I'd agree. On the second to last he need to move up. He clearly had the speed and fitness to finish top 3. Just couldn't make up that ground on the final stretch.
Very pleased to be proven wrong. INCREDIBLE race. Chep is a legend. WOW. Absolutely unreal close, Chep had the position this year with a lap to go & just kept it. Wow wow wow.
Unreal by Grant, good for him. So so close. Gutsy gutsy race.
Great race
It’s not gutsy to run almost a minute over your PR in great conditions and then run the 400 meter dash rather than running the 10k.
Idk how you could watch that race and not think it was good. Super cool to see.
Fischer needs to get into a better position. he’s stuck on the rail too far back.
^^This would have ensured a medal.
Also, Minimal commercials during the M10000. My complaints were heard! Also, is NBC piping in fake fan noise to make the broadcast more interesting? The fan noise was the same at 4 minutes, 24 minutes and finish. The fan noise didn't match the actual fan clapping.
Agreed. He ran awesome - hit fitness is clearly there - but he spotted a few steps to everyone going into the last lap and that was the difference between 4th and a medal. He's now good enough to kick with the best but he's not good enough to kick better than them and make up ground.
Unclear what was awesome about that. He needed to move earlier. He knows he doesn’t have the fastest 100m speed and has the WL. Needed to unbox himself between 1600 and 1200 and be on the shoulder of the leader or in the lead. He was never gonna make up 5m-10m on these guys over 100m
It’s not gutsy to run almost a minute over your PR in great conditions and then run the 400 meter dash rather than running the 10k.
Idk how you could watch that race and not think it was good. Super cool to see.
I don’t deny it was exciting. What would have been more exciting is if the same thing happened with a 26:xx race with everyone giving their best effort. Rather than everyone giving 70% effort for the first half and 85% effort from 5k to 9600 meters.