600m man! In the 5000m final inDoha 2019 Jakob had just turned 19. If Jakob had been in his 2022 WC final (water sipping) shape in Doha he would have destroyed the field.
So a sub 12:50 would make it difficult for Jakob? Have you forgot Florens 2021?
And the 3000m DL final last year where he beat the low 12:40 runners Kejelcha, Haile Bekele, Barega and Aregawi ON TIRED LEGS.
Jakob could obviously have broken 12:40 last year considering the above 3000m and especially his 2 mile WB.
If Jakob overcomes his injury problems he will continue to destroy the 5000m fields. It doesn´t matter if the pace is fast or not since he has a superior aerobic capacity even to the East Africans and is a faster finisher.