Grant Fisher's 2022 season will be the greatest in American Men's History

Lagat won the 1500m and the 5000m at the same World Championships - if anyone did that now the world would explode.

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What you should realize is that Grant barely won both races. Grant is unlikely to medal as 26:33 ain’t what it used to be. Grant is NOT likely top 5 in the world at any event. #BLM but TTD(Track Times Don’t).

Hey, it corresponds with the greatest legal technological advantage in running history. What'r the odds?

Okay, so let's talk shoes. He's beaten a World bronze medalist and Olympic silver medalist in back to back races. If you want to throw times out the window that's your choice, but he's still beating the best guys in the world on a level playing field.

Grant barely won against *Checks Notes* the reigning Olympic Silver Medalist from 6 months ago. Just some terrible wins

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bob kennedy did the unthinkable, he broke 13:00 for 5k, however they record was now under 12:50, he went on to finish 6 th in the Olympics

I don't know whas more classic- Letsrun overhyping someone based on national meets or Letsrun completely disregards, and sh!ts at, previous greats, lol. Probably the combination as we see in this post. "Greatest in american mens history". "Will medal in both the 5k and the 10k".

Not possible as there are no summer Olympics this year.

He still won't win any gold medals.

No disrespect, but this take is absurd. He just raced in the actual Olympics and finished 5th and 9th in his two events. So no, he hasn't beaten the best guys in the world on a level playing field.

He won’t even have the “Best 2022 season for a guy named Grant.”

You’re overhyping the 12:53. Many guys have run faster outdoors and at least 6 active Ethiopians could or have (Barega, Wale, Girma, Aregawi, Kejelcha, Gebrhiwet). So to say he medals in the 5,000 for sure is a tough one. His biggest hope in that regard is a rather watered-down field like last year (no Jakob/Barega/Kejelcha/Aregawi, Gebrhiwet chose wrong event, Wale dead from Steeple).

I'm assuming Rupp is one of those. Rupp is 35. Still doesn't change the fact that he has improved 40 seconds in his 5,000 since 2019 (and not like he went from 16:00 to 15:20 either). It's a fun coincidence don't you think?

Your title said best U.S. male ever this year. In your post you did not forecast a gold medal. Since many U.S. men since 1896 Olympics have earned Olympic gold medals and some U.S. men have earned World Championship gold, impossible for G. Fisher to be best ever unless he earns a W.C. gold this year.

Considering that he finished 5th in the 10000m at the Olympics, when his pr was 27:xx, it's fair to say that he is likely top 5 in the world at that event. He beat Ahmed at both, showing the very high quality opposition. It's fair to say that he will be competitive in the 5000m as well this year. He should also get way under 7:30 and 12:50 outdoors. Ahmed is not in mid-summer form but 26:34 was a 25 second pr for him, so this was not exactly easy pickings for Fisher.

Amen, it's like how Rupp ran 26:44 when the record was 26:17, and everyone knows how terribly he did in the 2012 Olympics against the world record holder. Wait a minute, how did Rupp place again...

I don't think Rupp has raced Fisher this year, has he? I think he was referring to Ahmed, who got bronze in 2019 and silver in 2021.

Jacob Kiplimo ran 26:33 last year and got a bronze in Tokyo. Grant's last 5k was 13:10 and Jacob's was 13:06. It's not like there's a world of difference between those, especially since Grant was hardly behind Jacob at the Olympics last year, and Grant is obviously on another level this year. Saying 26:33 is unlikely to medal when 26:33 literally medaled last year doesn't make a ton of sense.