Instead of trying to triple at the next Worlds, I think Jakob should try and become the first athlete to win a gold medal in every distance event at an Olympics (not one Olympics, but throughout a career).
2020: 1500 - already has it
2024: go for the 800/steeple double before he loses speed
2028: 5k/10k double - he'll be in his prime
2032: marathon
Training for the 800 and the steeple at the same time sounds pretty difficult..
he won't be able to win an olympic marathon off 3-4 years of training. that needs I would say at least double that amount of work specific to the distance to have a chance of beating the very best. and even then the East Africans will probably beat him.
By the way Kipchoge weighs 55kg. JI weighs 65kg and would not be able to compete unless he lost about 7-8kg, which might not even be possible for him. Westerners aren't built as stick thin as the Kenyans are which is one of the main reasons why they can't compete at the marathon distance.
Mrtrumpet wrote:
Instead of trying to triple at the next Worlds, I think Jakob should try and become the first athlete to win a gold medal in every distance event at an Olympics (not one Olympics, but throughout a career).
2020: 1500 - already has it
2024: go for the 800/steeple double before he loses speed
2028: 5k/10k double - he'll be in his prime
2032: marathon
Reported for stupidness.
Jakob should go for the 24 Hour running record in 2036