Cattle Ranch wrote:
If I’m a betting man, and I’ve witnessed declines by a megastar like this several times over the years…I believe we are witnessing the beginning of the end of Jakob Ingebrigtsen. More frequent injuries is a sure sign of decline as well as several years of high level winning performances. Everyone has their breaking point. It normally happens out of nowhere.
Jakob was so convinced the sky was the limit. I almost guarantee we will never see him compete over 5k again and that his 5ks and 1500s from here on in will be mediocre at best. Next year he’ll be bounce back a little but slower and then get re-injured and after 2026, I bet anything we will never see him on a start list again. I’ve seen this negative trajectory too often in the past to be naive.
Jakob had a great career. He is done.
You must’ve lost a lot of money by betting