That was class. Not surprised but you can tell that time meant a lot to him. When he is at his best, no one can beat him, at least no one right now this year !!!
Jakob may run marginally faster so he could end up with 3:27, 7:24, 12:40 but this is Jakob at his ceiling this year. Jakob may even run 26:30 but he will never be better than this year. Jakob will be a medal contender for a...
Recently, Jakob hasn't been making huge jumps in his times like has in past years. He's only improved a second or so in the past year in the 1500/mile and keeps getting about the same times in races. I think he's still going...
This is it folks. You have seen peak Jakob. He may maintain for a few years but you have seen the best of him. No shame in that either as he is great. He is great for the sport. But he has stopped improving. No surprise there...
1500m Olympic gold medalist, 1500m world athletics silver medalist and 5000m world champion holding the 2 mile record Jakob Ingebrigtsen only had a 3:27 pB in the 1500.
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Ingebrigtsen is hella accomplished for sure, but he is not a top 2 1500/5000 runner. He needs at least another Olympic Gold or world record to surpass Lagat. At present, I might even say that Gebrselassie was a better overall 1500 / 5000 runner (yeah, light on the 1500 but his best 1500/mile was still solid and he's an all-timer at 5k).
why? lagat have neither had a world record or olympic gold himself and has a slower pb in the 5000m. He have 11 races under 3.30 in the 1500m and Jakob have 7 as of now and will probably have more by the end of season.
you may be right ... but 3:27.95 is pretty damn fast!
Jakob will NEVER run 3:22! He’s just not good enough.
Honestly I think the above post is the proper response to the thread. I don’t think he can ever get the WR, I do think he will likely run faster, but 3:27.95 is so damn fast and nothing is guaranteed in this sport. You can’t hold top form or keep improving forever.
He could never PR again and still become a top-3 1500 runner of all time, never mind all the 5k championships he could win.
you may be right ... but 3:27.95 is pretty damn fast!
Jakob will NEVER run 3:22! He’s just not good enough.
Honestly I think the above post is the proper response to the thread. I don’t think he can ever get the WR, I do think he will likely run faster, but 3:27.95 is so damn fast and nothing is guaranteed in this sport. You can’t hold top form or keep improving forever.
He could never PR again and still become a top-3 1500 runner of all time, never mind all the 5k championships he could win.
Agreed. I wonder why the OP would even start a thread like this. An Olympic champion sets a PB and breaks through a significant time barrier in front of his home crowd, and instead of just congratulating him, a hater says he’ll never run faster. WTH!
I guess you know a runner has done well when the only criticisms someone can think of are a) he’s doping or b) he’ll never run faster.