Can Marco Arop ever run under 3:30 in the 1500m? If he does it, he would join Sebastian Coe as the only members of the sub-1:42 and sub-3:30 club.
🗣️ "I might sound crazy to say this but I do think I can break 3:30 (for 1500m) at some point."
2025 is a big year ahead for Olympic silver medalist @marco_arop as he looks to: – Defend his World Championship title – Try to break David Rudisha's 1:40.91 800m world record… pic.twitter.com/c6NTaMqqeS
Arop's work ethic is unmatched. If he says he can break 3:30, he'll break 3:30
It will take a lot of hard work, but then he's from the city known for people who work hard so anything is possible. He just has to retain the right amount of humility plus self-belief.
Arop's work ethic is unmatched. If he says he can break 3:30, he'll break 3:30
It will take a lot of hard work, but then he's from the city known for people who work hard so anything is possible. He just has to retain the right amount of humility plus self-belief.
I’d say 90% plus as yes. He’s got a much better engine than Krummenacker, who ran 1:43.9 and 3:31.9 in old junk adidas spikes.
He's right on the line for me. I don't doubt he can run under 3:33. He is a bigger guy, and that's really my reservation. I rate Wanyonyi/Sedjati's chances the highest of the 800m elite guys who translate to 1500m. Even though it seems like Hoppel should be a great candidate, it's never quite translated. Arop has a better track record moving up.
I think he can, a 1:11 half shows he has a pretty decent aerobic engine, and combined with 1:41 (likely soon 1:40!) speed, he should be able to get under.
No hes not going to do it. The claims about the 1k WR were totally unsubstantiated and if he cant break 2:14 during a season when be ran 1:41-low he has no chance of 3:30.
Makhloufi was much better at 1k and his 1500 would be a Jimbo-beating ~3.23 if he could convert like Arop claims
peak 1500 age is mid 20s. hes running out of time.
The numbers back you up. Arop will turn 27 this year. There have been 153 instances of someone running under 3:30, and only 25 of those performances were achieved by someone age 28 or older. That's just 16%.
For me he doesn't looke like a 1500m guy. Too big, too heavy. But I also wouldn't have expected a 1:41.20 while running wide from him. So, let's wait and see.
He's right on the line for me. I don't doubt he can run under 3:33. He is a bigger guy, and that's really my reservation. I rate Wanyonyi/Sedjati's chances the highest of the 800m elite guys who translate to 1500m. Even though it seems like Hoppel should be a great candidate, it's never quite translated. Arop has a better track record moving up.
Would be funny if the maurtens gel gang (Arop, Wanyanyi, and Sedjati) clean sweep the 800 AND 1500m in Tokyo this year.
Arop's work ethic is unmatched. If he says he can break 3:30, he'll break 3:30
It will take a lot of hard work, but then he's from the city known for people who work hard so anything is possible. He just has to retain the right amount of humility plus self-belief.
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