Krop smokes bridesmaid Grant Fisher on the home straight. Grant will never win a World Gold.

What, you mean that Grant Fisher did not come in first place in that race? Why do I only see threads about this Fisher person?

Jacob Krop, 21 years old. Wow! Jacob MF Krop. In Jacob's case that stands for More Faster. Congratulations!

Just because you can post doesn’t mean you should.

Many people here are justifiably excited about Fisher. Why try to rain on the parade?

Krop obviously won the race and is a magnificent runner. It’s enough to give Krop his due praise without trying to put down Fisher.

Meh. Fisher is on the way up, Krop on the way down. Fisher is 2nd behind Jakob in Budapest

I swear people on letsrun find negative thing in everything. They keep on moving the goalposts. First it was that Fisher peaked out in high school, then that he wouldn't succeed as a pro, then that he would never become world-class. Now it's that he'll never win a world gold? Well great, there's a lot of legendary American distance runners who have never won a world gold.

Fisher is 27. Krop is 21.

I have nothing against Fisher -- great performance from him. But why all the threads for the 2nd place 27 year old runner? What about the up-and-coming 21 year old 1st place runner?

Does not matter. When Fisher was 21 he was deep in studies and not so much running

Fisher is 25. This is an American website created by Americans and it has a mostly American following. That’s why there is so much attention here on someone running an American record.

Want to see more posts about Krop? Try Kenyan websites.

What would you like to discuss today on the track enthusiast board?

This is so true, we saw the race. Great job to Fisher for smashing the American Record.

Because he is from the United States, and we cheer on people from our country (those posting from the US), and respect everyone else as well...duh.

Fisher is 25, Krop likely the same

You're free to start a thread.

Africans seem to peak at an earlier age. Whether this is due to age cheating I am not sure of.

Yes. Eliud Kipchoge peaked at 45. You all refused to believe his age when he upset El G and KB in Paris 2003.

I told you all to watch out for Jacob Krop when as teenager in 2019 Jakob Ingebrigtsen had to dive to pip him to 4th at the worlds in Doha. He and Nicholas Kimeli have revived Kenyan 5000m running.

I try to think back when I was a young 20 year old. I may have been one of these contributors that write their empty thoughts. However, there wasn’t any internet to jot down the egotistical thoughts.

Go to others forums, and you might see the exact same behavior.

But Krop didn't progress as much Ingerbrigsten has progressed.

I could say the same thing for Kiplimo, even Barega stagnated after the age 20.