Getting ready for Friday's European 1500 men's final - Can the Ingebrigtsens sweep? Who has the edge?

El Keniano wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

Wow! The elder Ingebrigtsens put Jakob out to slaughter with two laps to go by allowing him to take the lead, but he held off a hard charging Lewandowski to claim the victory! This kid has an incredible feel for racing.

Wasn’t the smartest strategy. Did the guys with the fast PRs think they could beat fast finishers like Lewadowski in a slow race? Exciting to race nevertheless.

My guess is the 3 brothers, knowing they had the fastest PRs in the race, decided on an El G type strategy where they slowly wind up the race over the last couple laps and run away from the field rather than waiting until the last 300m to try and kick away. Only worked for one brother.

According to Gjert. Jakob is ready for tomorrow. This race was not too hard on him since most of the competitors just let him be in charge.

Crazy to have a champion born in 2000.

Crazy to have three brothers in the final.

Crazy to have three European champions in the same family.

Crazy that his coach/dad has no running background or coaching experience.

And you have to be crazy to do this when you are 17.

Youngest european champion in any event ever.

The way Jakob dragged/led this race through from 700 to victory also leads me to believe he will emerge victorious in tomorrow's 5000.

Australia, the newest European country ?

Seriously ?

reed wrote:

Marcin Lewandoski was in basically last place for most of the race, gets into about 8th with 100 to go and mows down the field to get 2nd by half a meter. very good run from him, although it will obviously be overshadowed by Jacob

It's never a good idea to be in "basically last place" with 400m to go in a tactical race.

george oscar bluth wrote:

reed wrote:

Marcin Lewandoski was in basically last place for most of the race, gets into about 8th with 100 to go and mows down the field to get 2nd by half a meter. very good run from him, although it will obviously be overshadowed by Jacob

It's never a good idea to be in "basically last place" with 400m to go in a tactical race.

You know nothing about competitive running.

Go tell that to Rui Silva.

....or Dave Wottle

Here is the full race video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jUcSrMHLrQ

If that gets taken down, here are screenshots from the race.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/08/17-year-old-jakob-ingebrigtsen-wins-2018-european-1500-title/

Croze wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Wasn’t the smartest strategy. Did the guys with the fast PRs think they could beat fast finishers like Lewadowski in a slow race? Exciting to race nevertheless.

Henrik possibly didn't get a medal because Filip slowed down, and Filip would've gotten a medal had his back not been fucked up.

Not saying Henrik for sure would've taken a medal, but Filip without back problems would've taken the Gold. Pretty good tactic if you ask me.

Update: Jakob started to think it was one lap left when closing in on the finish line, thats why he slowed down. He wondered if he had f*cked up and started one lap too early.

Croze wrote:

Croze wrote:

Henrik possibly didn't get a medal because Filip slowed down, and Filip would've gotten a medal had his back not been fucked up.

Not saying Henrik for sure would've taken a medal, but Filip without back problems would've taken the Gold. Pretty good tactic if you ask me.

Update: Jakob started to think it was one lap left when closing in on the finish line, thats why he slowed down. He wondered if he had f*cked up and started one lap too early.

If that's true, it is a good thing he is fast because he's dumb as a box of rocks.

From watching the video, Filip spotted everyone a good half second with his poor start.

walter j wrote:

From watching the video, Filip spotted everyone a good half second with his poor start.

On purpose.