The age group phenomenon who some have been comparing to Ingebrigtsen continues to impress. The 17-year old ,who won European U-20 xc by 25 seconds in December , ran 13:42 on the roads in Monaco over the weekend.
Monaco Run 5 Km Herculis (4th)
1. Axel Vang Christensen, 17, DEN, 13:42 PB/WL/NR U20/U23
2. Raphael Montoya, FRA, 13:43
3. Vidar Johansson, SWE, 13:46 PB
If you aren't familiar with him.
At age 15. he ran 14:06 5,000m & 9:06 steeple
At age 16, he ran 7:59 and 13:44.
Wait, he won the Monaco 5k??
Top 30 here and please look at the link at the bottom for the full result . I’m not sure if this is the same course where Cheptegei won last year.
112 Michelle Kimberley Johnson (British School), Mougins. 20:03 (born 1973), 49 years old.
I was very impressed by this result by this 49-year-old Female British school teacher.
103 Jean Francois Isoardi (Ville de Nice Cavigal) (born 1954) 19:49 (68 years old!) i’m guessing that this has to be a world class time by someone in that age group close to 70 years old. this guy is an absolute monster.
rojo wrote:
The age group phenomenon who some have been comparing to Ingebrigtsen continues to impress. The 17-year old ,who won European U-20 xc by 25 seconds in December , ran 13:42 on the roads in Monaco over the weekend.
Monaco Run 5 Km Herculis (4th)
1. Axel Vang Christensen, 17, DEN, 13:42 PB/WL/NR U20/U23
2. Raphael Montoya, FRA, 13:43
3. Vidar Johansson, SWE, 13:46 PBIf you aren't familiar with him.
At age 15. he ran 14:06 5,000m & 9:06 steeple
At age 16, he ran 7:59 and 13:44.
Tough to compare anyone to Jakob. On the style of runner at the very least he seems to be prioritizing the 5K more than Jakob whose best marks were 1500/mile.
To be clear, Jakob's best age 17 performance as 3:31.2 which pre-supershoes is a few seconds from best in the world. He ran 13:17 at 5K. Vang Christiansen would need a 7:32/12:55 type mark at 5,000 in this current climate to be comparable to the best of the world as Jakob was. Long way to go, but Jakob, Kiplimo and Barega are a different type of teenage phenom for now.
Axel Vang C: I visualize this Danish young phenomenon as more of a type of diesel runner and his future ceiling in the 1500 m I think will be not as fast as J.I. However in a few years from now I can imagine him reaching the following times: 3:34-3:37, 7:32-7:38, 12:55-13:05. I prefer to envisage flexible times rather than set times.
13:42 on the roads probably indicates that he can break 13:30 on the track now. He might just end up equalling Jacob's age 17 5000m pr, although that 13:17 was in the world junior race with a very hard close, indicating that he could run much faster, as you'd expect with 3:31 that year.
Depends on the course for sure. Road shoes of course are great and the shorter distance world records are starting to approach the track times.
Lex Young just ran 7:57 at age 16 (Axel: 7:59 at age 16.) I’m guessing Lex could run under 13:50 right now for 5k (Axel: 13:44 at 16) … Lex was clearly the 3rd runner on NB this fall behind his twin LEO. Honestly asking: Is it fair to say the Young Twins are comparable talents to Axel because Axel is clearly LEGIT. It also seems like Axel trains like crazy, running many more miles than the average American high schooler, including Newbury Park
He was 2 months shy of 17 when he ran 13:44. He supposedly trains 100mpw.
It will be very interesting to follow him.
Further Axel ran 30:50 in the 10,000m at 14.
And 30:12 at 15 and 29:43 at 16 in the 10km.
And 8:42,75 in the 3000m st. at 16. Running alone from the gun but was oversprinted on the last 100m (European U20 champs summer 2021).
8:42 at 16 is not that fast. My son ran faster.
Niceness wrote:
8:42 at 16 is not that fast. My son ran faster.
Sure it's fast for a 16 year old, though so is your son.
You do realize this is 3000m Steeple?
zcxvzxcv wrote:
13:42 on the roads probably indicates that he can break 13:30 on the track now. He might just end up equalling Jacob's age 17 5000m pr, although that 13:17 was in the world junior race with a very hard close, indicating that he could run much faster, as you'd expect with 3:31 that year.
The 13:17 was in the final of the European SENIOR champs. Jakob ran around 13:20 in the Worlds U20 5000m earlier in 2018.
I did not.
Niceness wrote:
8:42 at 16 is not that fast. My son ran faster.
If your son ran faster than 8:42 for the 3k Steeple at 16; I'll give you $1000 directly deposited to your bank account if you can produce a legitimate result.
Niceness wrote:
8:42 at 16 is not that fast. My son ran faster.
Your son ran faster than 8:42 for 3k steeple at 16? Okay chief.
zcxvzxcv wrote:
13:42 on the roads probably indicates that he can break 13:30 on the track now. He might just end up equalling Jacob's age 17 5000m pr, although that 13:17 was in the world junior race with a very hard close, indicating that he could run much faster, as you'd expect with 3:31 that year.
Axel told a Danish Newspaper that he thought he was in 13:30 shape but that the first 3000m was too slow.
Axel was therefore happy when the French former U23 triathlon world champion Raphael Montoya increased the pace. Later Axel ran away himself creating a gap on 5-10m. Axel beat Montoya with one second. Third was the Swede Vidar Johansson a 8:18 steepler who competed in the Tokyo Olympics.
Axel hopes he can qualify for the European champs in the 3000m steeple later this year. Qualification time: 8:30.