eagleeye wrote:
Occam's razor, folks. He has basically had one long, continuous season since not qualifying for the 800m US team in Paris '24 with little to show for it in terms of results. He finally achieved something notable with all that fitness (WR). Sounds like an excellent time to take a step back and recover.
He beat Wonyoni to win a DL 800m in August and set a 600m short track WR in December, which seems like more than "little to show for it."