I saw this on Instagram. 3:56 is a world record? And he beat a Brit I've never heard of, so definitely isn't even the 10th best Brit.
Can anyone explain why the women's filed was so strong yet the men's field was so weak? Women's field looked like a freaking global championship and the mens field had no real big names at all.
Look at this womens field!
1 149 Diribe WELTEJI ETH 13 May 02 WRwo 11 4:20.98 2 145 Freweyni HAILU ETH 12 Feb 01 PB 10 4:23.06 3 183 Faith KIPYEGON KEN 10 Jan 94 PB 17 4:24.13 4 177 Nelly CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 4 Jun 03 PB 16 4:31.18 5 104 Jessica HULL AUS 22 Oct 96 PB 2 4:32.45 6 137 Marta PÉREZ ESP 19 Apr 93 PB 8 4:34.12 7 152 Berenice CLEYET-MERLE FRA 24 Oct 94 PB 12 4:34.41 8 174 Nozomi TANAKA JPN 4 Sep 99 15 4:35.32
American runner Hobbs Kessler, only 20 years old, has emerged as the sensational victor of the first-ever men's road mile at the World Road Running Championships.
To think Kerr ran 3:47 at 5th Ave and could've done this instead...
Come to think of it, good point. What are the factors going into this? Was the 5th Ave appearance fee + prize money more than the WR bonus + Gold medal bonus for Road Running Worlds? Or did he just not want to be racing in October?
To think Kerr ran 3:47 at 5th Ave and could've done this instead...
Come to think of it, good point. What are the factors going into this? Was the 5th Ave appearance fee + prize money more than the WR bonus + Gold medal bonus for Road Running Worlds? Or did he just not want to be racing in October?
Seems more than a bit silly for someone barely ranked in the top 100 (Kessler is currently ranked 88th in the 1500m) to be a world champion. Letsrun blurb makes it clear that his "world record" in the road mile was a joke" but it seems like calling Kessler a "world champion" should also be joke. Great race by Kessler in winning the Riga World Athletics Road Running Campionships, but this is nothing close to the magnitude of Centrowitz winning a gold medal. Yes, go read and call Kessler the winner of the World Athletics Road Running Championahips, but let's not joke and call him a world champion.
Seems more than a bit silly for someone barely ranked in the top 100 (Kessler is currently ranked 88th in the 1500m) to be a world champion. Letsrun blurb makes it clear that his "world record" in the road mile was a joke" but it seems like calling Kessler a "world champion" should also be joke. Great race by Kessler in winning the Riga World Athletics Road Running Campionships, but this is nothing close to the magnitude of Centrowitz winning a gold medal. Yes, go read and call Kessler the winner of the World Athletics Road Running Championahips, but let's not joke and call him a world champion.
Lol. #1 he is the actual world champ. Maybe you can repeat that again? World Champ. It's actually on all the track championship results sites.
#2 the ranking systems are BS, but in any case i bet he's no longer #88 after this. Especially after beating Cheriyoit, Lemi and mphahlele
#3 he's now got what Centro never had and never will. An actual world record!