I think you also gotta throw Stewy in the mix for the strongest aerobic 1500 runner outside of Jakob.
Look at his ridiculous 2021 September (shortly after the Olympics when all of his training would’ve presumably been hyper focused for the 1500):
September 3 (Belgium): wins a 1500 DL running 3:33
September 5 (Italy): wins a 1500 running 3:33
September 9 (Switzerland): places 3rd in a 1500 DL running 3:32
September 12 (Great Britain): places 8th in the Great North Run Half Marathon running 1:02:52 - less than a minute back from Jake Smith, Galen Rupp, Bashir Abdi
Did you not read the interview with him last week? Said that although he was pleased Morocco did well in the World Cup, he was 100% behind Spain when they played them.
Morocco is jealouzed by Algeria and Tunisians. Tunisian medias can't get it with the gap that is created years after years. Thanks to Algeria regime for the stupidity of closing their borders. We are protected.
What do you expect from someone that his father immigrated via a boat and declared himself Spanish? Two days ago the Moroccan authorities stoped a boat containing 40 Moroccans that tried to immigrate.
It's all from your roots, if your roots are clean you will never ignore your origine.
Look at the example of this Canadian (from Moroccan father and Mother from Fez) which is a big star in India and did the opening of FIFA world cup, she never forget her origines and say she is Moroccan by heart and blood: