Grant MF Fisher - 3:59.97 Final 1600 FTW - 13:08!!

as him fast as nearly fell off my chair

59-55

59-57

final two laps from Wolfe and Blanks.

Fisher and Nur each ran 61-57.

I was an undergrad/masters at Stanford at the same time as Grant and one time walked passed him in the dining hall wearing a Letsrun t-shirt. When I looked back, I saw him turned around, staring at me.

He’s developed more of a competitiveness over the years. I think he snags a medal in Paris.

You really believe your BS? The competitiveness was always there. He, and all the other Americans became better runners...

rojo, you do realize the world record is close to sub 4 EACH 1600m? jakob would’ve finished in 3.53

Nur’s race was more impressive

Most important, Grant got the win over the last 100m to edge Abdi.

13.43/Grant to 13.56/Abdi. Only ones under 14.

Interesting. According to the official splits, Nur ran the last 1000 faster than Fisher.

Huge Fisher fan and rooting for him in Paris. But there's a decent gap right now between him and the top 5k guys in the world (Yomif, Hagos, Kiplimo). Off those splits, they would have closed that race 4 seconds faster on the last lap. Grant may just be in such good shape he fully trained though this and doesn't have the pop he would fresh, but he'll need to be better than this to medal.

Why are you so upset haha. I’m just referring to his NCAA years where he seemed to struggle to win some races. And early in his bowerman days when he was developing. He seems to find ways to win more now. That’s all.

Hey now post what they all ran the 3 laps prior.

Set with wavelights and not in 80+ degree weather, GTFO talking about the WR. Jakob would have crushed though, agree with you on that point.

Fisher is a very fine runner but realistically it will be difficult to medal in either the 5 or 10 with the high standard of the Africans as well as Jakob. Racing can be strange though as Mu found out. The USA middle/distance team looks really strong.

Wow. Just 11 minutes before you created this thread, you were asking if you can call him a coward. Remarkably quick turnaround!

Woody Kincaid actually DROPPED THE HAMMER with 13.50 for 9th place.

Yeah, why give props to anyone ever at any level when it’s not a WR or Jakob could do it better?

JK. Awesome race for each of the top 4.

What exactly was Woody doing in that race lol?

Or anyone outside of the top 4 really. It's hard to believe that the heat was so oppressive that the whole field melted at those paces.