HOLY CRAP WHAT A MEET in Lievin today (2 p.m. ET) -- Ingebrigtsens, Hassan, Barega, Muir, & tons more

seasoned ranker wrote:

Norwiegh Broz wrote:

Will Jakob break 3:30 indoors?? Or is he using this as rust buster and get destroyed by Gressier?

No to both.

Easiest prediction ever.

Funny in the interview --

Interviewer: You broth Hicham El Guerrouj's meet record. What do you think about that?

Jakob: I guess it means I'm faster than him.

Baba Yaga wrote:

Giles destroys the field in 1:45:49

Bosse completely crashed out.

Coevett should be able to get halfway excited about that performance.

Pacing did slow down too much after going out too fast (27.15) to get the record, but he looked very good in those parts of the race that France 4 deigned to show around its triple jumper deciding whether to jump, which they absolutely could not have shown on tape after the race.

He said it was very easy, so he is in outstanding form already. Impressive how much he put on the field. He should be able to get that world record next time out with better pacing, but it's not necessarily worth getting when the real prize is the outdoor season, whether that means Olympics or Diamond League alone.

jabouko wrote:

wonderful- long jump time.

EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED

Unreal to cut there when I think they showed us the entire women's 3k (which I was happy with). Missed the break but what a dominant run.

3000m next

The 1500 results are pretty strange. Beyond Jakob’s impressive win, which was predictable, most of the favorites wound up in the last spots. Posters mentioned Birgen had broken away with Jakob, but he finished 10th, 7.5 seconds back. Tefera (11th) ran the same time as Birgen, and Filip finished last in 3:40.

I guess you must be happy if you’re Lewandowski right now—2nd in 3:36 is a step in the right direction.

So Tefera bonk while trying to follow Ingebrigtsen with 3 laps to go. Amazing speed endurance display by the norwegian.

Zango, pending indoor TJ world record holder, is not even French. He went to a university in France, but competes for Burkina Faso, yet they interrupt half the 1500m for a jump.

I wanted to add that Bergen is Norwegian; Birgen is Kenyan.

predictions on this 3000m

Barega 7:32

John Wesley Harding wrote:

The 1500 results are pretty strange. Beyond Jakob’s impressive win, which was predictable, most of the favorites wound up in the last spots. Posters mentioned Birgen had broken away with Jakob, but he finished 10th, 7.5 seconds back. Tefera (11th) ran the same time as Birgen, and Filip finished last in 3:40.

I guess you must be happy if you’re Lewandowski right now—2nd in 3:36 is a step in the right direction.

Lewandowski's speed puts him in the medal hunt in the majority of WC/Oly finals provided he is at least in around 3:34 shape. Although in the era of Cheruiyot, depending on how many people follow Tim's hot pace, that may not go as far as it would in any other era.

Lewandowski is by no means done. He made the shift to 1500m only in the last few years and has medals to show for it, finishing ahead of Jakob. In a slower championship race, he remains very much the threat to Jakob. But with Jakob and Cheruiyot both depending on getting away from the field with a very fast pace, Lewandowski will have his hands full in the Olympics or World's this year or next year.

birdbeard wrote:

John Wesley Harding wrote:

The 1500 results are pretty strange. Beyond Jakob’s impressive win, which was predictable, most of the favorites wound up in the last spots. Posters mentioned Birgen had broken away with Jakob, but he finished 10th, 7.5 seconds back. Tefera (11th) ran the same time as Birgen, and Filip finished last in 3:40.

I guess you must be happy if you’re Lewandowski right now—2nd in 3:36 is a step in the right direction.

Lewandowski's speed puts him in the medal hunt in the majority of WC/Oly finals provided he is at least in around 3:34 shape. Although in the era of Cheruiyot, depending on how many people follow Tim's hot pace, that may not go as far as it would in any other era.

I axrually think it may be more of a benefit in the Cheruiyot era. The Doha final showed that if some try and go with Tim and aren't in shape, they will get burned by Marcin

I just noticed on Mondo's clearance at 5.86m that he had K-Tape on the back of his right hamstring. No wonder then that he decided to retire from the competition.

This 3k is strange, first pacer drops off early, now someone drops a 29 second 200 looking like they are going all out...

jabouko wrote:

birdbeard wrote:

Lewandowski's speed puts him in the medal hunt in the majority of WC/Oly finals provided he is at least in around 3:34 shape. Although in the era of Cheruiyot, depending on how many people follow Tim's hot pace, that may not go as far as it would in any other era.

I axrually think it may be more of a benefit in the Cheruiyot era. The Doha final showed that if some try and go with Tim and aren't in shape, they will get burned by Marcin

Yeah, he can definitely pick the up scraps of Tim's wreckage. Just matters how many scraps there are.

I think with the ascension of Jakob and the younger guys (McSweyn, Gressier, Tefera, probably some dudes I am forgetting) there are going to be enough guys that can run 3:28-3:31 to leave Marcin behind as long as they are just hanging on to Tim for dear life.

Jakob I : 3'31"80 !!! Far, far

2k in 5:01...about 6min with three laps to go and Barega and Waly and Girma racing HARD