GUTTED for Potato Tim

Potato Tim is a worthy opponent and a great presence on the world stage, who doesn’t love the drama and excitement him and Jakob created

Also gutted for him. Did he wait for .3-4 at the line just to bait in McSweyn and Jakob to take the pace out? If so, why tf did he blast past Jakob in the lead after 400m? He had the potential to win today, but Jakob was amazing today and when Jakob got to draft he was way stronger over the last 100.

Things are looking good.

Potato finally gets dusted.

KIpsang sets a short-lived OR in the semi-final; no medal.

Manangoi exposed as a doper, not even at games.

Jakob's "junior" compatriots -- George Manangoi and Soget -- also nowhere to be found.

Looks like CLEAN dominance is here and Kenya is struggling to compete.

It was a great race but I feel sad for Tim. To run so far under the Olympic record and get runner up...

He’s an incredible athlete. Now the race is on to see which one of them can take on 3:26.00

El Keniano wrote:

This is the one gold medal I was hoping for if Kenya won nothing else. Will need a few days to get over this. The 1500m drought continues.

Yeah. I go home deflated, defeated and devastated.

It's over El K. At least you had a surprise 800m 1-2 to savor. That's likely Kenya's last middle-distance gold for a long, long time.

I feel a little sympathy for potato Tim, because he likely would have won gold last year if the Games hadn't been delayed. However, he was lucky to even be here after coming 4th in the trials. Now Jakob is clearly in a different league. Tim will be fighting with Josh Kerr for silver for the next 3 or 4 years.

Swing low, Tim Cheruiyot

Coming for to plant potatoes

Swing low, Tim Cheruiyot

Coming for to plant potatoes

I look over Iten, and what did I see

Coming for to plant potatoes?

A potato field waiting for me,

Coming for to plant potatoes.

Sometimes I'm up, and sometimes I'm down

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

But still my spuds feel heavenly bound

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

The brightest day that I can say

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

When the my spuds were bought away

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

If I get there before you do

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

I'll cut a hole and harvest a potato

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

If you get there before I do

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

Tell all my friends I'm coming to

(Coming for to plant potatoes)

Swing low, Tim Cheruiyot

Coming for to plant potatoes

Swing low, Tim Cheruiyot

Coming for to plant potatoes

10/10 thanks for the chuckle before I go back to sleep

Tim is a class act

Florida Boy wrote:

https://mobile.twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1423978592757706754

Tim is a class act

That is awesome!

Florida Boy wrote:

https://mobile.twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1423978592757706754

Tim is a class act

fantastic.

show me the person who has a problem with Potato Tim and I'll show you a miserable person. These things need to be highlighted more to show young athletes what it means to be graceful in defeat.

LOL

I was also rooting for Tim. But kudos to him and Jakob and Josh, great race. I know he wanted it, he deserved it, but Jakob was very hard to beat today. No need for sadness!

high school xc coach wrote:

show me the person who has a problem with Potato Tim and I'll show you a miserable person. These things need to be highlighted more to show young athletes what it means to be graceful in defeat.

Facts.

This was a fantastic olympic final among some insanely fast runners. Tim C performed admirably but it just wasn't his day (year?). Plus Jakob and Tim have developed a respectful rivalry on the pro circuit so it is very nice to see such sportsmanship continue between the two.

Oooh. This is interesting. Bernard Ouma and Gert Ingebrigtsen agreed to share pacing duties before hand. And Tim’s hamstring isn’t completely healed.

https://twitter.com/cathal_dennehy/status/1423986557040553992?s=21

Ok. I’m over my disappointment mainly because I see Tim is taking it in his stride. No self-imposed time-out necessary. But sadly for Tim, I don’t see anyone beating Elijah Mangoi in Paris. I actually felt worse when Matt Centrowitz upset Asbel.

At least you own up to it. I respect you for that.

El Keniano wrote:

Ok. I’m over my disappointment mainly because I see Tim is taking it in his stride. No self-imposed time-out necessary. But sadly for Tim, I don’t see anyone beating Elijah Mangoi in Paris. I actually felt worse when Matt Centrowitz upset Asbel.

Manangoi will be 31 in Paris (the same age Jakob will be at the 2032 Olympics). WADA will be watching him like a hawk. You may as well predict a Kiprop gold medal in 24.

But yeah, this was probably the cleanest 1500 final for 40 years, so we should savor it as it might be back to normal by 2024.

El Keniano wrote:

Oooh. This is interesting. Bernard Ouma and Gert Ingebrigtsen agreed to share pacing duties before hand. And Tim’s hamstring isn’t completely healed.

https://twitter.com/cathal_dennehy/status/1423986557040553992?s=21

Ok. I’m over my disappointment mainly because I see Tim is taking it in his stride. No self-imposed time-out necessary. But sadly for Tim, I don’t see anyone beating Elijah Mangoi in Paris. I actually felt worse when Matt Centrowitz upset Asbel.

I was just watching the final again before I saw that tweet, and I was wondering at the curious look Jakob gives to Tim behind him, just before Tim does go to the front. It was like almost panic at Tim not playing ball.

The Africans are no longer dominating the event.

Tim was gracious in defeat giving that bracelet to Jakob. That was honestly great to see and reading now that they worked together to get the top two spots makes it even better. Class act. Congratulations to them both and to Kerr, what a run he nearly had Tim there as well. I knew I should have placed money on Kerr.