JG: Ranking the 11 American mid-d/distance runners' World Indoor medal odds from 1-11 + the 7 best events to watch

Here is our men's mid-d/distance preview.

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2022 World Indoors Men's Preview: Olympic Champions Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Selemon Barega Look to Stay on Top

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Why are so many runners ducking out? They cant pretend to be to good for worlds indoors as there are 11(?) Olympic medal winners participating. It would be a great oportunity to learn how to run in a world class field, and to feel the pressure of a championship - which many of them never have done, or at most a couple of times before. You would think they would take every chance to practice this before worlds on home turf.

It's because it's indoors, rather than the real event. Same reasone no one care about short course swimming?

This is a moot point as it is at least 11 olympic medalists that find it important enough to participate. You really cant argue that Hocker is to good to waste time on it while Jakob is participating.

No reason to go all the way to Eastern Europe for a second-rate meet. The World Championships are the primary meet this year and they are early this year, in July so they want to get a head start on preparation. For Europeans/Africans it's not very far to travel and the competition isn't nearly as tough as outdoors so why not go and perhaps pick up a medal bonus?

This is such a weird argument. Jakob doesnt need an easy competition to pick up a medal. How is it a second rate meet when many of the best in the world compete? It doesnt become better or worse for many of the american athletes not competing.

Maybe we should turn it around, if its a second rate meet and an easy opportunity to pick up a medal then the american runners should compete. But right now many of the first rate runners are participating but the second rate runners are not, so that doesnt make any sense.

Funny seeing people still bringing up 17 and 18-year-old Jakob's losses as supposed black marks. His outdoor PRs were 3:31/13:15 guy back then. These days he can roll out of bed and run those times in trainers, indoors.

If athlete A wins a medal at this indoor championships, but not in Eugene, and Athlete B wins a medal in Eugene but not indoors, would you honestly say they had an equally successful year? if not you have to concede this is a lower tier meet. I understand it would be great if everyone raced all the meets but you can't deny one is more important than the other, and athletes have to prepare accordingly

Literally came to this thread to see where Geordie and Ollie would be ranked. Damn its so easy to forget they’re from somewhere else