Laros appreciation thread

Feel bad for him. I was hoping for better. He has had an excellent season, except in the WC unfortunately. The 800m/5000m double in the U23 European Championships was really impressive (especially considering most competitors were two years older than him)

And 1:44.19, 3:29.20, 3:45.94, 7:29.49 (indoor) and 13:10.86 all in the same season at age 20 is just madness.

I hope we get to see Jakob, Laros, Kerr and Wightman face off in the 1500m next year in the European Championships.

After the 1500, I don’t know why anyone expected him to factor in the 5k anyway. I didn’t think he’d make the final. He’s not a 5k runner.

Looked to be the same thing as Kerr which is really sad cause he looked good. All I know is a 20 min bus ride in between warm up is really difficult to manage. I’m surprised sprinters didn’t get hurt at a higher rate.

Typically you’re at Call 30-20 mins before event starts. I’ve raced at Hayward enough to have the spacing of my warm up down but I genuinely can’t imagine it getting interrupted for a 20 min ride to a track then rush a secondary warm up... I don’t remember this being the issue in 21. Is it just cause it’s world champs and not Olympics or is it just a post covid thing?

a learning experience for the young man

I hope at least 3 of those 4. No way Kerr will show up. He never has and never will. I think with his injury in the world championships and racing more than he ever has with Grand Slam that he will be even more selective with his racing schedule next year.

They built a baseball stadium next door to the Olympic stadium after the Olympics. Used to be a track there were they did the warmups

They are in Birmingham and there are no global championships next year. There is not a chance he wont be there if he is healthy.

World Ultimate Championships in Budapest, 2027. Look it up at World Athletics. This will be a global championship...and, no, it is not the enhanced games

2026 not 2027

He looked more like a Daewoo Lanos in these games

I’m not sure he was unlucky. Just over-raced. These championships have shown how hard it can be to peak for a September championship.

Very disappointing for him after performing so well all year. But he’s young and he’ll learn from it.

He just wet his pants!

He's not over-raced... He just wasn't as good as you thought he was. I mean seriously, he doesn't even have the standard, how did he qual in the first place?

Apparently he did 8km worth of threshold work after one of the 1500m rounds. Massive coaching error.

No. No he did not.

I will agree that maybe I had too much faith in him after what I’d seen all year (like lots of us did).

I think it’s a combination of factors. I do think too much racing as he did look tired and had less of a kick. I also think nerves got to him. And I think some athletes who do the Diamond League with all the r the lights and pacers, don’t appreciate how different Championship racing is..

Some athletes (see Jake Wightman ) are very good at racing. They may not be the fastest on paper but they get through the rounds unscathed. They put themselves in a good position always, they respond to what is going around them.

Laros didn't do that. So on that point I’d agree he wasn’t as good as we thought. And others surprised us.

Agreed. Especially when he was looking quite tired. Maybe he needs a new coach.

lewandowski has got him to where he is now, as well as getting timmy cheruiyot back to (almost) his best

Ok. Well if we’re fine with him performing well all year, peaking at the wrong time and then not fulfilling his potential at the World Champs. What do all the down voters think happened then? Just bad luck. Right.