Jimmy Gressier runs 3:39.47 just 8 days after 27:24 Euro Cup 10,000 win. Impressive.

Made even more impressive by how he started. The noise was so loud a few of the athletes (Samuel Zeleke, Gressier, and compatriot Azeddine Habz) maybe couldn't hear the starting gun or though it was a false start, before coming to the realization that they had to go when the others were off down the track, but loosing precious time.

Race video as you can see the three left behind at the start. Hats off to Samuel Zeleke able to place 6th and get the WC standard after that start. Looked like the Ethiopian though it was a false start after getting off the line. Very loud in the stadium.

Abdellatif SADIKI (Age 23 MA) was 800m runner at the beginning.

- Looks more like these Kenyan 800m runners.

- He stagnate in 3:33 since at least 2 years.

- No experience in distance running (no 3000/5000/10000 m)

I don't see bright things about him in the future.

If you look at the video and count how many seconds Gressier lost, you’ll see it was between 3 to 4 seconds. This means he might have conceivably achieved a time of around 3:35.00-3:36.00. He (Gressier) and +2 others literally stood there for a few seconds waiting for the athletes to be called back but it did not happen. Habz was also affected by this move as well as Zeleke.

On Instagram, Jimmy said himself that he lost 3.5 seconds. He is very gracious in the way he describes the incident and there are no sour grapes. Later in the Instagram post he says he’s going to go out and do 12×400.
https://instagram.com/stories/jimmy_gressier/2854183260476335367?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Jimmy mentions that his splits were 53/400, 1:51/800, 2:20/1000 taking the 3.5 seconds penalty into account. Those are phenomenal splits in a 1500 for someone who just ran a 10,000 m in 2724 a week ago! Watch out for Jimmy in the next diamond league he will probably explode.
https://instagram.com/stories/jimmy_gressier/2854183260476335367?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

So you are most impressed with the 12th place finisher? You can't be serious.

Jimmy Gressier: He started the race with a 3.5 second penalty and would have possibly achieved a time around 3:35.00 -3:35.50, and he also ran the top class 10,000 m race the previous week, winning the European Cup 10,000 m championship, running 27:24 winning by around 30 seconds.

The youthful Gressier, from Boulogne-sur-Mer, a gritty port city in northwestern France, is as tough as they come and showed true class after the race on his Instagram post, basically stating that he will move on from there and there were no sour grapes.

Gressier, a McDonald’s (and KFC) franchise frequent customer, has great plans for this summer and hopefully in his next races full vindication will be in evidence.

He has been my hero since he essentially killed off the career of MakhDaddy.

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Dopage : Jimmy Gressier estime que "Taoufik Makhloufi a des pratiques de tricheur"

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Jimmy Gressier, le grand espoirs du fond français, a estimé que Taoufik Makhloufi, champion olympique du 1.500m en 2012, avait des "pratiques de tricheur".

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I understand your feeling but I still think it is wrong what Jimmy did by breaking into Makhloufi’s room at the French national Institute of sports near Paris, two years ago, and rifling through his things and finding what he thought were compromising medical supplies, never proven.

I suspect Gressier is a great guy in many respects but that act was not a good one. He (Jimmy G. McDonalds), lost some personal character credit points on that occasion.

Problem with Gressier is that no track distance suits him. Running 8k on grass on the inside ?

You must understand that Ghost loves his working class hero.

I think that is understable considering this young Frenchman´s achievements mainly in European races AND his bold attitude throughout.

I am certain Gressier would have PRed in the Rabat 1500m had he not had the unfortunate start.

But he is better in the 5000m and the 10000m where he already has the standard for the 10000m and hopefully also will get it for 5000m. Could that happen i DL Roma ?

Gressier should focus on the 5,000 to me. He is strong as heck and this race shows his speed is in good shape too. With the delay yes he ran more of a workout than race and suffered at the end. 53/1:51/2:20 is impressive stuff, and he should be knocking on sub-13 soon.

Three DL meets in the next two weeks, including Paris on June 18. Jimmy has options.