Official 2024 Silesia DL Thread: Will the 800m and 3000m WRs Go Down?

28 years, right? Many thought 7:20 was King Of WRs.

Aregawi ran 7:21 and got his doors blown off that last lap wtf is that the strongest track WR? People said 7:20 was, and look at these splits:

1 58.59
2 58.92
3 59.10
4 59.38
5 59.07
6 57.46
7 55.4

Did he run it on Pure Hate?

lol no sh1t

He could set the 5k world record fairly easily. 7:17 in the 3k might be the strongest distance record now on the men's side.

Some need a break - every time i see mcsweyn out there i just want him to call it a season and get right.

Why wouldn’t it be 3:26.00?

Seriously! can we bury that theory now?

I think it's safe to say Jakob is the diamond league goat. Makes every event he runs interesting, and generally brought back going with the pacemaker. And wins most of them

I'm Jakob's biggest pacer/fake race critic, but I feel a bit bad for him that the 3000/2 mile is the strongest distance in his profile. I think if he gave up the 1500 and put all his effort into the 5000, he could break the WR at a major championship

something like 1:53 final 800. 3:51 final 1600.

ya no. there was no strategy to break him in paris.

he is a 5000 meter runner with a fetish for the 1500. which he also happens to be ARGUABLY the best in the world at.

It was the King of WRs. The best of the best (Geb, Bekele, El G, etc.) took serious shots at it and couldn’t come close.

Worth 1319 points, so it's pretty damn close

Edit: Only stronger men's distance record right now is the men's marathon at 1336 points - Not sure about the women's marathon/half marathon

WA scoring table wise this sick 3000m equates more like a 3.24 high

The weather was far cry from optimal. 5m/s wind speed and 85F

Yeah I felt the same with George Mills. Have a break. Reset then back to training and racing a bit fresher.

I would love to see him try that in the remaining meets.

I think Jakob is more of an endurance runner. I think 3:26 will be broken by himself or another runner in the next 5 years.

I honestly think Yared has the best shot at it. But we will see.

Surprised almost everyone else ran poorly. Was it the heat?