Sedjati the new Mak daddy of Algeria. He could probably go out there and win the 1500m the way he closing these 800’s lol. Having a kick in a 1:41 race is stupid af.
How do you even beat someone that can close like that on low 1:41 pace?
Also, carnage behind. 2.5 second PR by mohamed attaoui of spain
2 second PR by ben pattison
10th runs 1:43.95, a time that would have won most of the major championships of the last few years and almost all of the diamond league races in that time as well
I had Attaoui running 1:42 but 1:42 that low I didn’t expect. Pattison also a wow though I thought 1:43 was there easily. Cheminingwa is the real deal clearly, and Tual established he’s at a high level.
Arop might be the fastest clean guy in the 800m, but he definitely off today all the same
No, that's Ben Pattison. Not because Arop is dirty, but Pattison is now faster than him.
Hoppel too. But I wonder if Arop can get to the low 1:42's range by the end of the season. Then he'd definitely be the fastest (likely) clean athlete currently competing
IN terms of the meet, I'm stunned that so many people are picking Sedjati to beat Arop. In my mind, the champ, who is undefeated this year, needs to be the favorite.
I'm very excited for the 1500? Do we have at least 2023 Jakob? Is Laros looking like the next Jakob and is he better than the Americans? How does Yared look?
Anyone know what's up with Hoppel?
It’s because six men ran faster than Arop’s lifetime best in Paris on Sunday, including Sedjati by a whopping 1.3 seconds. Add another 2 new names to that list who have crushed Arop’s PB after today. Things change.
I just put in a questionf for the virtual mixed zone. What doe he think of that result? He just missed his pb but was WELL Beaten. I kind of assumed since everyone else was stepping it up - he would be able to as well.
Anyone besides me think the play by play guy on the world feed was secretly questioning if Sedjati was a doper when he said, "Do you ever get tired?" Or was he just compimenting him?