Told Norwegian television that he was disappointed, but that he was simply not the best man today. Fair enough, and a contrast to the interview after last WC where he felt he was in the best form, but lost due to tactics.
The similarity to last year is uncanny - just with slightly different details.
Last year it was just under 1.52 at 800m but jakob couldn't (didn't) drive the third lap hard enough to put JW beyond his threshold and opened the window for the acceleration to pass him then hold on.
Just then we saw the EXACT same mistake - this time much slower at 800m (1.54.0 and even worse a 58s second lap) but even with a faster 3rd lap than Eugene (55.39) it was this time Kerr that hadn't been damaged enough and was able to use his better power to make the key move past Jakob and then hold on to the finish.
Jakob is a great, great runner but if the first 800m is not right at his threshold (better than the field) he is just extremely vulnerable to guys with better power and the ability to accelerate. Today he was able to muscle-up to Kerr when he first made the attack with 200 to go, but had no answer when the second one came. Kerr today executed the playbook of how to beat Jakob perfectly.
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