Yared who? Jakob MF Ingebrigtsen DESTROYS Nuguse's WR - 3:45.14!!

Aussiestatman wrote:

VIPAM wrote:

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Yared still have the honour of being a former WR holder no matter the length of time.

And it far from the shortest period to hold a WR

High hopes wrote:

Remember when Hassan held the the 10000m WR for a single day

Purrwegian wrote:

High hopes wrote:

Remember when Hassan held the the 10000m WR for a single day

Two. Sifan got the record on June 6, 2021, and Gidey broke it on the 8th. Both on the same track in Hengelo, but separate meets.

asuasu wrote:

Won't make up for being totally destroyed by Cole, Kerr, and Yared at the Olympics in 2024. Mile/1500 is a racing distance. Beat real competitors and you are good. Lose badly at the big race and you're a joke. Currently he's a joke at this distance. Still a great 5000 guy, for the same reasons.

EvilRunner wrote:

you heard it here first!

rojo wrote:

Wow. Wow. Wow. Super impressive.

Average_runner wrote:

Jakob has a gold olympic medal at this distance and the fastest 1500m runner out there right now,, what does Kerr have?

High hopes wrote:

Peach Pit wrote:

Huge run, split 3:29, nice squeeze down at the end. Worth like 3:28 low and it's only February. Praying he stays healthy through Monaco. I think Hocker is gonna be good enough to challenge him, but honestly Jakob is looking so good right now, he might still be able to outrun Hocker (and the rest) from the front if he goes out a little bit slower.

People have been saying the same thing every year since 2021. And every year, someone else has peaked better than him and ran a smarter race in the big event. Maybe this year he manages to win the 1500 in the way that he wants to, but I'm not betting my house in him just yet

High hopes wrote:

Average_runner wrote:

Jakob has a gold olympic medal at this distance and the fastest 1500m runner out there right now,, what does Kerr have?

You might not like Kerr, but let's not pretend he isn't an accomplished runner. The guy is the reigning World Champion, has two Olympic medals, a World Indoor gold, and a World's Best in the indoor 2-mile. if you were ranking the 1500 guys over this strange period where we have had a global champs every year since 2021, Kerr would be second behind Jakob but well ahead of anyone you want to put in third place. Only two men have three medals from the last four global champs: Jakob and Kerr.

wejo wrote:

High hopes wrote:

People have been saying the same thing every year since 2021. And every year, someone else has peaked better than him and ran a smarter race in the big event. Maybe this year he manages to win the 1500 in the way that he wants to, but I'm not betting my house in him just yet

This analysis seems spot on.

To win from the front I think you need to be 2 seconds better than everyone else. Will Jakob try the same thing for the 4th straight year?

If they had pacing lights at Worlds I'd like Jakob's chances a bit better. But trying to lead from the gun and get the pacing perfectly right has been 0/3 so far.

I honestly wonderr if Jakob lost a few races before Worlds if it might help him slightly change his tactics.

Eliud Bekele wrote:

We probably would have seen 3:44:x if he aimed for the mile time exclusively. He clearly surged to get the 1500 record and jogged it in for the last 100 in ~15.3

Peach Pit wrote:

Huge run, split 3:29, nice squeeze down at the end. Worth like 3:28 low and it's only February. Praying he stays healthy through Monaco. I think Hocker is gonna be good enough to challenge him, but honestly Jakob is looking so good right now, he might still be able to outrun Hocker (and the rest) from the front if he goes out a little bit slower.

Jawan T 24 wrote:

Jakoby is just a time trialer. He not can racing in races that matters. 0-3 in 1500 metres.