That's such a weird way to talk about a guy that has lost 3 WC 1500 finals but keeps putting down his competitors.
Holy sh!t he sucks in the 1500. Olympic gold, two WC silvers and a 2.27.14, what a bum and a looser.
(Why are we pretending that the best middle distance runner in decades is a looser?)
Because he keeps losing world championship finals - unlike better runners like El G, who won a bunch of them. Jakob fans have something in common with Jakob - you pretend his losses never happened, and only his wins count. It doesn't work that way.
Holy sh!t he sucks in the 1500. Olympic gold, two WC silvers and a 2.27.14, what a bum and a looser.
(Why are we pretending that the best middle distance runner in decades is a looser?)
Because he keeps losing world championship finals - unlike better runners like El G, who won a bunch of them. Jakob fans have something in common with Jakob - you pretend his losses never happened, and only his wins count. It doesn't work that way.
El G didn't win a major 1500m gold until he was 22 and an olympic gold until he was 30. You Jakob haters seem to forget the kid is still 22 and already has a comparable CV to the greats at the same age.
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Because he keeps losing world championship finals - unlike better runners like El G, who won a bunch of them. Jakob fans have something in common with Jakob - you pretend his losses never happened, and only his wins count. It doesn't work that way.
El G didn't win a major 1500m gold until he was 22 and an olympic gold until he was 30. You Jakob haters seem to forget the kid is still 22 and already has a comparable CV to the greats at the same age.
What you Jakob fans think he might do is no comparison to what El G actually achieved.
Because he keeps losing world championship finals - unlike better runners like El G, who won a bunch of them. Jakob fans have something in common with Jakob - you pretend his losses never happened, and only his wins count. It doesn't work that way.
El G didn't win a major 1500m gold until he was 22 and an olympic gold until he was 30. You Jakob haters seem to forget the kid is still 22 and already has a comparable CV to the greats at the same age.
At the same age as this "kid" Herb Elliott was not only Olympic champion but the world record-holder over the 1500 and the mile - Jakob is neither - and was unbeaten over those distances in his career. Jakob will never achieve that. His CV will never match Herb Elliott's.
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I do believe Jakob is capable of running sub 3:45, but he will need good weather conditions and most likely it won’t be the case. I don’t know why the stupid organizers don’t move this meet to late evening/night so spectators can see fast times.
Holy sh!t he sucks in the 1500. Olympic gold, two WC silvers and a 2.27.14, what a bum and a looser.
(Why are we pretending that the best middle distance runner in decades is a looser?)
Because he keeps losing world championship finals - unlike better runners like El G, who won a bunch of them. Jakob fans have something in common with Jakob - you pretend his losses never happened, and only his wins count. It doesn't work that way.
What's the obsession with the lack of World Championships titles? Jakob has an Olympic gold. El G only won his Olympic Gold medal on his third attempt.
That's such a weird way to talk about a guy that has lost 3 WC 1500 finals but keeps putting down his competitors.
^ The standard uncharitable interpretation of a poster who "keeps putting... down competitors."
So Jakob doesn't put down his competitors - the "next guy" etc - in which case there would be no reason to post these threads and there would be no discussion about why he does this. So many "uncharitable interpretations" here.
Strong Terminator 2 vibe: "Come with me if you want to PR."
Jakob pulls you over, walks to your car, holds up a picture of Nuguse, and says, "Have you seen this boy?" (no racial anything intended with the word 'boy,' it's from the movie)
Because he keeps losing world championship finals - unlike better runners like El G, who won a bunch of them. Jakob fans have something in common with Jakob - you pretend his losses never happened, and only his wins count. It doesn't work that way.
What's the obsession with the lack of World Championships titles? Jakob has an Olympic gold. El G only won his Olympic Gold medal on his third attempt.
El G achieved in many ways what Jakob hasn't. El G had numerous world championship titles and the world records over the distances. It is irrelevant what you or anyone thinks Jakob might do. He hasn't done it. He may never. At this stage he isn't yet in El G's class - or that of the other great md runners.
Holy sh!t he sucks in the 1500. Olympic gold, two WC silvers and a 2.27.14, what a bum and a looser.
(Why are we pretending that the best middle distance runner in decades is a looser?)
Because he keeps losing world championship finals - unlike better runners like El G, who won a bunch of them. Jakob fans have something in common with Jakob - you pretend his losses never happened, and only his wins count. It doesn't work that way.
No I dont. Jakob is double wc silver and double wc gold at 22. (El G had only one wc silver at that age, you might want to read up on him, lol). You pretending like that is a bad thing or something to be ashamed of is just weird and concerning.
What's the obsession with the lack of World Championships titles? Jakob has an Olympic gold. El G only won his Olympic Gold medal on his third attempt.
El G achieved in many ways what Jakob hasn't. El G had numerous world championship titles and the world records over the distances. It is irrelevant what you or anyone thinks Jakob might do. He hasn't done it. He may never. At this stage he isn't yet in El G's class - or that of the other great md runners.
Numerous world championships titles and NO OLYMPIC title (until he won his final 1500m race).
El G and Jakob have something in common: they both took silvers in the 1500m at the World Championships.
Armstronglivs is an interesting specimen. The runner he chooses to absolutely SEETHE over every single day is the runner that is most likely to dominate the scene for years to come. Does he just hate himself?
