Grant Fisher's win was only superficially impressive; he has lost ground to his East African competitors

He probably wasn't going all out on the last lap since he was so far ahead.

He won the race by only 1.2 seconds. In the end, he was not really that far ahead.

he did what he had to and looked comfortable in the process.
they don’t hand out Olympic medals for a fast close at some other meet.

Weird amount of downvotes on what is an extremely reasonable take. I agree with everything here. Maybe it’s just too tough a pill to swallow for Fisher fans, but it’s accurate analysis.

The Ethiopians closed in like 54" a race in 26'31".

Yes it s surreal and yes who knows how they peak and yes who knows what will the pace be in Paris...And pleae note that they were still 4 in the final lap.

You better be in the shape of your life to see the final laps up close Grant.

Watch the f*cking race. Fisher had 20-30m on the chase pack, he was coasting that last lap.

Fisher looked like he finished an easy tempo when he crossed the finish line.

I think the downvotes are for the post itself. No one ever thought he was, is or ever gaining ground on the East Africans. Only 2 types can compete with the Africans in the 5k. 1. Be a sub 3:45 miler, 1. Have a diet high in pork burritos.

If the race had been 50 meters longer, Kincaid might have caught him.

But the race wasn’t 50 meters longer, so why would Fisher race like it was?

Bruh- Fisher was breathing through his nose the whole race. This race was simply a formality that he had to endure to punch his ticket to Paris. It was a 28:00 race, ffs.

He ran 7:25 late last year. Just ran a 1500m PR, finishing just a touch behind Kessler.

Surely he’s training 100% for the Olympic finals.

“If free throws were worth 5 points, we would have won last night.”

Your posts are not impressive at all. You clearly have something against Fisher. That’s too bad for you. He’s going to the Olympics. You’re staying home devastated.

In perfect temps with a pacemaker. Today was hot and Grant ran purely to win. I don’t think he was at his limit that last lap. No doubt Aregawi/Kejelcha will be hard to beat IF they go out with 1K to go or further. But they’ve proven that only Barega actually has a significantly faster last lap in a slow race. If it goes slow, suddenly Kejelcha and Aregawi become far more mortal.

You can always tell a poster is an idiot / @sshole when they base their subject on something that didn’t actually happen.

”…was only superficially impressive” implies that someone - or a large group of relevant people - said it was impressive. But no one actually said it was impressive; it was a 26:33 guy running 27:49 to qualify for a future race.

But to an idiot / @sshole, the thing-that-didn’t-happen provides a strong foundation for meaningless, spiteful drivel.

Conjecture can't be "accurate". We have no clue if that was the best that he could muster and he gapped everyone drastically. It's completely plausible that he didn't go all out with more races upcoming and a comfortable win.

It wasn't what one would want to hear, but I think it's an entirely reasonable analysis, and that's from someone who remembers the Olympics back to Pre' in Munich (and some events from Tokyo and Mexico before).

His coach actually said they were disappointed with the last lap, and have things still to work on. Fisher is somewhere between a top World top 5-10 longer middle-distance runner, which is outstanding, but he's probably not quick enough over the last 400m to medal.

What are you talking about? He beat a few East Africans last night!

His coach also said explicitly that he has improved leg speed and could've gone faster. The OP assertion is based on the assumption that he cannot. We do not have sufficient information one way or the other.