Sunday is a long ways away. He was probably thanking that if he could just make it through round 1 without going too far into the well, he'll have a chance on Sunday. So far so good.
Just makes you think if the 1500 had been a normal schedule…could he have finished 4th or 5th? Or maybe he would’ve run a different tactic and it would’ve been a totally new scenario.
If this is actually true which I doubt, his competitors need to make it a fast heat. Force him to run close to 13 flat today, don't give him an easy
The doctor is lying to make yesterday's silver less embarrassing for Jakob? 🙄
Where did a doctor diagnose this? He made no references to a doctor, as far as I know, just a vague allusion to an ailment no-one can prove or disprove. If he does well: for en helt! If he does poorly: stakkars, han va jo syk. For what it is worth, his main competitor in Norway, Nordaas, implied that his sore throat was just one if many excuses.
The doctor is lying to make yesterday's silver less embarrassing for Jakob? 🙄
Where did a doctor diagnose this? He made no references to a doctor, as far as I know, just a vague allusion to an ailment no-one can prove or disprove. If he does well: for en helt! If he does poorly: stakkars, han va jo syk. For what it is worth, his main competitor in Norway, Nordaas, implied that his sore throat was just one if many excuses.
News from Norwegian team doctor (Norwegian television). It has been reported to me by a norwegian friend of mine on Instagram.
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Maybe he just not meant to be 1500m World Champion. He had good to stellar season the last 2 years and even a great 1500m semi yet for the 2 year in a row he mysteriously come up ill ONLY for the final after he is narrowly defeated 2 straight years. Man up and take your lost Jakob, you weren't sick you choked again.
I'm surprised I was so much downvoted. My post was in good spirit and I never expected this reaction.
Why? His fanbase is full of soft sensitive soyboys who always do it when anything even mildly critical is labelled at him. I just hope for them that they are all highschool kids, because if they are adults, their idolization and parasocial infatuation is pretty creepy
Where did a doctor diagnose this? He made no references to a doctor, as far as I know, just a vague allusion to an ailment no-one can prove or disprove. If he does well: for en helt! If he does poorly: stakkars, han va jo syk. For what it is worth, his main competitor in Norway, Nordaas, implied that his sore throat was just one if many excuses.