Who was comparing them or suggesting that he could beat them in a last lap. Honestly none of us know how good Nico will be by season end, it wouldn't surprise me if he ran 3:33.5, 12:52.0, 26:45.0. Heck I don't think Nico truly knows what his limit is this season!
Of course this thread is about comparing Nico to the GOATS. Just look at the thread title.
Those are pretty reasonable improvements for Nico.
I am comparing them and he could beat them stay mad nico haters
He's an amazing runner having a great season but come on guys comparing him to Geb, Bekele or Farah is laughable.
Without super shoes
800 1:47
1500 3:36-7
5000 13:10-13
10000 27:22-25
Exciting he has still got room to get better but he needs to qualify for the Olympics and win US titles before being considered a medal threat. Lets not build him up to knock him down when he doesn't live up the expectations.
There have been 59 athletes who have run sub 27 minutes and of those only 5 have run sub 3:35 for 1500m, sub 13 for 5000m, and sub 27 for 10000 in the same season - Haile, Kenenisa Bekele, Salah Hissou, Mo Farah, and Nico Young.
ONLY two have ALSO run sub 1:50 for 800m - NICO and HAILE.
We are not talking could of, we are talking about have ACTUALLY broken the barriers
Don't get me wrong Nico is very talented but it's premature to put him in the same category with Geb
Nico Young joins himself as the only athlete to run sub 3:35 for 1500m, sub 13 for 5000m, and sub 27 for 10000 in the same season and to get his ass kicked in a cross country school championship!
Despite running these fast times, has Nico actually won any races when doing so??
It's still very impressive but given that modern shoes make up 20-30 seconds in the 10k performance improvement and 15-20 seconds in the 5k, I'd say the most impressive aspect of this comparison is actually the 800 & 1500 performances.
...more impressive would be to run fast while winning though!
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