JBaller33 wrote:
Apparently he just said in an interview that if the DQ holds, he is leaving and will not race the 3,000.
So much about "not being crushed mentally". That's just the icing on the cake, even more unsportsmanlike behavior. Threatening European Athletics to not participate as best European runner in a very important event just because he - rightfully! - got DQ'ed is really at the bottom.
Why can't he just accept the decision and move on and show us what he can do in the 3000? Or is he afraid that he is so crushed mentally that he will lose?
That's the difference between Jakob and other great runners in the past. Geb would have laughed this off and crushed the 3k.
Lewandowski even very much shrugged off congratulations about his 1500m gold, arriving due to Ingebrigtsen's DQ. "No, no, I'm still waiting." That's a true competitor/champion, Jakob might be the fitter runner these days but this behavior is really annoying and bad for the sport.