Ingebrigtsen talks after running 3:26 in Monaco: "I think anyone who runs 3.29 or faster can win the Olympics."

This is correct. The likelihood of running a 3:26-27 time is slim, so if you set yourself up right (and have a monster kick) anyone who is in the 3:29 club has a shot at it.

Especially if Jakob and Kerr are overly focused on each other. You could see something crazy happen.

That said, I am still putting my money on Jakob. His 3:26 fitness is special and he won't mess up his last lap again. The first time it happened was a shock. He didn't believe it would ever happen again, so it did! But now he will be 100% ready for the last 100m.

But yes, Kerr could steal a victory again. It isn't impossible...

Does anyone know how many 3:29 guys there are right now?

He gets it. Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.

Except to a 3:29 guy.

You have at least 3 sub 3:29 guys - Kerr, Tim C, Yared. Don’t know if Komen is running. He needs to be in 3:26 mid shape and front run a 3:28 flat at least

Kerrs mile at Pre is worth 3:28 I believe

What’s with the subtitle on home page “so that means Yared can win but Cole can’t”. I don’t think anyone would argue that Cole Hocker has hit his lifetime peak, so, that was Clickbait, and I fell for it.
And I’m not saying Hocker’s necessarily in front of any other 3:30 runners, but the possibility of a win for him is certainly in there with a few others in a pool that has 15 to 20% chance.

Throw the hocker that won the trials in this Monaco race and he is definitely sub-3:30. Probably would finish right with Cheruiyot, Komen, and Nuguse too.

Rojo obsession of Jakob trying to make of him a good model.

A Valvymania with male version.

Komen is running.

he should have said "i think anyone who runs sub 3:29 can win" with the kerr diss

If I didn’t watch the final (assuming he makes it) and you told me that Jakob ran his 3rd lap in 55/56.5 ish I’ll blindly say he won the race.

I know that, in one of his World losses, the 3rd lap was very slow and it allowed less strong guys to gather up for the final storm…

The key is a hard sustained effort from 700m to 1300m then kick hard. That 600m section needs to be 1:22 1:23

Agree. That is the key. It can't be 58 59. It must be 56 or better

If Hocker was there he probably would have run 329

Kerr didn't steal a victory. He won fair and square.

Not a Kerr fan at all but agree here - he won that race and looked strong during last 70m

As Rojo put it, he's "one of ours."

Wrong. Jakob was sick and was below his best, so he stole the victory.

Because Jakob was sick. If he wasn’t, it would be a different story.