So Jakob is applauded for leading the 1500 the entire race and losing, and also applauded for winning 5000 by sitting midpack..

He's gotten DESTROYED for trying to lead wire to wire in the 1500m.

85+% of the comments towards his 1500m strategy were negative.

I don't think it was nearly as bad as ppl are making it (so I guess you can say that I'm fairly neutral about his 1500m race), but even I didn't applaud his 1500m performance.

You are a moron if you don’t think Farah was capable of low 12:40s.

Um.....I didn't "applaud" his 1500m tactics/placing.

Anyone else?

Count me in then.

Even to those of us who don't particularly like Farah as an athlete and would take Bekele in a race against him 9/10 times, it's pretty apparent he was a 12:45 guy in a TT.

Jakob overcame the team tactics of the Africans. Again. So you can continue to cry a while longer.

In time Jakob will run sub 12:37,

He could one day break the 3000 record

He's among a very small list of people that have run 7.5 -8 laps with a sub 59 average

Off course, because Jakob is the best. Winning or losing everything revolves around Jakob.

In other words, no matter how Jakob races you have determined to hate on it. What a waste of energy

Look at the thread made by Snowflake, the title was something like "Why I don't care about the 1500 result despite the top 3 running really well." In that thread Snowflake and several other posters try to make the claim that Jakob was more impressive then the top 3.

Also I read a comment (I've forgotten if it was on that thread or another), that the winner of the race should be whoever leads at least 50% of the race. This was within 2 days of Jakob leading until 1400 metres and then losing. We all know what race that poster was thinking about when he wrote that.

All I know is Jakob won gold. Yeeeeeyeeeee

And bruh was getting slammed for his 15 tactics lol

Yeah Bekele at his best in the 10000m was pretty much running away from everyone in the last few laps in history. Only Geb could've been close.

Get a life loser. Trying too hard to be relevant, which you are not. By me responding, I'm almost as irrelevant and ugly as you.

Watch the press conference after the 5000m. Jakob states he wants to run a certain way. He avoided the question if he would change his tactics in the 1500 in the future. Of course be wont say yes. That would be admitting he can't win that way

He's an arrogant pig and a fool, all that matters is winning (i.e. crossing the line first), anyone in the final could have been leading for 800 if they wanted to, many letsrun posters could have lead for 400, but what matters is leading after 1500 metres has been run, kicking and taking the lead in the last 20 metres is better than leading the first 1400 metres and finishing 2nd, let alone 4th which is what Jakob did.

Tell that to all the people who are claiming that Jakob is the best 1500 runner in the world right now on letsrun.

If he is the best in the world, why was he only 4th?

In the 5000, so he is the Olympic champion in the 5000.

In the 1500 not only is he not the olympic champion, he is not even an olympic medallist.

Jacob Jacob Jacob. Sheesh. Whatever