Jakob Ingerbrigsten - 17 years old - 13:20 5000m

Hugely impressive.

First legit finisher in both the 1500 and 5000. Future is bright for this boyo.

The two Kenyans that beat him will be nowhere to be seen come 2020 or so.

Phantasy Star wrote:

Hugely impressive.

First legit finisher in both the 1500 and 5000. Future is bright for this boyo.

The two Kenyans that beat him will be nowhere to be seen come 2020 or so.

True. I was just looking at the results of the finals of the 2010 world u20 championships to see 'where are they now'. Looking at the 5000m, dominated as usual by Kenyans and Epiopians, most of them ran at a similar level for the next couple of years and then declined (still supposedly in their teens!). However, the top European and American guys in the final all showed a normal progression, tending to peak about 5 years after the championships in 2015 or 2016.

The Kenyan who won the 1500m did go on to win the world indoor championships and the Commonwealth Games 5000m, and then declined (still supposedly in his early 20s). The only other guy in the 800, 1500, 5000 finals to do anything significant was Bosse who finished last in the 800m.

Ingerbrigsten looks like Zakayo's uncle............when you look at them side by side.

I think I am also capable of saying that.

Sub 2:25 last 1000m???

Neill Brooks from the UK set his still standing PB in the 800m final:

Soren 16:18???

The yg wrote:

Sub 2:25 last 1000m???

Zakayo in around 2:24.0!! Ingebrigtsen almost as fast. Fantastic finish of both of them.

That's interesting, but considering you have a full look at his entire career with 'Powerof10' do you think it might be due to injury or age cheating?

Mburu has a baby face but Zakayo is 25. People were calling him out last year, people who have lived in Iten.

No way dude wrote:

Mburu has a baby face but Zakayo is 25. People were calling him out last year, people who have lived in Iten.

He's had a hard life if he's 25. He's older than that. He could be the other guy's dad.

Pingua's birthdate is Nov 25, 2001. 14 months younger than Jakob (38 days away from still being a youth this year). He ran 7:49 in Nairobi (1795m altitude) last year at age 15 (what is the NCAA conversion of 7:49 at 1795m?). Imagine if that was really his birthdate. He would be a phenom.

Jakob's best last year was only 13:35.

Zakayo and Mburu just beat Selemon Barega, who has been among the best in the world for the past year. That in itself is very impressive and who outside of Kenya had even heard of those 1-2 guys?? These top four are all good enough to be competitive on the world stage, so I'm going to ignore the fact that probably only one or two of them should actually have been eligible for this race. Ingebrigtsen continues to impress, in particular by beating Barega. 17 years old still, almost 18, and 17 seconds under the U.S. high school record! (However, several guys ran in the 13:20s before turning 20, including Ritz at 13:27.98 in the year he turned 20, and I think Jager, Derrick?, and German). 3:52/13:20 at 17. He's going to have a very early career peak, but it should be a good one.

No way dude wrote:

Mburu has a baby face but Zakayo is 25. People were calling him out last year, people who have lived in Iten.

You mean Zane Robertson being his usual classy self mocking a teenager because of his looks? He does not represent "people living in Iten". Zakayo is progressing like a junior should when they said he wouldn't. Last year he couldn't hang with Barega, this year he's run himself to a Commonwealth bronze medal and crushed Barega. But that race was made by Stanley Mburu Waithaka who kicked for home from 800m out dropping Kiplimo and Bekele and hanging on for silver. I'm not alone in thinking he could be the new Sammy.

zakayo wrote:

The yg wrote:

Sub 2:25 last 1000m???

Zakayo in around 2:24.0!! Ingebrigtsen almost as fast. Fantastic finish of both of them.

1:51.x in the last 800m, while having to go around semi r@tarded runners who did not realize that there was a race going on one lap ahead of them. Unreal!!! Jakob's current 800m PB is only 1:49.4

Yep Galen Rupp 13:37 I believe.

What is Jakob running at the European Champs?

He is now ranked 5th in Europe at 5000m this year. Henrik is ranked first with 13:16. In my mind, Jakob would now be the 5000m favourite at the European Champs. He would be sub 13:10 (maybe even sub 13:05) in a perfectly paced race right now. Clearly, he also has the finishing speed in a championship setting.

thats a very strange,suspicious result.the first 6 guys run under 13.24,and nobody else runs under 14 minutes.combination of doping,and age cheating.ive never heard of another championship race where the result is so glaring,and so weird.

It is very common that groups are formed through the course in distance running. If you look at the athletes distribution of PRs they are well spread.

El Keniano wrote:

But that race was made by Stanley Mburu Waithaka who kicked for home from 800m out dropping Kiplimo and Bekele and hanging on for silver. I'm not alone in thinking he could be the new Sammy.

You are not alone. He reminded me of Sammy!

And Zakayo's kick, his cadence, reminded me of possibly the greatest kicker of all time, Abraham Chebii!