His better finishes came in very slow races. Look how well he did in a 12:58 race in the last world's.
A kick isn't a designated distance; it's an acceleration of pace, usually at the end of a race. His best finishes were in a sustained drive for home and not a sudden acceleration; if he had real kick he wouldn't have been repeatedly outsprinted by his competitors over his favoured distance, the 1500m. He has competed far fewer occasions over the 5k; the better competitive record is from those who ran it more often and won more often - and usually with a kick. Bekele and Farah are obvious examples. But El G was also better in Athens than Ingebrigtsen has shown, by outkicking prime Bekele. The measure of a great kick isn't measured by time but the way a runner disposes of their competition at the finish. He isn't the greatest. And now there is no chance he will be.
What a load of nonsense. The splits don’t lie. Jakob has the fastest last 400, 1000, 2000, and 3000 out of any runner ever at a global 5000m championship, so he has the best kick ever. None of your word salad will change that.
He doesn't understand the sport. His sole intent, as stated by him, is to come here and annoy people. He is like a cancer. Nothing good has ever come from him and he is happy being a nuisance.
That's what you get from a guy who made hos living pushing a button but who somehow wants to be relevant.
He was injured for months. Either you are dishonest or you don't understand training and racing. Well, we know it's both.
Tall poppy syndrome at its best.
He wasn't competing injured. If he had been he wouldn't have entered. He had no finish. No kick. That isn't lack of training, since it wasn't fatigue that got him but a lack of finishing power. As I said, he doesn't have a great kick; he wins because he has had superior endurance. No longer.
What a load of nonsense. The splits don’t lie. Jakob has the fastest last 400, 1000, 2000, and 3000 out of any runner ever at a global 5000m championship, so he has the best kick ever. None of your word salad will change that.
He doesn't understand the sport. His sole intent, as stated by him, is to come here and annoy people. He is like a cancer. Nothing good has ever come from him and he is happy being a nuisance.
That's what you get from a guy who made hos living pushing a button but who somehow wants to be relevant.
You guys always have to play the man when you encounter opinions you don't like. That's how your arguments always fail.
He was injured for months. Either you are dishonest or you don't understand training and racing. Well, we know it's both.
Tall poppy syndrome at its best.
He wasn't competing injured. If he had been he wouldn't have entered. He had no finish. No kick. That isn't lack of training, since it wasn't fatigue that got him but a lack of finishing power. As I said, he doesn't have a great kick; he wins because he has had superior endurance. No longer.
He didn't have the time to train properly, you idiot.
He doesn't understand the sport. His sole intent, as stated by him, is to come here and annoy people. He is like a cancer. Nothing good has ever come from him and he is happy being a nuisance.
That's what you get from a guy who made hos living pushing a button but who somehow wants to be relevant.
You guys always have to play the man when you encounter opinions you don't like. That's how your arguments always fail.
Everything I wrote is correct. You have no arguments and that's why you always fail.
Almost 11 p.m. in Sydney. Got more than an hour to be an ass, right? Enjoy.
He doesn't understand the sport. His sole intent, as stated by him, is to come here and annoy people. He is like a cancer. Nothing good has ever come from him and he is happy being a nuisance.
That's what you get from a guy who made hos living pushing a button but who somehow wants to be relevant.
You guys always have to play the man when you encounter opinions you don't like. That's how your arguments always fail.
Dumb, Farah finished in 2009 (age 26, older than Jakob now) in 56+.
He wasn't competing injured. If he had been he wouldn't have entered. He had no finish. No kick. That isn't lack of training, since it wasn't fatigue that got him but a lack of finishing power. As I said, he doesn't have a great kick; he wins because he has had superior endurance. No longer.
He didn't have the time to train properly, you idiot.
Where did he say that? Are you presuming to speak for him now?
You guys always have to play the man when you encounter opinions you don't like. That's how your arguments always fail.
Everything I wrote is correct. You have no arguments and that's why you always fail.
Almost 11 p.m. in Sydney. Got more than an hour to be an ass, right? Enjoy.
I don't live in Sydney. But here you are doing exactly what I said - playing the man. If I have no arguments - as you claim - then why are you continually exerting yourself to dispute what I say? You are threatened by non-arguments? Yep.
You guys always have to play the man when you encounter opinions you don't like. That's how your arguments always fail.
Dumb, Farah finished in 2009 (age 26, older than Jakob now) in 56+.
Farah won many more distance global golds than Ingebrigtsen has - or will - because of his finish. Ingebrigtsen has shown he is unlikely to make the podium again in a global championship. His supposed kick isn't going to change that.
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Dumb, Farah finished in 2009 (age 26, older than Jakob now) in 56+.
But you still might be right, Dumb, in 2016, Jakob finished in 62+.
If you weren't in the lowest standard deviation for IQ on this site you would know that at his peak Farah obtained many more global championship victories than Ingebrigtsen has - and he did it with his superior finish to his competitors. There is no guarantee that Ingebrigtsen will regain his form or even improve with his demonstrated susceptibility to injury.
Everything I wrote is correct. You have no arguments and that's why you always fail.
Almost 11 p.m. in Sydney. Got more than an hour to be an ass, right? Enjoy.
I don't live in Sydney. But here you are doing exactly what I said - playing the man. If I have no arguments - as you claim - then why are you continually exerting yourself to dispute what I say? You are threatened by non-arguments? Yep.
I have arguments. I followed Jakob's training. You have nothing but ignorance, tall poppy syndrome and lies about where you live.
Dumb, Farah finished in 2009 (age 26, older than Jakob now) in 56+.
Farah won many more distance global golds than Ingebrigtsen has - or will - because of his finish. Ingebrigtsen has shown he is unlikely to make the podium again in a global championship. His supposed kick isn't going to change that.
Or will? Big words, from a big head, who said Jakob wouldn't get Komen's records.
Very funny to declare someone as a has been who will never be successful again when they start the season with breaking the indoor 1500 and mile world record in the same race and end the season with running the fastest championship 5000 of their career off a few weeks of proper training
He doesn't understand the sport. His sole intent, as stated by him, is to come here and annoy people. He is like a cancer. Nothing good has ever come from him and he is happy being a nuisance.
That's what you get from a guy who made hos living pushing a button but who somehow wants to be relevant.
You guys always have to play the man when you encounter opinions you don't like. That's how your arguments always fail.
Your arguments are weak and make no sense. My claim is that Jakob has the greatest kick in 5000m history. He showed that in 2023 and 2024 when he was at his best. The splits I showed in my original post were compared to every other 5000m global championship since 1972. When comparing, he has the fastest last 400, 1000, 2000, and 3000 out of any other runner. You then made irrelevant comparisons to Farah and El Guerrouj. Not a single one of Farah’s finals were finished as fast as Jakob’s. So yes, Farah is more accomplished but he has never demonstrated a kick as fast as Jakob’s. Same for El Guerrouj. His final 400 in Athens was slower than Jakob’s in Budapest and the last 1000, 2000, and 3000 were also slower.
Armstronglivs knows Jakob came in with less than top condition due to injury. Just because he lined up doesn’t mean he was at his best. Someone like Kerr for example, wouldn’t have run at all if he’d missed that much build-up.
Armstronglivs is a bitter old flit, torn between his physical attraction to Jakob and the fact that Jakob likes women and is happily married. It’s that simple. Those truths stated, most people consider a ‘kick’ the acceleration at the very end of the 5k, the last lap. Jakob has never run a 52 last 400 in any race close to 12:58. He is not that kind of racer or runner.