Jakob would be too carried away by the result like last year and thinks he can do the same in a non-paced run. Kerr would just sit on him and outkick him with 200m to go and run 3:27-28 FTW.
Let me get this straight, he just ran a top 10 time of all time in the history of the 1500… and you think that lessens his chance of winning in Paris? Jakob is definitely the favorite now
Let me get this straight, he just ran a top 10 time of all time in the history of the 1500… and you think that lessens his chance of winning in Paris? Jakob is definitely the favorite now
It sounds counterintuitive, but the fact that he's become the favorite actually lessens his chance of winning. Now the pressure is back on him, instead of Kerr. And yeah, a time-trial with pacers and wavelight is different from a championship race, if anything, it may take away his race savvy.
Let me get this straight, he just ran a top 10 time of all time in the history of the 1500… and you think that lessens his chance of winning in Paris? Jakob is definitely the favorite now
It sounds counterintuitive, but the fact that he's become the favorite actually lessens his chance of winning. Now the pressure is back on him, instead of Kerr. And yeah, a time-trial with pacers and wavelight is different from a championship race, if anything, it may take away his race savvy.
Nothing has changed. Kerrs strategy was and is: Sit on Jacob and kick last 200. Kerrs problem now, is that Jacob will be 2 seconds ahead of him with 200m to go.
Glad to be following the sport at this time, competitive and probably cleaner than ever. Paris will be awesome.
Let me get this straight, he just ran a top 10 time of all time in the history of the 1500… and you think that lessens his chance of winning in Paris? Jakob is definitely the favorite now
It sounds counterintuitive, but the fact that he's become the favorite actually lessens his chance of winning. Now the pressure is back on him, instead of Kerr. And yeah, a time-trial with pacers and wavelight is different from a championship race, if anything, it may take away his race savvy.
Your mistake is thinking that he was not the favorite prior to this race. He was already the favorite, nothing has changed.
The dumbest part of this sport is that Jakob has no reason to not run a 3:25 in Paris. He won’t get caught
but he’ll run some stupid tactical race, and risk losing to Kerr, Yared, Hocker
Sad!
As an American, I would love for Hocker to medal, but the only way he could possibly do that is in an insanely slow, sit and kick race, which Jakob won't let happen
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Hilarious. Jacob is fast over time trial, Kerr will race.
Anyone Think it won't be close has literally no idea about athletics.
You think Kerr hasn't been training since he last beat Jacob? They're both upping their game!!
This is going to be a race, with elbows. And with rounds. And no pacemakers.... it is not a foregone race for either of them. Jacob favourite on time no doubt...
The final will be amazing! It's called competition!