He ALWAYS has his kick. He just won't go out crazy fast the first lap if what you say is the case. He's the best of the last 100ms than any 800m runner other than maybe Brazier.
Plus he's cool as a cucumber. Dude just knows how to race.
He ALWAYS has his kick. He just won't go out crazy fast the first lap if what you say is the case. He's the best of the last 100ms than any 800m runner other than maybe Brazier.
Plus he's cool as a cucumber. Dude just knows how to race.
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Excellent race. A full 1.00 second PR in his first race in 6 months. For whatever reason the rest of the 800 world seems weak right now. Amos has no consistency, Korir is MIA, the rest of the field nearly a full second behind Hoppel.
That whole Ereng crew has mysteriously gone to the side. Nothing suspicious about that in the least.
Don't know about Emmanuel Korir, but Saruni won the 800 at Music City 1:46.1. Not particularly exciting but a win is a win. Korir of course was a WC finalist in the 400 despite an injury-plagued season.
The 800 is definitely wide open behind Brazier, though Rotich and Tuka can probably be considered as strong competitors to Hopple, despite coming out flat in this one. Korir, Murphy, Kszczot and Amos we shall see. The Canadians have Arop and McBride who are both improving. Vazquez and Kinyamal can still improve tactically. Kramer from Sweden is young and might PB big in Stockholm, and there're some intriguing names on the younger side (Dixon, Burgin, A Hassan).
Korir said a few months back that he had nowhere to run, no tracks to train on, in El Paso.
I mean that might've been true at a point...Definitely tracks are open pretty much now, though.
Great runner with upside potential.