Official Day 4 Worlds Discussion Thread - Men's Steeple Final, Women's 1500 final and more (7 pm ET instant reaction show)

Yeah I expected him like Kipngetich to be able to get further up on the backstretch and then cruise up to the first two. His last 100 was quite good but that backstretch was pedestrian by his standards making it far more interesting than I expected.

Men’s 800m (not just the USA) needs to be abolished until we have talent again. Embarrassing

Yeah, no huge names or dominant figures. But Emmanuel Korir and Brazier were both deserving figures undone by injury in Brazier's case and who knows what in Korir's case. They made 1:42s look relaxed.

Amos and that Ethiopian whose name is escaping me were pretty fun for awhile. Never quite capitalized on the promise. Speaking of promising figures -- what happened to Dobek?

The 800 is so weird, turnover like no other event. Who's still good that was good in Doha?

F I N N I S H 🟤 N I P P L E S 🟤

Well Murphy is not going to have to worry about pinning a number on in the semi

Arop looked great

Ahhh, refreshing. Arop looked good, was aware of his surroundings and competitors, ran smart, conserved energy.

Arop like a man among boys here.

LOVE the high five to the Italian runner before the finish. hahaha

I'm taking Arop for gold after watching those heats

I believe Clayton earned the Olympic medal while still under his college coach’s training program. I’m thinking he has an ongoing hamstring or Achilles issue (or both) that is keeping him from full fitness. when he tries to accelerate at the finish, his body tenses up. He has brought up the hamstring in interviews before so I think it’s been an ongoing issue for him

Hahahaha are you embarrassed?

51.77 / 53.28
1:45.05

Arop actually split 51.77 in third place, not particularly hard for a 46.10 / 1:43.26 man who was miles better than the whole heat.

Arop is a baller. Definitely rooting for him to win, and he looked great.

Masalela and English were sitting there for a good 35-40 minutes. Glad it was worth it for them

Loved it, super-weak heat certainly helped. The 800 is competitively bad, but I do think by the Finals it should be full of 1:43 type guys and be a good race like last years final.

Why would he be embarrassed? Pretty sure the final hasn’t happened and Arop and Moula haven’t met.

I watched the three Spaniards who all advanced and all ran smart races. Attaoui let himself get boxed in but hes young and his plan was good; fortunately it was Murphy boxing him in and Murphy opened to pressure the guys on the outside ...

This is why automatic qualifiers is stupid. Just take the 16 fastest times. It produces horrible track and field. The distance junkies will call it 'tactical' racing, but it's actually called boring racing.

Nice close from Barontini.