Biggest Winners/Losers from World Indoors

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Winners (Track Events):
Marcell Jacobs - Made claim to be top dog by beating Coleman in his stronger event
Mariano Garcia - Had not heard of this guy before this season and while he didn't take down the Kenyans or Brazier here beating Hoppel and Kibet means he looks like a contender
Haji Adilo's Group - Tefera pulled the upset and it looks like he's back on track. Barega and Girma went 1-2 and looked like potential 5k medalists with Girma especially showing a great kick and acceleration.
Marc Scott- He's taken another step forward and is rewarded for a physical race
Ajee Wilson - She looked back to the medal-winning form in my view. Yes the top 2 might be far out there, but she looks like she might be able to build a gap to Goule, Rodgers and Reekie with her form at the moment.
Elinor Purrier St. Pierre - Bouncing back from her USAs and Tokyo disappointment and beating GDS handily puts her back in the mix behind Hassan, Kipyegon and Muir.

Losers (Track Events):
Christian Coleman- Yes he ran pretty well, but the 60 is his event so losing to Jacobs who will improve the longer the race is a tough one
Isaiah Harris - More referring to the injury, which is rough. Yes the 800 final was disappointing, too.
OAC - Hoare went from beating the Olympic bronze convincingly to be a pretty non-competitive 5th, Beamish was a non-factor in the 3k and his reasoning didn't inspire much confidence given all championships have rounds
Swoboda - Unlike pretty much everyone else she did not run near her best in the final
Natoya Goule - She didn't run bad persay, but it's just hard to see how she can medal going forward
Josette Norris - There was really no reason she shouldn't have medaled in this field or at least been right there, just looked flat
GDS - Disappointing to not get a medal here/where was the vaunted finish? Feels like she might be a tweener as far of her best event as well.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Winners (Track Events):
Marcell Jacobs - Made claim to be top dog by beating Coleman in his stronger event
Mariano Garcia - Had not heard of this guy before this season and while he didn't take down the Kenyans or Brazier here beating Hoppel and Kibet means he looks like a contender
Haji Adilo's Group - Tefera pulled the upset and it looks like he's back on track. Barega and Girma went 1-2 and looked like potential 5k medalists with Girma especially showing a great kick and acceleration.
Marc Scott- He's taken another step forward and is rewarded for a physical race
Ajee Wilson - She looked back to the medal-winning form in my view. Yes the top 2 might be far out there, but she looks like she might be able to build a gap to Goule, Rodgers and Reekie with her form at the moment.
Elinor Purrier St. Pierre - Bouncing back from her USAs and Tokyo disappointment and beating GDS handily puts her back in the mix behind Hassan, Kipyegon and Muir.

Losers (Track Events):
Christian Coleman- Yes he ran pretty well, but the 60 is his event so losing to Jacobs who will improve the longer the race is a tough one
Isaiah Harris - More referring to the injury, which is rough. Yes the 800 final was disappointing, too.
OAC - Hoare went from beating the Olympic bronze convincingly to be a pretty non-competitive 5th, Beamish was a non-factor in the 3k and his reasoning didn't inspire much confidence given all championships have rounds
Swoboda - Unlike pretty much everyone else she did not run near her best in the final
Natoya Goule - She didn't run bad persay, but it's just hard to see how she can medal going forward
Josette Norris - There was really no reason she shouldn't have medaled in this field or at least been right there, just looked flat
GDS - Disappointing to not get a medal here/where was the vaunted finish? Feels like she might be a tweener as far of her best event as well.

Another perspective wrote:

I think Norris' late season charge in 2021 was overrated as it was mostly run against burnt out half injured fields, but still think that take is a bit harsh on Norris IMO. She has shown nothing to indicate she could match what Tseguy, Embaye, and Meshesha have put down this indoor season The latter two not only have faster PBs, but also have a habit of peaking too early, while I think Norris isn't quite in the same shape as last summer yet.

As for GDS, I think her fitness was there, she just made one too many moves. I rewatched the race and she must have run considerably further than the others in the top 5 in the last km. She looked very much inexperienced at the distance. I went and double checked, and aside from NB indoors which was a simple, clean sit and kick, GDS hadn't raced an indoor 3000m since March 2017, which itself was a Canadian university race - hardly top tier racing.

I also think while people forgot GDS' inexperience they underrated Hailu - who heat Hassan over 3000m indoors last year, and Taye who has broken 8:20. Purrier may not always click, but when she's switched on she's elite.

In short, I think the result isn't actually shocking for GDS, more that the pre race hype underrated her opponents while putting too much stock on strong performances in ideal and straight forward conditions.