Wow. Wow. Wow.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Michael Johnson you have blood on your hands
Just like the rest of the US. A day late and a dollar short. Past your prime....
Superb sprints from Gressier, Kejelcha and Almgren.
American's thought they were the sprinters, poor showing from them.
I don't think a single person had him winning!!
“Grant won’t use the same strategy as he did in Zurich”
Beating all the doped Africans. That means he is clean!
Nah, f off. AMERICANS GO HOME DEVESTATED!
I don't understand Fisher's insistance that he has a kick. He really doesn't. He would have had a free medal if he pushed from 1k out
That's what you get when you leave 15 dudes in the race with a lap to go.
Should have been pushing the pace from at least 5000m. You got to use the conditions to eliminate the contenders.
So happy for Kejelcha, I was rooting for him when they rounded into the final hundred
Yes they let him win with a very slow race.
For once Ethiopians didn't do the rabbiting for the US, and then it gives a chance to many more people.
US guys are over confident on their kick, they are not so fast.
Congratulations to France!
rappatic wrote:
So happy for Kejelcha, I was rooting for him when they rounded into the final hundred
^^^^So happy for him as well. I'd be happier
Just re-watched it. Gressier went from 6th to 1st in the final 150.
Grant had nothing in the last 100m.
Nice run for Almgren.
PS. It wouldn't be a tv broadcast if I didn't complain about it.
1) NBC totally butchered the camera angle. They zoomed in on the two Americans as they were rounding the final turn right . But we had no idea the other guys were pulling away because of this. NBC really needs to stop zooming in.
2) When it ended, Paul Swangard said the following: "It is the first European medal in this event since Mo Farah in 1987."
What?
as an american i actually love seeing the smug american crew get rekt.
Now it will be interesting to see Fisher strategy in the 5000m.
Will he push the pace or just repeat what he did here?
It was so funny seeing Gressier's face he looked distraught from how shocked he was lol
It wasn't gold, but I'm glad to see Kejelcha pick up another medal -- his first in 6 years. For a guy that simultaneously held the indoor mile and half marathon world records, and is an absolute monster on the DL circuit, he doesn't have much championship hardware. Really hope he gets an outdoor gold in his career (and with Jakob not in his best shape, this might be his best shot).
Also Nico Young 5th is great. I know we (at least I) wanted him to win, but for his first year as a pro, and his first year as a real contender 5th is great (and is the best a US guy has ever placed at WCs besides Fisher's 4th, and Rupp finished 4th or 5th once iirc).
Really happy Almgren nabbed a medal too, I'm not a huge fan of him (probably only because I'm not European), but I see him race a good bit anyway, and he ran a great race.
Tough for Fisher, I guess he thought that 3:48 mile counted for more in a kick than it did. Maybe he should've made it a mile race at the end, but he just got absolutely cooked in the last 100m, so I'm not sure a fast last 1k would've benefitted him regardless. No way to know, but I'd like to see him push it from a few laps out anyway.
Which shoes?
I still remember Grant Fisher jogging the 3k race for second at GST and not going for the win against Gebrehewit because he already has the 100k secured. An athlete with that type of cowardly mentality and attitude to racing doesn’t deserve to win anything championship medals. Congrats to Gressier, Kejelcha and Algrem
wtf fisher wrote:
I don't understand Fisher's insistance that he has a kick. He really doesn't. He would have had a free medal if he pushed from 1k out
I'm not sure he would have had a free medal. There are plenty in that field that can run a pretty good 1000 off that pace.
I'm sure he believes he has a kick based on the Olympics.
The hard thing about racing is that you're making decisions in real time and sometimes in a split second. Then you have to factor in every other competitor doing the exact same thing. The best plans mean nothing so much of the time.
The decisions made during the race can look like brilliance or stupidity, but only after you cross the line. That's what makes racing so much more interesting to me than the time-trialing we see in so many other meets and races.