and some of you will still come out and scream “Kerr is better than Jakob”

I mean.....

if I had to put my life on the line of a 3K WR attempt, I'm going Jakob all day every day.

But, in a Championship 1500 between the two, with your life on the line, you can't honestly tell me you'd pick Jakob

It's totally different scenarios. This has like literally nothing to do with which one of the two is "better" than the other.

so you are saying Kerr is a better runner?

Jakob's definitely a better all around runner. He's just a horrible tactician over 1500m and lacks speed compared to other 1500m runners.

this is what Jakob meant when he said "blindfolded"

Josh is indeed better than Jakob at championship races which is what matters at the end of the day.

so let’s just forget he is an olympic 1500m champion. terrible!!!

I mean, he has finished behind Kerr in the last two global championships. Just sayin.

I honestly think that Jakob, still young, has tried a few times and failed to win it with a specific strategy.

I wouldn't call him a horrible tactician.

I think he's still learning how to best deploy his skillset over the distance.

When he figures it out, I think he's unstoppable for a while

Nobody thinks Kerr is better than Jakob at 3000. We know Kerr is better at 1500.

one is a 1500m olympic champion. one is not. you are such a smart human!

Not currently he’s not. He was 4th in the Olympics in the 1500m and 2nd at the World Champs. Kerr beat him in both races. So looking at current/recent form

You can’t change those facts. He can go out and race as many DL races and different distances (with the pacers and the lights). Yes he’s an amazing runner but he has shown repeatedly that when it matters and without pacers, he can’t deliver in the 1500m currently. Why are all you fanboys ignoring this?

For any WR attempt 1500 to 5000 I'd take Jakob over Kerr if my life depended on it. I agree with you on a championship 1500

Had to be mental for Jakob in Paris. He showed today that physically he’s head and shoulders above the rest. But the mental part is just as important as the physical.

Yes he is. Jakob is just a time trial merchant. Without pace-makers he is nothing.

I wouldn’t claim that over 3000m. 1500m is different.

Kerr doesn't deserve attention what you give him. Noncomparable

Is he though? Kerr's PR is still over a second slower. Jakob has Olympic gold at 1500m, Kerr doesn't. Jakob is the number one ranked 1500m runner in the world. Kerr beat him at the Olympics sure, but he didn't even win lol. He needed Jakob to pace him the entire race and benefited from what was almost the greatest front-run in history. Kerr would never have the balls to try and compete from the front. Jakob is better - sorry not sorry.

You’re not. Kerr has beaten Jakob three races in a row.

Kerr lives in Jakob’s head and yours. Jakob broke the 3000 world record and your first thought was Kerr. That says it all.

name a race Kerr has won without a pacer - i can tell you it isn't the indoor 3000m where fischer paced him the entire way (not just 2k like today). i can tell you it wasnt the WCs last year where Jakob paced him the whole way. I can you it wasn't the Olympic 1500m where again Jakob paced him. Name one race where Kerr has run from the front and won. Hell he tried to boss Nugus around last year after the WCs and actually did run from the front and got SMOKED by nuguse lol. You logic is utterly stupid.