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last 400 was 54.67. But that's from McSweyn to Jakob finish so Jakob closed in something like 54.4

2.46.82 at 1200 - in the results they have McSweyn leading at that split but it was clearly Jakob - so he puts down a 40.32 last 300 which is by far his best finish we have seen - even in slower races.

This was an interesting one - the pacers got out a little fast (54.6) and J.I lost contact just a fraction there before working up to McSweyn between 1000-1100m. I don't know - feel like we missed out on seeing a sub 27 there even though this was a sensational run.

Very good run by ShaCarri! Way to stick with it even though she was behind a bit with a mediocre start. I hope she improves the start a little bit.

craziest stat to me is the Swoboda has never gone sub-11. Shes a 7.00 indoor 60 runner.

i thought i recalled McSweyn with a few meters on Jakob through 1200. are you sure?

Ewa was doing that well before him.

Yes, 2:32.7 for Ingebrigtsen (by my eye) at the bell, which gives 54.4 for his last lap like you said. The pacers did a great job but I do think if they were a little less aggressive we might have seen 3:26. Jakob actually did quite a bit of work on his own since there was a gap between him and McSweyn for much of the race.

Speaking of Mcsweyn, he has to be feeling good, having run 3:32 in Lausanne and now this 2:46. It’s looking like his sub 3:30 days aren’t behind him just yet.

What do you mean nobody running fast. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to run 10.00? Anyone that can run 10.10 or faster is running incredibly fast.

I checked the replay and Jakob had almost completely closed the gap by 1200. McSweyn looked to be just a hair in front of him.

Pretty hard to complain about having 3 pacers including Stewart McSweyn; it may not have been perfect but in the historical context it was pretty damn good. Jakob laid off the pacers because he knows he’ll run a faster time if he doesn’t go too deep too early, but working back to McSweyn must have been a great psychological help mid race.

Jakob’s 100m splits: 13.7 - 14.0 - 14.1 - 14.0 - 14.0 - 14.0 - 14.0 - 13.8 - 13.9 - 13.8 - 13.8 - 13.8 - 13.5 - 13.4 - 13.3

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Yeah I guess my brand of sarcastic humor doesn’t always travel well online.

So I thought that too but I went back on the peacock broadcast and rewatched it. As they come round that bend McS starts to move out into lane 2, Jakob comes through and I am sure he hits it first. I said "clearly" - that's incorrect - it's very close. We can check the replay when the race is posted.

Either way for the sake of his last 300 he's in the low 40's no matter what which is incredibly promising. When I saw the 1200 flash up I was wondering if he was even going to beat his Oslo performance but this was a superb finish and adds new optimism to his prospects because I think he can definitely be faster through 1200m and do what he did today.

That tattoo of a handgun on the inside of her bicep kinda sets her apart.

It's about at 60 meters where they start to reel her in. She just doesn't have the closing speed.

I was going to say she needs a really fast opening split because her second lap isn't strong enough right now. But I'm not sure what to make of it.

At US she went 58.54/1:02.66. Here, she went 58.0/1:00.09.

Is going half a second faster really helping her roll through the second lap? Or is being in front hurting her mentally (she was in 2nd at US, and 8th here)? I don't know what to make of it. I'm a huge fan of hers, and would love to see her rip it up at US nats.

Official splits have him at 40.24 last 300 and 54.04 last 400.

1500 splits

J to Norwegian media (my translation, not direct).

It was really good, and the best I could hope for. I hoped I could go below 3.28, and thanks to great pacers and a great day I did.

When asked about the pacers being a bit in front he says that he was nervous before the race and think that might have influenced them to be abit more cautious, however he does not complain and say that it was great help running behind McSweyn.

Absolutely. Really smart running. But I think she may have done this too many times this year. An advantage to this kind of tactical running is the element of surprise. If Wightman had done what he did to Ingebritsen in a DL race a month before the WC, he would not have been a world champion. Jakob would not have let him pass him with 200m to go in the final. I think that Moraa has been successful with her tactics, but if I'm KH I don't let her slow down the pace of the race again. Moraa may still beat KH (she's improved her times this year and she has shown she's able to run weirdly paced races). But she will have to do it in a different way.

imagine being so talented, but your desire to beat the twins (that don’t care about you back) is overshadowing any rational decision you make. sad really.

You’re forgetting that Athing Mu is going to win in Budapest.

Moraa’s tactics are tough to beat for Keely because a) she’s likely capable of a similar flat-out time b) she has better sprint speed so Keely can’t beat her to the pole position and c) she’s got an exceptional knack for both going out lightning quick and later having a distinct sprint finish - hard to do in a reasonably fast 800.