World Indoor 1500 Prediction: 1. Hocker, 2. Nordas, 3. Kessler

What about Fogg? 3:49 mile has to put him in the mix for a minor medal at least.

McHahlele? Is that a Scottish runner?

I'm all-in on Beamish. This is going to be his breakout race as a pro as he takes the W.

Hobbs MF Kessler

I think Nordas will win. Looked very strong.

With 14 running, will be a bit of a pantomime.

I think it will be between Hocker and Nordas. They both looked very strong and confident.

Watch out for Samuel Pihlström. Closed a 1500 in Sweden recently in 25 seconds. Excellent kick in a semi-fast race.

The "Moroccan" Isaac Nader among the first three. Inshallah.

(not that I believe on it)

I saw 6 athletes who looked good:

Hocker heat 1

Nordås heat 2

Nader and Lumb heat 3 and

Keter, Kessler and Beamish heat 4.

I will be surprised if the medals will not be found between these 6.

So I disagree especially regarding Beamish, Nader and Lumb.

Nader is still young. He might get his final breakthrough this year. He was 1:45.32 in the 800m and 3:31 in the 1500m last year.

I, however, agree that the 2 Americans and Nordås must be the foremost contenders for medals BUT ALSO AGREEING THAT THERE POSSIBLY WILL BE SURPRISES AS THERE ALMOST ALWAYS ARE.

Nader was born in Portugal, Coevett.

Fogg is excellent though, but I have reservations about his finishing abilities in a race. He's a 1:48/800 guy as well, so if the race is tactical he might get blown away by 1:45/1:46 guys like Kessler and Hocker.

Nordas is as suspicious as Mo Sauce Katir.

Funny - I actually think that’s Coevett’s spiritual opposite, passant/innoculateur/temp account/gammoudi disciple

My bad for not including this Swede, only 22. Improvement very impressive year by year, 1:47 in 2023, 3:35 in 2024. He's more speed based than long distance.

See him nabbing 1:44.5/3:30.0 in next 2-3 years.....Go Sverige!

Kessler now knows how fast Hocker can kick, so I expect Kessler will try a big move like 700m to go, unless the pace is very high already.

Positioning is everything, and you better be right up at the front for the final 600.

I'll be shocked if anyone who makes a big move with 700 to go ends up winning.

Nader below 5th or 6th feels insane.

1. Nordas

2. Hocker

3. Nader

Vincent Kibet was only outkicked by Azzedine Habz a month ago (at home) at Lievin. A race where Nordas ranked 5.

Its definitely a runner to follow and support.

Nader won his national championship and marked a 3:34 at Ostrava that was considered a world lead a month ago.