semi final with:
Noah KIBET, Mohamed ATTAOUI, Slimane MOULA and Maciej WYDERKA.
Not sure but probably formula will be 2Q + 0q
semi final with:
Noah KIBET, Mohamed ATTAOUI, Slimane MOULA and Maciej WYDERKA.
Not sure but probably formula will be 2Q + 0q
They have a spot on their website stating top 2 in each heat to the final. There are only 3 semifinals and 6 lanes on the track, makes sense.
Making a 800m final is a gamble. Too few spots among too many good athletes.
Compounded by unbalanced heats and semifinals.
In the heats these were the last 200m splits . Attaoui 26.2 , Moula 26.6, Lukenhaus 26.9, Kibet 26.9.
On these splits alone given Attaoui and Moula will not want to lead.
Both youngsters cannot outrun the veterans.
Where is that 21.8 when you need it?
Ewoi Says wrote:
Making a 800m final is a gamble. Too few spots among too many good athletes.
Compounded by unbalanced heats and semifinals.
In the heats these were the last 200m splits . Attaoui 26.2 , Moula 26.6, Lukenhaus 26.9, Kibet 26.9.
On these splits alone given Attaoui and Moula will not want to lead.
Both youngsters cannot outrun the veterans.
Where is that 21.8 when you need it?
He didn't need it. He was comfortably in 2nd.
Ewoi Says wrote:
Making a 800m final is a gamble. Too few spots among too many good athletes.
Compounded by unbalanced heats and semifinals.
In the heats these were the last 200m splits . Attaoui 26.2 , Moula 26.6, Lukenhaus 26.9, Kibet 26.9.
On these splits alone given Attaoui and Moula will not want to lead.
Both youngsters cannot outrun the veterans.
Where is that 21.8 when you need it?
it is waiting in reserve for the semis and finals when he will need it.
hawell wrote:
semi final with:
Noah KIBET, Mohamed ATTAOUI, Slimane MOULA and Maciej WYDERKA.
Not sure but probably formula will be 2Q + 0q
Fortunately Cooper ran a smart heat where he didnt waist his energy.
All 4 mentioned above made much greater efforts so I think Cooper will be just fine in the semi.
hawell wrote:
semi final with:
Noah KIBET, Mohamed ATTAOUI, Slimane MOULA and Maciej WYDERKA.
Not sure but probably formula will be 2Q + 0q
Semi of death. He did have the easiest qualification of the 4. Im dubious Kibet can repeat how well he handled his semi. Attaoui probably can. Moula ran hard and didn’t look tremendous in his heat. Same goes for Wyderka, who will be fighting for the same areas as Cooper.
I don't know why but Attaoui is my personal villain character whenever he races. It's going to rlly hurt to potentially watch him kick right past Cooper in the semi or final.
am i the only one that thinks the indoor WC are waste of time to watch? God awful boring, no excitement.
I don't understand why Wanyonyi, Sedjati and Arop are not forced to be here. They are obviously ducking Cooper L (who is now obviously the best on the planet), and should be sanctioned for whereabouts (as in where the heck are they?) failures. All outdoor medalists should be forced to compete indoors, or get rid of the meet as inconsequential.
Ewoi Says wrote:
Making a 800m final is a gamble. Too few spots among too many good athletes.
Compounded by unbalanced heats and semifinals.
In the heats these were the last 200m splits . Attaoui 26.2 , Moula 26.6, Lukenhaus 26.9, Kibet 26.9.
On these splits alone given Attaoui and Moula will not want to lead.
Both youngsters cannot outrun the veterans.
Where is that 21.8 when you need it?
From Attaoui and Moula's usual race patterns and these splits, I think both will be comfortable aiming to hang back and come over the top on the last lap. I'm not certain that Lutkenhaus will be able to repel Attaoui's absurdly good finish, or even Moula's.
It would be incredibly courageous, but if he just runs for a near-pb 1:44 he might be able to get away from these guys' kicks. (PBs: 1:44.0 CL vs 1:44.8 Moula and 1:44.9 Attaoui).
This should really be among the options he considers.
why not in this meet wrote:
I don't understand why Wanyonyi, Sedjati and Arop are not forced to be here. They are obviously ducking Cooper L (who is now obviously the best on the planet), and should be sanctioned for whereabouts (as in where the heck are they?) failures. All outdoor medalists should be forced to compete indoors, or get rid of the meet as inconsequential.
Meh.
Arop doesn't race indoors all that much, and hasn't done so since February 2024. (Not at all in 2023, 2025, or 2026.)
It is probably not trivial to note that the guy is 6'4".
With outdoor/indoor PBs of 1:41.20 / 1:45.50, the small track seems to slow him down more than some of his elite peers. (e.g. Hoppel's smaller spread of 1:41.67 / 1:44.19, or Lutkenhaus at 1:42.27 / 1:44.03.)
Agreed that World Indoors is a bit watered down compared with the real/outdoor WC.
Actually, no. Coop ran his last 200m in 25.8x.
https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7199326/AT-800sh-M-h--2--.RS5.pdf
Splance wrote:
I don't know why but Attaoui is my personal villain character whenever he races. It's going to rlly hurt to potentially watch him kick right past Cooper in the semi or final.
Indoor favors runts like Attaoui, tight turns, short straights etc.. Outdoors Cooper will flatten that manlet this summer.
Runner1218 wrote:
Actually, no. Coop ran his last 200m in 25.8x.
Exactly
Cooper 25.87
Attaoui 26.15
Kibet 26.93
rosealynn wrote:
am i the only one that thinks the indoor WC are waste of time to watch? God awful boring, no excitement.
The cramped track allows for too many factors that can help a lesser athlete win, especially in the 400 - 1500. We will see how Cooper is actually progressing when it’s the wide open spaces of 400m tracks.
Onwards and upwards!
He killed it!
First World Championship Final… and as a co-favorite!
Great race from Lutkenhaus, I'm just wondering why he had a calf sleeve on? Maybe it was just a bit sore.