Are you trying to be an objective analyst or are you a fanatic with J Ingebrigtsen posters in you're bedroom if your a kid or office if you're an adult.
So what do you think Jakob´s potential is in the 1000m?
I will answer for him. Jakob could likely run a 2:13hi-2:15 1K. Come through in 1:47/1:48 and go from there. It’s a tricky event (hence the range). Contrary to popular belief, Kerr wouldn’t be much better than him at it. Peak Wightman (if he doesn’t lay too far off the pace), Habz, Laros and Abel Kipsang would do well in the race. They could follow a pacer to 1:46 and have a reasonable chance to hold off Jakob, Nuguse and Kerr. But the best runners of it would be Arop and Wanyonyi who both have great strength and might hit 2:12-2:13 with a proper pacer.
You know “peak Wightman” actually ran 2:13 for the 1k right and beat Arop in that race
Are you trying to be an objective analyst or are you a fanatic with J Ingebrigtsen posters in you're bedroom if your a kid or office if you're an adult.
I suppose you are a British patriot with limited knowledge of the sport?
Otherwise you would know that Mo Farah ran low 2:19 in the last 1000m of a championship 5000m final. You would also know that Jakob would be able to do the same or better SINCE HE IS MUCH FASTER THAN MO ON ALL DISTANCES FROM 800M TO 5000M.
You would also know that Jakob has been running at least 2:19 last 1000m in most of his recent 1500m/mile races. In DL Silesia 2023 and the Bowerman mile 2023 both around 2:18 for the last 1000m.
I am hypothesizing because I’m unsure if that version of Wightman is going to come back.
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People act as Wightman is a long time top runner in the 1500m. This is completely wrong.
Until he was in his mid twenties Jake was an "also ran" on the international level. His first medal came in the 1500m final at EC 2018 (where he got bronze unable to outsprint a 17 year old Jakob in a rather slow race).
In the first Covid year 2020 he out of the blue ran a big 3:29 PB in the DL Monaco 1500m. He got excellent pacing from Jakob and Filip but was outsprinted by the latter in the home stretch.
In the Olympic 100m final in Tokyo 2021 he was unable to replicate his big PB from the year before and unable to hold the back of the front runners in the early stages of the race finishing in a disappointing no. 10.
In 2022 he - in the mile in DL Oslo - ran a PB 3:50 (equal to 3:33 in the 1500m) but was beaten by Jakob and Hoare who ran 3:46 and 3:47 respectively.
Luckily for Jake, however, he managed to find about 4 seconds from Oslo to the 1500m final in Eugene just over a month later to win the gold in a new 3:29 PB. He also in that period ran a PB in the 800m and the 1000m.
In 2023 he was reportedly injured all year (almost exactly 1 year with no official competitions) and now the question is if he can come back to the level he had for some few month in 2020 and 2022 OR to the level he had in the rest of his career.
Like TL I doubt Jake can come back to his 2022 shape.
I really don’t understand why people knock athletes like Wightman.
He’s quiet and humble. The bloke has paid his dues, won a world title, which obviously meant the world (pun intended) to him. He’s been injured, is approaching the autumn of his career, but is still plugging away.
And you mock him only to stan for athletes that arrogantly dismiss their competitors.
So what do you think Jakob´s potential is in the 1000m?
I will answer for him. Jakob could likely run a 2:13hi-2:15 1K. Come through in 1:47/1:48 and go from there. It’s a tricky event (hence the range). Contrary to popular belief, Kerr wouldn’t be much better than him at it. Peak Wightman (if he doesn’t lay too far off the pace), Habz, Laros and Abel Kipsang would do well in the race. They could follow a pacer to 1:46 and have a reasonable chance to hold off Jakob, Nuguse and Kerr. But the best runners of it would be Arop and Wanyonyi who both have great strength and might hit 2:12-2:13 with a proper pacer.
Morceli ran 2:13.73. There is no way in the world Jakob could match him. 2:15 is more plausible.