This. At best Jacob gets 7 - 8 golds: 4 would be pretty much gauranteed - 800, 1500, 5k, 10k, and 2 would be very likely - marathon (if he doesn't get too tired from running everything else), and 3k steeple (if he can not fall down over hurdles), and maybe two more are a stretch - 400 (think he could go sub 50 based on his kicks - he's closed in 23 sec 200 for a 1500m/5k, definitely needs Sydney not to run, which she isn't, and he would struggle with the blocks).
Now lets look at the top ranked decathlete, Pierce Lepage's PBs
100 Metres - 10.28 200 Metres - 20.83 400 Metres - 46.84 1500 Metres - 4:31.85 110 Metres Hurdles - 13.77 High Jump - 2.09 (womens season best is 2.10) Pole Vault - 5.25 (womens season best is 4.92) Long Jump - 7.80 (womens season best is 7.22) Triple Jump - 14.14 (womens season best is 15.01) Shot Put - 15.99 (womens season best is 20.68, but dif weight) Discus Throw - 53.26 (womens season best is 73.09, but dif weight) Javelin Throw - 63.09 (womens season best is 66.7, but dif weight)
So it looks like he would be lock at gold in 7 events (100, 200, 400, 100h, long jump, and pole vault, heptathlon) and would have an excellent chance in the high jump, 400h, and javeline (given the different weight/length), but he quite far from the top discus and shot putters such that I doubt the different weight would allow him to get into the gold contention. He also has a good chance at the 800m with a 46.84 400m PB, and a 4:31 PB in the 1500m at the end of the decathlon. Canada also has reasonable 4x100 and 4x400 teams so having a 46 low split or his rediculous 100m split could get them close to a gold. Oh and lets not forget the heptathlon
I'd put the expected number of golds at ~10, which is way more than Jakob could do.
Jakob closing in a 23 is some new fantasy I've never heard of. Next week the Jakob freaks will be saying he's closed in a 22. Then 21. And finally, "Jakob could probably give Noah Lyles a run for his money if he practiced blocks for a week."
Was clearly a typo ... meant to say 26 sec ... Obviously if I thought he was closing in 23 off of 5k/1500 races then I wouldn't be arguing he was unlikely to win gold in the 400m.
Off a 5k/1500 a 39.0 for the final 300m is respectable (52.0 pace). Think sub 50 might be likely, but definitely a stretch to say he could win gold even without Sydney racing the 400m.
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