Laros is back - 2:14.37 1000, world U20 record!

Video link?

https://x.com/TopatletiekLive/status/1809981709141807541

The finish looked easy. Good tune-up for monaco

Myers also did great with 2:17.44 and a 5th place.

(Myers is one year and two months younger than Laros)

A shame he isn't going to the Olympics. It's gonna be really exciting to follow these two guys in the coming years. Laros has barely raced this year (I guess he has been injured), but this was really promising. He must be capable of some really fast 800m and 1500m times at the moment.

2:14.37 places Laros 20th on the all time list, and as the 6th fastest European of all time.

However, the U20 ranking at World Athletics places him in second, behind Abubaker Kaki with 2:13.93 (Stockholm 2008)

I like Myers but 2:17 is not great. It’s worth probably a 1:46-high/3:34. Stewy’s 7:29 run at Paris was way better if we are being objective. I still can see the argument to make Myers as Stewy will be in the 5,000.

This is a solid mark for Laros. Probably indicates he’s in 1:44-mid/3:31 shape if not better consider how he closed looking easy. We’ll see in Monaco and I would not be shocked if he hits 3:29. He’s that talented.

https://www.instagram.com/worldathletics/p/C9IMOE-snps/?hl=en&img_index=1

I wonder if Laros will break more European U20 records this season. So far he has

2:14.37 in the 1000m (the former record was 2:17.40 by Yuriy Borzakovskiy)

3:48.93 in the mile (the former record was 3:51.30 by Jakob Ingebrigtsen)

The ones remaining (within reach I must add) are:

1:44.14 in the 800m (Max Burgin)

3:30.16 in the 1500m (Jakob Ingebrigtsen)

7:43.2 in the 3000m (Ari Paunonen)

13:02.03 in the 5000m (Jakob Ingebrigtsen) (This one will be the hardest to beat)

Watched it, was unimpressed.

I agree that Stewy deserves an Olympic spot more than Myers. But Myers is currently the second fastest Australian in the world this year in the 1500m. He has also done great times, and showed a solid range in 2024:

800m: 1:47.11 (1110 pts)

1000m: 2:17.44 (1124 pts)

1500m: 3:33.30 (1198 pts)(right behind his last year PB of 3:33.26)

Mile: 3:50.15 (1199 pts)

3000m: 7:46.38 (1137 pts)

Thanks for saying it; I was reluctant to be misconstrued as a hater. For Myers, 2:17.44 might be worth 3:34 but on its own merit it’s not worth that fast. World Athletics calc v.2019 says 3:38.36 FWIW.

Elliott Cook at 2:18.11 is a little disappointing too—granted, he might be jet lagged and it’s been a long season for him already. I’m a little surprised he went over to Europe at all, actually.

He’s a great runner. Most 3:33 guys can run 1:47 and 7:46.

This guy has the physique of Cooper Teare - except he's fulfilling his potential.

How is he allowed to look that fresh after a 2:14? I am sitting here dying for bits and pieces of anything and he out here doing that and running and cheering through the tape.

Does anyone know what Laros' 800m split was?

I saw this as well, 2:17 for someone who just turned 18 not too long ago is impressive considering he’s more of a 1500m/3000m type athlete. Although it’s worth mentioning he does have a pretty good 800m PB of 1:47.11 and I appreciate just how much he’s been racing even if it hasn’t always gone how he wanted.

Exactly. For comparison, Hobbs Kessler ran 2:16.46 aged 19 years and 5 months. It wouldn't surprise me if Myers is able to run faster than that next summer.

(IF he runs the distance. I've been watching a lot of Diamond Leagues/Golden Leagues through the years, and I think I can count all the 1000m races I've seen on one hand.)

In a year where 5 or 6 runners run under 1:43?

1.47.84

400m split was 53.54 of rabbit. So he ran pretty evenly sped up a bit on the last 100m. It looked easy. Expect great things in Monaco.

His last instagram post indicates that he is going to the Olympics. Wasn’t he selected?