I remember back when El G was racing the 1500/mile you basically expected him to win every time. He was so dominant. I think Jakob is now entering that realm of expectation. I think the only other athlete that approached that level of dominance in this event was possibly Asbel Kiprop. He used to go to the back of the field in championship races and then destroy everyone. But ... definitely not on the level of El G dominance.
But Jakob - Jakob can do the same. He's 22, right? He's still getting better. Now when he's racing, I expect the W
I remember back when El G was racing the 1500/mile you basically expected him to win every time. He was so dominant. I think Jakob is now entering that realm of expectation. I think the only other athlete that approached that level of dominance in this event was possibly Asbel Kiprop. He used to go to the back of the field in championship races and then destroy everyone. But ... definitely not on the level of El G dominance.
But Jakob - Jakob can do the same. He's 22, right? He's still getting better. Now when he's racing, I expect the W
One of the men you mentioned won three World Championship 1500m in a row to age, about 26. The other man won four World Championship 1500m in a row to age 28. J Ingebrigtsen has been racing and training hard for a long time, since an early age. No way will J Ingebrigtsen still be an international championship caliber 1500m athlete as long as A Kiprop and Hicham el G.
Being on EL G heels in the last 100 like Lagat or Baala did was already seen as an achievment. Beating him was not within the realm of possibility except in OG.
Just think, if it wasn't for EPO, we would have just witnessed the first man under 3:28 in history.
So you defend Narve, who went from 3:36 to 3:29 in a year, saying he’s clean, but you think no man has ever broken 3:28 without using EPO, except Jakob tonight. I don’t know who you think was the clean world record holder then, but I’m assuming Jakob at 3:28.32 considering only Cheruiyot and Ngeny have run faster than that without ever running under 3:28, and we all know what you think about them.
So you’re telling me clean Narve Gilje Nordas, 24 years old former half marathon guy (pretty much unknown before this year), went from 3:36, to only one second slower than what the clean world record was before tonight, in just one year. Thousands of runners over the years from all over the world, and no clean guy could go just 1 second faster than clean 24 years old former half marathon guy Narve Gilje Nordas, except fellow Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigsten.
Stop the hypocrisy.
Listen, I’m not saying Narve is doping, but you can’t just keep making excuses every time someone white runs something unexpected, but when it’s African or African descent runners, they’re the most obvious dopers of all time.
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Dude. Narve was a part-time runner, part-time shoe-store clerk until recently, who - if he had any particular focus - it was on 5k-HM. When Narve was ready to call it quits last year, Gjert told him to give it another go and focus exclusively on 1500-5k.
A shift in focus for someone with good basic training and some inherent ability goes an extremely long way.
2 of the best 1500m runners ever are Caucasian. El Gerrouj was unique because berbers have a mixture of Roman Italian genes from 2000 years ago as well as some west African genetics and Berber seems to give them a good edge in 800-3k. European genes = high V02 max , natural cardio machines , berbers have long skinny limbs ideal for speed
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