I'm a Jakob fan, but I don't think he's fit enough for it. The 5000m will be slow (like every year) as we've seen with the men's 1500m, the steeple, and the 10000m. Even the marathon came down to a kick. Honestly before the 1500m I thought Laros could pull off the double. But based on how he ran today, he's probably overcooked. On the other hand, Hocker is coming into the 5 with one less race. I think he's got a great chance as long as he doesn't DQ himself again.
I'm a Jakob fan, but I don't think he's fit enough for it. The 5000m will be slow (like every year) as we've seen with the men's 1500m, the steeple, and the 10000m. Even the marathon came down to a kick. Honestly before the 1500m I thought Laros could pull off the double. But based on how he ran today, he's probably overcooked. On the other hand, Hocker is coming into the 5 with one less race. I think he's got a great chance as long as he doesn't DQ himself again.
By now, the peloton knows how to escort Cole “safely” so he’s not a threat to anyone.
I'm a Jakob fan, but I don't think he's fit enough for it. The 5000m will be slow (like every year) as we've seen with the men's 1500m, the steeple, and the 10000m. Even the marathon came down to a kick. Honestly before the 1500m I thought Laros could pull off the double. But based on how he ran today, he's probably overcooked. On the other hand, Hocker is coming into the 5 with one less race. I think he's got a great chance as long as he doesn't DQ himself again.
He’ll have to be a lot more fit than his 12:58 PR. He was in top form at the Olympic trials last year and got gapped in a race won in 13:08.
Hocker aerobic development has neutered his top end speed and he doesn’t have the morphology to be a top 5k runner. The race will be very slow and someone else is going to have more at the end. I don’t put him top 5.
Hocker aerobic development has neutered his top end speed and he doesn’t have the morphology to be a top 5k runner. The race will be very slow and someone else is going to have more at the end. I don’t put him top 5.
Congrats Cole Hocker, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen embarrasses himself. If he was going to be in this poor of condition why even come here. He 100% needs new coaching or he should retire! Perhaps he should suck in hope and make piece with his father. That his brothers let him come to this meet is basically malpractice in the highest order! He just looked pathetic out there! This is the worse performance of a defending champion since John Walker in 1977. He broke the world record and won the 1976 Olympics as a 24 year old and yes he also had an injury, but just one year later in 1977, he was destroyed by Steve Ovett to the point that he "quit" the race
I guess he is a lot more fit than his 12:58 PR then...
A LOT more. I’d love to see what he could do in a wave light paced 3000/2 mile; bet he’d blow some people’s minds.
Though I suspect he may be like Kerr and Mo, not chasing fast times, only going for championships. Hope he proves me wrong in 2026, which is finally an off year in terms of championships.