Wightman!? took down Manangoi and Souleiman.
Who is this guy!? Ran like he belonged.
WTF Wightman Some British guy I've never heard of just won the Oslo 1500
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improved his 800m PR this year, so the 1500m time was expected. His dad and coach was a decent runner too.
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scotlander wrote:
improved his 800m PR this year, so the 1500m time was expected. His dad and coach was a decent runner too.
Improving his time may have been expected but taking it to that field wasn't. He ran like he belonged. I'll throw this out there a lot of the guys not from Ethiopia or Kenya don't run like they belong. Wightman maybe should have positioned himself earlier but he wasn't afraid to make a bold move.
Very impressive run.
He ran 3:35.49 3 years ago, but is really hitting stride now. 800 PB was 1:47.1 now it's 1:45.8. -
They've got some good stuff over there in Britain.
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He ran 3:35 at 19. So much talent.
Last year in the Emsley Care mile (DL) he mixed with he Kenyans and ran a huge last lap coming from far back in the field to take 4th just behind 3 3:30 guys. After that race you could tell he was quality.
https://youtu.be/EQbHSkozDsk
He can run 48 low from the blocks and 1:45 solo also.
This guy is the real deal. -
Competed against him for years when we were kids. He went from very average to about top in the country in one season at 18. Was a crazy leap. He went to school and trained with Steve Cram's son as well
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And to think that he beat the guy who was supposedly in shape to break El G's world record in the 1500m, but in 3:34.
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scotlander wrote:
His dad and coach was a decent runner too.
So was his Mum - Susan Tooby, a 2:31 marathon runner.
His Dad, Geoff, a 2:13 marathon runner now does stadium announcing and trackside interviews at various British athletics meetings, for example the BMC Grand Prix meetings. -
i woud be a bit cautious about his prospects
note that oslo for past few years has been a cold miserable place to run in, definitely non-african weather whilst for a scot it probably felt like running in the bahamas !!!
i never expect great african performances in oslo nowdays & also the meet is scuppered because most of the kenyans are absent for trials next coupla week, or ones there treating oslo as a training meet
oslo is no longer regarded by kenyans as a "premier" meet because of date & weather
someone can look up last time a kenyan ( or any other african ) had a real great run in oslo... -
800ftw. wrote:He can run 48 low from the blocks and 1:45 solo also
he ran 48.3 last year & i'd suggest he'd be about 48-flat right now
he ran 1'45-high in low key meet recently
i'd probably call that ~ 1'45-flat in a proper meet with fast pacing to bell which i doubt he got in his pb
i reckon a prelim line of fit for him now is
~ 48.0 / 1'45.0 ->
2'14.87
3'32.18
3'49.48
i think in ideal race he coud dip into 3'32s, low-end which is not bad for his age for a western guy -
He was wearing those sexy yellow 1" split shorts
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He is running the 800m and 1500m in London - when was the last time a British guy doubled up in a major championship?
And why has the timetable been changed to allow the doubling up in 800/1500 instead of 1500/5000m? Is this the first time since the early 90s? -
Umbingo wrote:
He went from very average to about top in the country in one season at 18. Was a crazy leap.
Did his doorbell break down before that season? -
calculo wrote:
i woud be a bit cautious about his prospects
note that oslo for past few years has been a cold miserable place to run in, definitely non-african weather whilst for a scot it probably felt like running in the bahamas !!!
i never expect great african performances in oslo nowdays & also the meet is scuppered because most of the kenyans are absent for trials next coupla week, or ones there treating oslo as a training meet
oslo is no longer regarded by kenyans as a "premier" meet because of date & weather
someone can look up last time a kenyan ( or any other african ) had a real great run in oslo...
Ah, so he is Scottish. Funny, how so many Scots have had rapid breakthroughs the past year. Kind of reminds me of South Africa. -
calculo wrote:
i woud be a bit cautious about his prospects
note that oslo for past few years has been a cold miserable place to run in, definitely non-african weather whilst for a scot it probably felt like running in the bahamas !!!
i never expect great african performances in oslo nowdays & also the meet is scuppered because most of the kenyans are absent for trials next coupla week, or ones there treating oslo as a training meet
oslo is no longer regarded by kenyans as a "premier" meet because of date & weather
someone can look up last time a kenyan ( or any other african ) had a real great run in oslo... -
calculo wrote:
i woud be a bit cautious about his prospects
note that oslo for past few years has been a cold miserable place to run in, definitely non-african weather whilst for a scot it probably felt like running in the bahamas !!!
i never expect great african performances in oslo nowdays & also the meet is scuppered because most of the kenyans are absent for trials next coupla week, or ones there treating oslo as a training meet
oslo is no longer regarded by kenyans as a "premier" meet because of date & weather
someone can look up last time a kenyan ( or any other african ) had a real great run in oslo...
What nonsense
http://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/LargeP/1707b702-44dd-482e-9608-a4bb149c32db.jpg?v=977953159 -
Umbingo wrote:
Competed against him for years when we were kids. He went from very average to about top in the country in one season at 18. Was a crazy leap. He went to school and trained with Steve Cram's son as well
Progression seems normal according to powerof10, almost metronomic. 8-12 seconds off his 1500m pb every year as a junior. -
Coevett wrote:
when was the last time a British guy doubled up in a major championship?
I'm pretty sure Mo Farah did it once or twice or five times pretty recently. -
PuzzL wrote:
Coevett wrote:
when was the last time a British guy doubled up in a major championship?
I'm pretty sure Mo Farah did it once or twice or five times pretty recently.
Ha! -
Who was the last Brit to win Oslo 1500/mile?
Cram? Coe? Ovett? Other?
