I live in the U.S. and saw the entire race, including Jakob drinking water. It was split screen for a couple minutes. This was on NBC. So everybody saw the entire race in the U.S.
During the commercial break on my app, it was split screen for a few seconds, then the commercials took up the whole screen, making me miss the part where he got water.
You Americans realize they didn't go to commercial in real life, right? The race kept going on at Hayward Field, despite the messages from your corporate oligarchs. Oh that's right, they don't even allow you to see the whole race. So much for your "freedom."
I live in the U.S. and saw the entire race, including Jakob drinking water. It was split screen for a couple minutes. This was on NBC. So everybody saw the entire race in the U.S.
There is absolutely NO REASON for a well-hydrated, ice vest-cooled world class 5ker to take water during a 90F race. Jakob did it not once but TWICE, while asking the crowd for more noise the first time!
An absolute mockery of the competition. What a freaking LEGEND.
Classic Lets Run. Posters here love to talk tough and claim that "real runners" wouldn't need to do this or do that. No professional exerting himself in 90 degree heat would need to drink water! A real runner wouldn't! So you interpret him drinking to mean that he was toying with the field. Was the exciting race not enough on its own? Instead of appreciating it, you push it into a fantasy world that implies that people who need water are weak.
I guess I shouldn't be too critical. I remember when I was in high school, too.
First time I have ever seen a runner go to a water station during a major 5k on the track.
I know I wouldn’t be having a fun time trying to drink water while moving at 63-65 per lap pace.
That's the whole point, they weren't going that fast. They started out doing 63s and then bam they hit the heat wall and slowed way down. At that point, the game was who cools off first.
You don't drink the water, you pour it on yourself. Not sure if that's what Jakob did but he should have.
See a lot of wishful votes by folks who know nothing about hot-weather running.