I have to admit, i am a Jakob fanboy.. And his bold move today was amazing.. But we have to talk about Kerr.. I don’t like the guy, but that kick ?? After those splits… My god! I get Mo Farah vibes
Hocker hugging the rail and slipping through on the left on the final straightaway is his signature, it’s crazy he wasn’t blocked. I’m not really sure what else Jakob could have done, because he was never going to out kick Kerr and Hocker, but you can’t lead wire to wire a 3:27 race and have enough left to out kick these guys. Really happy for Nuguse. Feel bad for Kessler but he should be so stoked for himself. He looked great out there.
Yeah Josh got a little unlucky here - because he was on the shoulder of the guy he needed to be and kicked past the guy he needed to - except that guy (Jakob) moved just wide enough to allow Hocker to muscle through and Josh to just run that little bit extra further. That was the difference
Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen after going out hard and missing out on a medal in 1500m final:
“It was the race I expected. It all came down to how I was feeling, how much I’m able to recover from the previous races. I felt extremely good, and that’s why I pushed the pace a little too hard.
"I saw that I got a starting gap, and I was a little bit eager. Of course, it’s not what I was hoping for. I can only blame myself. It’s a difficult game, balancing your energy. It’s difficult to get 100% of that.
“It’s not as fun if I’m not able to get the results I want. But the others did a great race. This was a risk I was going to take.”
With Three of the best milers in the world between 21-24 we are set up for two more Olympic cycles where we have multiple shots at medals and wins over at every global championship 1500.
This sets up Hobbs nicely. Great confidence boost while having a fire lit to get on the podium in 2028 as he sees Cole and Guse up there.
At global championships is it time for Jakob to focus on the 5k and maybe 10k at the global level and just run the 1500 at diamond league meets like Mo Farah? If he ends up not getting gold in the 5k because of this 1500 he has some serious thinking to do.