He is 18 and a month younger than Colin Sahlman if you wonder.
Danish high school phenom Joel Ibler runs 13.31.40 for 5000m
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He is great. Needs to focus on winning races and titles. He always talk a big talk and fails.
I have more faith in Axel Vang the double 10k Danish champ and holder of multiple world best times for age.
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Instead of downvoting, give me some arguments against?
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The vikings are taking over. Probaly all those centuries rampaging and pillaging has given them a special adaptation for distance running.
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Am so glad Joel turned professional. Great potential.
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Anyone know his heritage? Obviously not full Danish.
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Ecords wrote:
Anyone know his heritage? Obviously not full Danish.
Obviously? What makes it so obvious?
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Ecords wrote:
Anyone know his heritage? Obviously not full Danish.
Obiously? Danish surnames... not all scandinavians have blonde hair, lol.
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Perhaps saw a Danish person once and thinks the Danish are all clones of each other?
Or cause he doesn't have blonde hair...even though 30-40% of Danes historically haven't had blonde hair?
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Danes are not Vikings
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theRanMan wrote:
Instead of downvoting, give me some arguments against?
He won european u20
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Denmark has not had a decent Male runner since 800 Runner Wilson Kipketer who was the greatest 800 runner of all time with David Rudisha being the only one who could argue that, and Robert Anderson a good 3:31.17 for 1500 runner Hopefully Joel Ibler is another good one, who sparks interest in Running in Denmark.
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douglas burke wrote:
Denmark has not had a decent Male runner since 800 Runner Wilson Kipketer who was the greatest 800 runner of all time with David Rudisha being the only one who could argue that, and Robert Anderson a good 3:31.17 for 1500 runner Hopefully Joel Ibler is another good one, who sparks interest in Running in Denmark.
Coe has as much claim as Kipketer. Kipketer has no 800m Olympic gold, just like Coe. Coe took the 800m to new level, running 1:41.7 when no other man in history had run under 1:43.5. It took Kipketer literally dozens of attempts with perfect pacing at the height of the full throttle EPO era to finally beat Coe's time. Not to mention Snell, El Cabello, and Cruz.
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Coevett wrote:
douglas burke wrote:
Denmark has not had a decent Male runner since 800 Runner Wilson Kipketer who was the greatest 800 runner of all time with David Rudisha being the only one who could argue that, and Robert Anderson a good 3:31.17 for 1500 runner Hopefully Joel Ibler is another good one, who sparks interest in Running in Denmark.
Coe has as much claim as Kipketer. Kipketer has no 800m Olympic gold, just like Coe. Coe took the 800m to new level, running 1:41.7 when no other man in history had run under 1:43.5. It took Kipketer literally dozens of attempts with perfect pacing at the height of the full throttle EPO era to finally beat Coe's time. Not to mention Snell, El Cabello, and Cruz.
Coe ran under 1:43 twice. Kipketer 22 times. Kipketer 3x world champ, Olympic silver and bronze. Indoor WR still by a second. I’ll take Kipketer
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Flagra wrote:
Perhaps saw a Danish person once and thinks the Danish are all clones of each other?
Or cause he doesn't have blonde hair...even though 30-40% of Danes historically haven't had blonde hair?
I had a danish for breakfast.
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douglas burke wrote:
Denmark has not had a decent Male runner since 800 Runner Wilson Kipketer who was the greatest 800 runner of all time with David Rudisha being the only one who could argue that, and Robert Anderson a good 3:31.17 for 1500 runner Hopefully Joel Ibler is another good one, who sparks interest in Running in Denmark.
Mostly, with just some high-3:30's/13:40 guys. Though Bube went 1:44.89 at Herculis 2012, Jensen ran 13:25.39 in 2000s.
Maybe DEN is ready for a NOR style rebirth?
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Bo Jackson Baseball wrote:
douglas burke wrote:
Denmark has not had a decent Male runner since 800 Runner Wilson Kipketer who was the greatest 800 runner of all time with David Rudisha being the only one who could argue that, and Robert Anderson a good 3:31.17 for 1500 runner Hopefully Joel Ibler is another good one, who sparks interest in Running in Denmark.
Mostly, with just some high-3:30's/13:40 guys. Though Bube went 1:44.89 at Herculis 2012, Jensen ran 13:25.39 in 2000s.
Maybe DEN is ready for a NOR style rebirth?
I was watching an old race from the 70s. Finns were dominating.
Top Finn guy last year was a 13:55 and 29:23. Crazy how slow they are now…
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Coevett wrote:
Coe has as much claim as Kipketer. Kipketer has no 800m Olympic gold, just like Coe. Coe took the 800m to new level, running 1:41.7 when no other man in history had run under 1:43.5. It took Kipketer literally dozens of attempts with perfect pacing at the height of the full throttle EPO era to finally beat Coe's time. Not to mention Snell, El Cabello, and Cruz.
Coe has a claim to being as great or an even greater overall runner than Kipketer. But at the 800 it is objectively no contest. Kipketer dominates on titles, records and dominance. Yes, he lacks the Olympic gold, but let's not act like missing the one that was in his physical prime isn't a key factor. He won Worlds in '95, '97 and '99 and went undefeated in all 15 800m races in 1996. Hard to imagine him not winning gold had he the opportunity. In 2000 he was not the same athlete finishing 2nd and 3rd in his two races before the Olympics and racing much more sparingly. Really a silver was a good performance, but his tactics left something to be desired.
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Lllll wrote:
Bo Jackson Baseball wrote:
Mostly, with just some high-3:30's/13:40 guys. Though Bube went 1:44.89 at Herculis 2012, Jensen ran 13:25.39 in 2000s.
Maybe DEN is ready for a NOR style rebirth?
I was watching an old race from the 70s. Finns were dominating.
Top Finn guy last year was a 13:55 and 29:23. Crazy how slow they are now…
For whatever Reason Finland Track/Running And Field Went from a Country known for great distance Runners to Javelin Throwers.
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