Why isn't Nuguse et al entered in the trials 5000 as a backup?

Membrane wrote:

Nuguse hates the 5k and even the 3k. He doesn’t enjoy racing distances over a mile. He would rather sit home for Tokyo if he somehow does not make the 1500 team then have to run the 5k.

5000 trials wrote:

– Men’s 1500m: Olympic bronze medalist Yared Nuguse, Paris Olympics 1500m final fifth place finisher Hobbs Kessler, NCAA mile record holder Ethan Strand, and NCAA 1500m record holder Liam Murphy are entered in the 1500m only. Olympic champion Cole Hocker, Villanova standout Marco Langon, Virginia star Gary Martin, and World Indoor Championship 1500m finalist Sam Prakel are doubling with the 5000m. Hocker has been vocal about his goal of making both the 1500m and 5000m team and has the World Championship qualifying standard in both events.

If you're tripped and not advanced, sh!t the bed in the final, or mistime your kick badly, why not enter the 5000 as backup as it's the day after?

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Membrane wrote:

Nuguse hates the 5k and even the 3k. He doesn’t enjoy racing distances over a mile. He would rather sit home for Tokyo if he somehow does not make the 1500 team then have to run the 5k.

It’s a 5k thing. He’s ok with the 3K, and seemed excited about running it before Ritz decided he should try to answer Jakob breaking his record. When asked about the 5,000, he was like hell no.

Abeylegesse fan wrote:

Yared Nuguse is a fearless machine with no conscience and no regard for human reason. Losing the 1500 in Eugene is simply not an option.

Abeylegesse fan wrote:

Yared Nuguse is a fearless machine with no conscience and no regard for human reason. Losing the 1500 in Eugene is simply not an option.

007run wrote:

Yared would have absolutely no chance to medal in the 5k. Wy waste more energy or give yourself another chance to potentially get hurt for no reason in a race you clearly don't need or want? Sorry, but Jacob, Grant, and any number of top Africans, will make it impossibly hard to medal at Worlds. In the 5k, Yared just isn't on that level yet. There's no need for him to waste time entertaining it.

Kickers usually win wrote:

Abeylegesse fan wrote:

Yared Nuguse is a fearless machine with no conscience and no regard for human reason. Losing the 1500 in Eugene is simply not an option.

Losing doesn’t seem to be an option for Hocker either.

Newname wrote:

Kickers usually win wrote:

Losing doesn’t seem to be an option for Hocker either.

I will take Nuguse over Hocker at the US WC trials

Kickers usually win wrote:

Newname wrote:

I will take Nuguse over Hocker at the US WC trials

Coin flip for me, but Hocker has beaten him in the last two Olympic trials and this year’s Pre don’t mean nothing.