g. distance running, sprinting, cycling, climbing).
All athletes in the testing pool should commit to releasing their prescriptions for performance-enhancing prescriptions like L-Thyroxine and Ventolin, including TUEs where applicable.
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