Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because it seems not many people here are aware of the impact on the sport that Jakob is going to have from this point on.
Coevett wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because it seems not many people here are aware of the impact on the sport that Jakob is going to have from this point on.
Last sentence is correct. And guys like El Keniano should be very happy. Who doesn't want running to become a bigger sport in the rest of the world?
Lol. As if 100k followers is a lot. Bolt has over 8.5 million. Young Sydney McLaughlin already has 300k. Frickin’ Makhloufi has 166k. I guess my guy Makh Daddy is the savior of track!
Coevett wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because it seems not many people here are aware of the impact on the sport that Jakob is going to have from this point on.
Good for Jakob and he will be a beast in the sport, but why does this matter compared to the Kenyans? Of course they would have significantly less followers. Jakob could really help push the sport forward as you said if he continues to develop, so let’s see.
Coevett is obsessed with Kenyans.
LEC historian wrote:
Coevett is obsessed with Kenyans.
What's really odd is that he has to mention them in threads with completely different subject matter. Take the John Walker thread, for example. The thread is honoring the great achievements of John Walker and he has to throw in a dig at Kenyans. Is that really necessary?
vivalarepublica wrote:
LEC historian wrote:
Coevett is obsessed with Kenyans.
What's really odd is that he has to mention them in threads with completely different subject matter. Take the John Walker thread, for example. The thread is honoring the great achievements of John Walker and he has to throw in a dig at Kenyans. Is that really necessary?
Of course not. But obsessed people can’t help themselves.
Coevett wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because it seems not many people here are aware of the impact on the sport that Jakob is going to have from this point on.
Could be zero if he 'does a Mary Cain'.
Mondo has 92k followers on instagram, so he has more than Mondo.
100k?
you bragging about 100k?
isn't that about what a moderately succesfuly yoga model on Instagram has?
More westerners have Instagram.
What else does this prove?
Jakob wins the Euros and so Europeans start following him on Instagram. Africans aren't into Instagram so much.
This is a dead post even for you
ex-runner wrote:
More westerners have Instagram.
What else does this prove?
Jakob wins the Euros and so Europeans start following him on Instagram. Africans aren't into Instagram so much.
This is a dead post even for you
Well, given that Westerners also have far more purchasing power than Africans, it proves that the first European superstar for decades will likely utterly transform the sport (which has been dead on its feet for years).
Clout Cobain wrote:
Coevett wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because it seems not many people here are aware of the impact on the sport that Jakob is going to have from this point on.
Good for Jakob and he will be a beast in the sport, but why does this matter compared to the Kenyans? Of course they would have significantly less followers. Jakob could really help push the sport forward as you said if he continues to develop, so let’s see.
Well I'm just pointing to the fact that Kenyans have dominated middle-distance for years and they don't exactly set the world on fire. Usain Bolt has nearly 7 million followers on Instagram. I doubt if they're all Jamaican, so it's not entirely about race is it (despite what the imbecile ex-runner/doper says)? The top two 1500 runners in the world, both Kenyan, have 4,000 between them. Even David Rudisha only has 87k followers. Not having a pop at Kenya for the sake of it, but simply pointing out that the East African domination has not been good for the sport on a global or financial basis, especially in the West. Tim and the Manangois deserve to be far more famous than they are but they're not, and likely wont be for various reasons. Jakob is on the way to having Usain Bolt style fame (he certainly will if he wins double gold at Tokyo as a 19 year old) and that would utterly transform the profile and popularity of middle and long distance running.
Coevett wrote:
ex-runner wrote:
More westerners have Instagram.
What else does this prove?
Jakob wins the Euros and so Europeans start following him on Instagram. Africans aren't into Instagram so much.
This is a dead post even for you
Well, given that Westerners also have far more purchasing power than Africans, it proves that the first European superstar for decades will likely utterly transform the sport (which has been dead on its feet for years).
Farah has 748k followers - did he transform the sport?
Coevett wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because it seems not many people here are aware of the impact on the sport that Jakob is going to have from this point on.
Seek help.
Coevett wrote:
ex-runner wrote:
More westerners have Instagram.
What else does this prove?
Jakob wins the Euros and so Europeans start following him on Instagram. Africans aren't into Instagram so much.
This is a dead post even for you
Well, given that Westerners also have far more purchasing power than Africans, it proves that the first European superstar for decades will likely utterly transform the sport (which has been dead on its feet for years).
Transform how
The only westerner that has a chance of transforming the sport is the right and honourable Seb Coe. But I have a feeling he won't
Bolt and Farah are both extremely well known in Europe (and worldwide), both English speaking, Bolt was a guest at the sports relief football and by all accounts he helped fill the stadium. He has also been a guest on many British and American TV shows, he's essentially the biggest celebrity track and field has ever had, and he runs a more exciting and watchable event than the 1500m to most outside the sport.
How will Jakob, the Norwegian, transform the sport more than them? Especially Bolt?
Coevett wrote:
ex-runner wrote:
More westerners have Instagram.
What else does this prove?
Jakob wins the Euros and so Europeans start following him on Instagram. Africans aren't into Instagram so much.
This is a dead post even for you
Well, given that Westerners also have far more purchasing power than Africans, it proves that the first European superstar for decades will likely utterly transform the sport (which has been dead on its feet for years).
SUPERSTAR? UTTERLY transform the sport? Haha. Thanks for that. You’re like a sad, racist Elmer Fudd. “This time I’ve got those wascally wunning Kenyans!!” Then Timothy C. and Eliud go out and win some more hardware.
Coevett wrote:
Jakob is on the way to having Usain Bolt style fame (he certainly will if he wins double gold at Tokyo as a 19 year old) and that would utterly transform the profile and popularity of middle and long distance running.
He’ll never be anywhere close to as popular as Bolt. Bolt consecutively obliterated the WRs, had the greatest medal streak of any athlete in history, and had an entertaining persona.
Jakob will never break any WRs (you claim they’re super doped anyway, not sure why you would even consider them in the realm of possibility), will never have a streak equaling Bolt’s, and just isn’t anywhere near as entertaining or likeable.
Coevett wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because I have nothing else to do.
Barakus Obama wrote:
Coevett wrote:
Jakob Ingebrigsten now has over 100,000 followers on Instagram. He appears to be adding about 10,000 a day now. Meanwhile, David Ouma's boys aren't faring so well. Tim still only has 2,000, the same number as George Manangoi, while Jakob's 'peer' Elijah Manangoi has 50. Galen Rupp has 20,000 or something after all these years.
Only pointing this out because it seems not many people here are aware of the impact on the sport that Jakob is going to have from this point on.
Last sentence is correct. And guys like El Keniano should be very happy. Who doesn't want running to become a bigger sport in the rest of the world?
Herein is part of the reason why you lot will never be able to compete with us. WE DO NOT CARE about the size of your social media following and don’t judge sporting success by it. Many Kenyan athletes have them solely for interaction with friends and family and others have only opened accounts due to pressure from managers and sponsors. Culturally, we do not have the same innate desperation to be liked by strangers that seems to have consumed the western world and would rather leave social media to its rightful owners: the Kardashians.
Kenyans are extremely impressed and proud that someone like Tim continues crash the competition (or to use a Kenyan phrase) ‘show them dust’. He seems to me like someone who would all together avoid the media, if he could. He doesn’t automatically gravitate towards journalists mics like western athletes seem trained to do. George and Elijah are keen to realise ‘prophecies’ that they will be Olympic champions. No one cares how many likes they get on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. You saying I should be happy Jakob Ingebrigtsen has 100k followers on Insta; well, the best I can tell you is that I’m not unhappy. He’s not well known or talked about in Kenya like, say, Ethiopian Selemon Barega or Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei. No one yet is putting him on any pedestals or trumpeting him as some super sensation for winning the very tepid euros especially after losing to our own juniors at the U20s. It’ll take a little more to earn Kenyan respect. Haile and Bekele had it. Mo Farah earned it. And even Evan Jager at some point.