This rules him out of the new meet at A&M but gives him a real shot at World Ultimate/the DL Final if he performs well. Oslo has an 800 too, so I’d guess he like most will run both.
This rules him out of the new meet at A&M but gives him a real shot at World Ultimate/the DL Final if he performs well. Oslo has an 800 too, so I’d guess he like most will run both.
This rules him out of the new meet at A&M but gives him a real shot at World Ultimate/the DL Final if he performs well. Oslo has an 800 too, so I’d guess he like most will run both.
He's MFing 17 years old!!! Already a world champion. The beastliness of this child. I hope he enjoys his travels and keeps his love for the sport amidst the growing pressure. He seems like the type to be able to handle that.
That picture of him is crazy. He looks like a child (which makes sense given his age), yet he has a world championship gold medal around his neck. Still can’t make sense of this guy. Hyped for the WR in Stockholm though, 1:39 here we come!
Seriously though, we are so lucky to witness this. I don’t know what Cooper’s career will look like, but he’s got potentially 15 years at the top of the world. I’m sure he’ll face injuries and setbacks and have bad years, but he really has such an incredible support system around him that I’m not worried. Everything I’ve heard from his coach and about his family makes me feel like I’m in a dream. You can’t make up a better scenario.
Now that I’m trying, I can’t even take a good stab at a prediction. Dude ran 1:44 indoors for a gold medal. If anyone else did that I’d expect a 1:41 outdoors, but this guy is 17, so that feels like heaping on unrealistic expectations on a child. But he’s already run 1:42 and has a gold medal. Idk bro I can see anywhere from 1:39-1:44 as completely reasonable based on his indoor season.
Great news, can't wait to see what Cooper does facing Wanyonyi/Arop/Sedjati with a quality rabbit.
It's wild that he's progressed so fast that there's zero question about whether this is premature or a publicity stunt. 17 years old and already at the point where the Diamond League is the only place he'll be meaningfully tested. Insane.
This rules him out of the new meet at A&M but gives him a real shot at World Ultimate/the DL Final if he performs well. Oslo has an 800 too, so I’d guess he like most will run both.
That picture of him is crazy. He looks like a child (which makes sense given his age), yet he has a world championship gold medal around his neck. Still can’t make sense of this guy. Hyped for the WR in Stockholm though, 1:39 here we come!
Seriously though, we are so lucky to witness this. I don’t know what Cooper’s career will look like, but he’s got potentially 15 years at the top of the world. I’m sure he’ll face injuries and setbacks and have bad years, but he really has such an incredible support system around him that I’m not worried. Everything I’ve heard from his coach and about his family makes me feel like I’m in a dream. You can’t make up a better scenario.
Now that I’m trying, I can’t even take a good stab at a prediction. Dude ran 1:44 indoors for a gold medal. If anyone else did that I’d expect a 1:41 outdoors, but this guy is 17, so that feels like heaping on unrealistic expectations on a child. But he’s already run 1:42 and has a gold medal. Idk bro I can see anywhere from 1:39-1:44 as completely reasonable based on his indoor season.
Especially when he has been very clear that his main goals for this year are for the outdoor season. I am excited to see what that looks like.
Given the complete 180 he did on handling pressure and competition at worlds, I believe he has an excellent team in his corner. He said in an interview that his parents were handling all of his logistics and all he had to think about was running and school. His coach and support system have done a great job helping him take the new attention in stride. He is not only talented but easy to like and root for. It is crazy that a year ago I had never heard of this kid and now if he toes the line in an 800 I assume he is going to win. At 17!!!! Crazy, but I am glad I am getting to see it!
That picture of him is crazy. He looks like a child (which makes sense given his age), yet he has a world championship gold medal around his neck. Still can’t make sense of this guy. Hyped for the WR in Stockholm though, 1:39 here we come!
Seriously though, we are so lucky to witness this. I don’t know what Cooper’s career will look like, but he’s got potentially 15 years at the top of the world. I’m sure he’ll face injuries and setbacks and have bad years, but he really has such an incredible support system around him that I’m not worried. Everything I’ve heard from his coach and about his family makes me feel like I’m in a dream. You can’t make up a better scenario.
Now that I’m trying, I can’t even take a good stab at a prediction. Dude ran 1:44 indoors for a gold medal. If anyone else did that I’d expect a 1:41 outdoors, but this guy is 17, so that feels like heaping on unrealistic expectations on a child. But he’s already run 1:42 and has a gold medal. Idk bro I can see anywhere from 1:39-1:44 as completely reasonable based on his indoor season.
Especially when he has been very clear that his main goals for this year are for the outdoor season. I am excited to see what that looks like.
Given the complete 180 he did on handling pressure and competition at worlds, I believe he has an excellent team in his corner. He said in an interview that his parents were handling all of his logistics and all he had to think about was running and school. His coach and support system have done a great job helping him take the new attention in stride. He is not only talented but easy to like and root for. It is crazy that a year ago I had never heard of this kid and now if he toes the line in an 800 I assume he is going to win. At 17!!!! Crazy, but I am glad I am getting to see it!
I don’t think the pressure got to him at outdoor Worlds. He just ran a tactically poor race. He learned the hard way that in a relatively slow race everyone has a kick. He applied that leason in the heats and finals at the World Indoor. Hoping he keeps up the steady improvement for several more years.
He better learn some tactics quick or he’s gonna get rolled like at worlds.
He won the WC indoors because he did indeed learn from his errors in Tokyo. I take it you’re yet another angry slug who stuggled to break 2:05 who’s jealous of the kid.
Oslo (three days after Stockholm this year) pretty much always sees a WR attempt in the 1609 - If Jakob Ingebrigtsen is back in shape by then he'll almost certainly take a crack at it (also, it's before Kerrs planed Project 222). The world stage marketing value for just being in that race, maybe even partially pacing it, is bigger than running something smaller back in the US. Also the "see and learn" factor for simply being in or near a staged WR attempt for someone who might to go after several WRs down the road himself...
I still hope that he runs in the World U20 Championships, which would also necessitate his running in the US U20 Championships on June 18-19.
At this point junior races are a waste of time. He’s already racing the top Africans in their 20s. He doesn’t need to race a bunch of “junior” 24 year old Ethiopians, Eriteans, and Kenyans etc for junior titles.