Pace was way too slow for anyone besides Jakob to have a chance. No way any of them believed they could outrun Jakob over 400m and clearly he had no interest in pushing the pace after being a rabbit in 1500. Fisher stayed patient and composed to finish with another bronze. Exciting last lap but pretty pedestrian pace given how fast most of the other races have been.
He needed to run a 53 off a slower pace and he clearly doesnt have a kick. Running 1315 pace and expecting to beat a 326 1500 guy is reigning 5k world champ is called bad tactics. It is like Jakob in the 1500 tho. The race was better suited for the others. He couldve tried to front run to a gold but Jakob likely wouldve kept pace with him and still out kicked him (just like Jakob can out kick Kerr or Hocker).
Pace was way too slow for anyone besides Jakob to have a chance. No way any of them believed they could outrun Jakob over 400m and clearly he had no interest in pushing the pace after being a rabbit in 1500. Fisher stayed patient and composed to finish with another bronze. Exciting last lap but pretty pedestrian pace given how fast most of the other races have been.
Hagos wound up too hard with 600 to go. tried to go a pace even harder than his 800 ability and it chewed him up. he was never going to be able to run 6 straight low 13s. if he had waited another 200 meters, he would have had a better chance of holding, while Jakob might not have been able to get out of the box quick enough. Though i suspect Jakob was going from no less than 500 out, regardless of the rest of the field.
He needed to run a 53 off a slower pace and he clearly doesnt have a kick. Running 1315 pace and expecting to beat a 326 1500 guy is reigning 5k world champ is called bad tactics. It is like Jakob in the 1500 tho. The race was better suited for the others. He couldve tried to front run to a gold but Jakob likely wouldve kept pace with him and still out kicked him (just like Jakob can out kick Kerr or Hocker).
He needed to run a 53 off a slower pace and he clearly doesnt have a kick. Running 1315 pace and expecting to beat a 326 1500 guy is reigning 5k world champ is called bad tactics. It is like Jakob in the 1500 tho. The race was better suited for the others. He couldve tried to front run to a gold but Jakob likely wouldve kept pace with him and still out kicked him (just like Jakob can out kick Kerr or Hocker).
he can run a 53 over 400. problem is, he tried to run 53 coming off of 26.4 to start the final 600. that is suicide for a non speed based runner.