Dathan got it right? What does that mean? Hoare didn't even make the WC final. So did you blame him them and praise him now? It blows my mind that would be your thought.
Can we stop putting coaches up on pedestals, particularly coaches who milked Salazar for all it was worth?
He ran like a fool in teh Worlds semis and paid dearly for it. Tonight, he got a perfect trip.
He's a very good runner but hardly ever wins anything (unless it's indoors when the top guys aren't there). He's always 2nd, 3rd, etc outdoors because in a rabbitted race the top guys are just faster. Here, the Africans served as the rabbitts and he was smart enough to just sit there and not move to early (like Wightman) and he got the best win of his career.
It was a great win for him no doubt. But I'll go on record and say he'll never get a win like this again.
If I was coaching the Africans, they'd never lose to Hoare.
That’s the first time I’ve seen a comment with 0 upvotes and 39 downvotes. You must be very popular at parties.
Great run by hoare. Cannot wait for coffee club. Host of PB’s throughout the field. Amazing how much centro winning gold as guy what was prob 6-10th best guy has changed championships 1500 running - will prob last another 5 years till people forget!
Err, or super shoes have. Seriously, Centro was a lot faster than people give credit. He ran a 3:49 solo and well past his peak.
I suspect if he were 25 today (and wearing today's spikes), he'd be right up there with Hoare, Kerr, Wightman, etc.
Don't hate on HIM that the 2016 finals were so slow. He won. What the hell does he care?
Great performance by Ollie and Tim! What a race! But I must also say: incredible filming, and what an incredible stadium with a big loud crowd! Can we have the WC there in the near future?
Hey, does anyone know why Josette Norris has dropped off a bit this year? Has her training situation switched? Long covid? Seemed like she was rolling well during indoor track.
Final 1 AUS Oliver HOARE 3:30.12 GR PB (very nice to see him realize his potential this year) 2 KEN Timothy CHERUIYOT 3:30.21 SB (looked strong in the kick until the closing steps) 3 SCO Jake WIGHTMAN 3:30.53 4 KEN Abel KIPSANG 3:30.82 SB (0.2 faster than he ran at altitude earlier this year) 5 WAL Jake HEYWARD 3:31.08 PB (1.7 second drop over Tokyo) 6 NZL Samuel TANNER 3:31.34 PB (still 21, 5.1 second outdoor improvement over last year, and beats indoor pr of 3:34.72 from 2021 by 3.4 seconds) 7 ENG Matthew STONIER 3:32.50 PB (3.4 second PB at 20, 3:39 last year) 8 SCO Neil GOURLEY 3:32.93 PB 9 ENG Elliot GILES 3:33.56 PB 10 CAN William PAULSON 3:33.97=PB 11 RSA Mafori Ryan MPHAHLELE 3:34.66 PB 12 SCO Josh KERR 3:35.72
Wightman went from British to Scottish in a fortnight.
With the Europeans starting in little more than a week's time I'm actually surprised so many British athletes with medal aspirations turned out in Birmingham.
Scottish is British just as Welsh and English are British too.
There's a reoccurring English joke - that if a Scotsman does something good, he's British, but if he does something bad, he's Scottish.
You, and the 11 other people that upvoted your post, clearly didn't get the joke.
Wightman went from British to Scottish in a fortnight.
With the Europeans starting in little more than a week's time I'm actually surprised so many British athletes with medal aspirations turned out in Birmingham.
Of course. For the Olympics there is a UK team, not separate teams for England, Scotland Wales and NI. So he is British for the Olympics. For the Commonwealth games, Scotland, Wales and NI all feature separate teams as members of the Commonwealth.
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Fantastic run from Ollie Hoare. Him and Tim were both running on pure hate at the end there.
Great performances from Heyward and Giles. They only showed the top 6 times, but I assume Matthew Stonier must have had a massive pb as well. Wonder what happened to Josh Kerr?
3:32 for Stonier. Amazing run for the kid
So it wasn't a slow "sub-par" track and it wasn't "breezy".
Pure release of emotion from Oli at the end. That must’ve felt good. Stoked for him. Joins Herb Elliot as the only Aussie to win 1500 comm games- not bad company!