Jakobs wins Diamond League Final in Interesting fashion

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Javelin. He sits and kicks depending on who's in the race and how he's feeling.

He still front ran the last 450m. I would have been even more interesting if he had let Nuguse (or somebody else) take it to the 1200m mark.

I think he would have won still.

Must be a first time visitor.

That was cool that El G was at the finish line.

Was that Jakob's first time meeting El Guerrouj?

MF Jakob! Knew he could do it. Toxic misanthropes will groan today

Can't stand these winners and medalists who front run the end of races. WTF is wrong with them

Not on Letsrun

Hocker not beating the one race wonder allegations

ROOKIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Saving himself for Copenhagen

Too bad Nuguse got tripped up. He was looking like a possible threat at that point of the race. Got to respect his will to fight on to the finish.

Well, he did beat Duck Duck Kerr twice in a row.

3xNCAA champion

2xUS trials champion

olympic 1500 champion

What else does he have to prove?

That's a good change honestly. His tactics haven't worked for the past 2 years, if he wants to be the undisputed GOAT in all distances so badly, he needs to win at least one WC and the LA Olympic and he can't do that sticking to his old way. This race and the Budapest Semi showed that he clearly has a kick. He just needs to trust that and gives it more chance.

I still believe El g in Athen is the blueprint for him. That way he doesn't have to be the pacemaker from wire to wire, and he also doesn't need to jostle for position in the last lap.

That said, in such an unprecedentedly competitive era, it's still hard to win a global final. Even El g barely held off Lagat, so that's easier said than done. But if there's someone who can pull it off, that would be Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

El G was there in case the WR was broken.