Thanks for putting up the times. NBC Sports couldn't be bothered to show them on the TV screen for those of us who wanted to see the other runners' times and placings.

@@crosslink1493exactly what I thought. They just rushed off the tv 😢

And Hobbs Kessler tripped up and was out of the race.

Where did Roger Bannister finish?

Was this race yesterday?

He sounded pleased for Kerr, to be honest. Imagine holding a record for 39 years? You can't blane the man to acknowkedge its loss. Cram was a great runner. His time, lest people forget, was set in a race with uneven splits and 39 years ago without the advantages of today's shoe technology. He also slowed down in the last few yards having destroyed the field in the last 200m. Hats off to Kerr though for a brilliant victory and a great run from Ingerbrigtsen, too.

@@samhardy6319lest people forget?... dude hes not dead. and you cant extrapolate for shoes and tracks without acknowledging that most athletes used PEDs at least in off seasons back then. many just tapered from oils/orals to waters then off for a few days prior to comps back then, and many comps werent even tested so at times they used right up to the day. not hating, just saying how it was. Cram may have been completely drug free- who knows?

If I made a record 39 years ago and still cared about the sport enough to be a commentator, I would be dissapointed if someone didn't break my record at some point

​@EffigyOfficial if you've ever held a record in anything substantial, you're never EVER disappointed for it NOT to be broken.

@@TheBodyFirmATL I lost you on the 3rd double negative. Do you mean he's glad for it to be broken?

It's a big rivalry, but the media wants to make these two out to be enemies and I'm just not seeing it.

I was wondering. The footage here did not show that, that I saw. I am glad they did.

​@@deannilvalli6579 Watch again. Immediately after the finish, Josh turned to the crowd and waved, turned back towards Jakob who was applauding and they shook hands.

@@jono1457-qd9ft Yeah, I believe you, I just couldn't catch it. It's going to be tough for Jakob in Paris. He might have to settle for silver.

Very easy to be « humble » when you lose after all that shit talking

Yeah he thought he'd do worse that's why he toed the line 🙄🙄🙄

@@shunsuikyoraku5428 sometimes racing is not all about the winning, but assessing where you are at. To make your first race of 2024 against all of the best in the world over that distance shows, and only just losing to a time that broke a decades old british record is quite a performance by him and shows incredible balls

Wasn't Jakob's mile time last season 3:43

Myers need to run a couple of 3000m races this season. 1000m would be great too. Also, Jakob's 3:31.18 equals a 3:47.92 mile. Blazing fast.

Golden age of *supershoes

i think kerr can go alot faster from behind leading it out doesnt suit him

Nuguse Is still far off from being close to these two, hopefully in a near future he'll improve

I mean Nuguse’s PR is faster than Kerrs…

Omg is he Scottish? Damn

British.

@@simonalcroft7897 English are English, Scottish are British 👍

@@ironmantooltimeTakes a lot of stamina to run away from those haggises

@@ironmantooltime There was actually 3 Scots in this race Wightman and Gourley are also Scots.

Exactly how I feel

Most definitely he gonna win the Olympics, gotta back Jakob 😤

He is back to peak fitness according to himself

You're more impressed with the guy that got smoked.... makes sense. 🙄🤡

@@HSpartaL Didn’t he say in the Flotrack interview/filmed workout that he doesn’t know where he’s at? I think he said the situation was “not ideal” and that because he doesn’t push to extremes in workouts, he can’t tell how fit he is

Sandbagging?

Let’s be honest this is a win for Jakob here, he is still returning to training so to be this close to Kerr it’s an achievement for Jakob

no he hasn't

Living rent free in his head? Jakob couldn't care less about Kerr. It is all about world records, staying injury free, and hopefully take two golds in Paris.

@@okklidokkli couldn't care less about the guy who beat him in Budapest last year? And again here? He may try to act like he doesn't care about Kerr but he most certainly does.

Kerr moves up to 6th on the alltime list

Hope JI is fully fit mentally and physically, hate if he was to be beaten for him to have stockpile of excuses

This year's Olympic 1500 is gonna be 🥵🥵

Fr

Cuz he's boring and talks about Taylor swift lol Hocker will finish higher at the Olympics too by the way and he gets no love

Because he lost perhaps? The rest of the world doesn't care.

I hear hocker will beat him a lot, yet doesn’t and finishes several places behind in big races

LD, I’m talking about Americans, relax. Not the rest of the world.

Scary he opened with that. Its gonna be a great season and if he stays healthy, the Olympics will be phenomenal.

Hmmm credit to Kerr who looks strong but I wouldnt go that far. Jakob won it last year in 3.43 amidst a busy schedule and at the end of a long season. This is his first race getting back after injury, no winter races.

@kd-wk8nd Yes, alright if Jakob is on world record shape of course he would beat kerr. The thing is that If the pace is slower he will struggle against faster guys. I think he should try to test running different racing tactics to see how he adapts to situations like the ones in the world champs.

Kerr to win gold is no slam dunk. He was 10th in Oslo this time last year. There are like 8 guys that can win the gold this year.

Nah bro, ingebrgsten coming of injury this close to Kerr who has been peaked for the last 4 months

@@chessplayer-ms3pn man, i Hope youre right

I feel so bad for him, it would have been a huge race and great experience pre Olympics for him

Its bullshit he should sue UO and Nike

@@Loco5919why should he sue them? there’s nothing anyone can do about what happened, that’s just how racing is.

@@Loco5919 Why?

Although it was bad for him to fall of course, but he did the same mistake about a week and a half ago in the L.A. 800 meters, although he won, he allowed himself to be boxed and then stepped over rail and bump into another runner (which he should have been disqualified) well he did the same here again except that he fell trying to squeeze himself through the first lane. Tremendous talent but needs to learn from his mistakes especially in international events.

he absolutely did and i bet you it wont be reported in Australia..we report Women running 100m in 11.1 at altitude and with a decent tailwind..

Its not a world record tho isit. Its an age group record. Huge difference.

@@28mouse85i think it is an age group world record to be precise.

@@yogalesson its either a world record or not. “Age group world records” arent a thing. Next there will be “race world records” and people braking it down even further. Your either the fastest male/female or not. Regardless of age

@@28mouse85 It's still the fastest anyone in the world has ever run a mile as a 17 year old....you can't take that away from him. It's only an organization who make up these rules that state it's not a world record. In my mind it's a world record for a 17 year old.

The elgroug wr IS very hard to break 3.43.35

@@user-eb7eg8bo6h he ran 3:43:73 a mile so He can definitely break record

You forgot about the long Covid that Kerr has been struggling with.

what are you bragging about - the norwegian was run over by a truck a day ago and 1 day after almost fast as kerr again

Kerr was actually running backwards. He had his glasses on the wrong way to confuse everyone

Lol. Brought to mind Centro’s gold medal. Yuck.

3:45

no

You're a fool. Kerr has a better finish, off a fast rabbited pace now too, Jakob doesn't get silver in Paris you can bet on that. He'll be lucky to get bronze.

@@shunsuikyoraku5428 fool? he's absolutely correct. what you're saying (which isnt even necessarily true) doesn't negate that kerr only beat jakob by 0.3 after jakob missed 3 months of training. jakob should be paris favorite after this.

I'm wondering if Kerr is peaking too soon.

Kerr is gonna smoke him again.

It was a season opening race for Jakob. If Kerr didn't win, he would have really looked bad.

Last year was 11 men sub 3:50 I believe

Bowerman 2023 race had 11 sub 3:50.

...that's the pacemaker

Yes there is. Not as much as in cycling but it's still a factor. This is an oversimplification but the tactics lie in choosing whether to front run, in the hope of running the legs off weaker opponents - but risking towing a runner with a stronger kick round and losing the final sprint - or letting someone else set the pace and relying on a decent kick to win. In this race, Kerr made the tactical choice to take the front with 600 to go, to keep the pace high, confident that he had the strength and finishing speed to hold off any challengers in the final straight. But potentially a fitter Ingebritsen could have out-kicked him on another night, so it was a brave move.

​@@Gallywomackthank you for explaining very well!

Nah, Olympics has rounds and no rabbit, he wins by more come August

They weren’t trying to break it here. Josh and Jakob both were saying they didn’t care about the time in this race. They were just trying to win.

That was a pacer :)

That's the pacer, he will be paid to run at a specific pace for as long as he can to help the other athletes, he could well be an 800m runner tbh

@@guycrosswell I appreciate the knowledge, I'm a new watcher to races over 400.

@_Domo_ thanks for the info. I appreciate it

Yes, as everyone said, he was a "pacer". But note well: at the Olympics, ALL athletes must go through qualifying Heats, Semis, then the Final. So, NO PACERS. (Unless a Country has managed to get more than one runner into the Final and one agrees to sacrifice themselves to be an unofficial pacer to best help their Countryman. eg. In Championship races that required qualifying heats, often the great Hicham El Guerrouj, current WR holder in Mile, would have a fellow Countryman pace him to ensure the race was fast which served Hicham best) But in normal Championship races, not having pacemakers results in having a tactical race, often referred to as a "Sit... and sprint". In most cases, with middle and long distance Track races, the times are not "fast" as no one wants to sacrifice themselves to be a pacer that everyone sits on. Often then the person with the best "finishing kick", wins. Cheers.

He did put a hand on his arm,

He embraced him with a shoulder pat lol stop the narrative

i didnt know he was Scottish ?? thought his dad ran for England, but no matter,

@@jensmith3719 It doesn't matter. They all run for Great Britain, which is what matters 🇬🇧

@@artsed08 I guess he is both. He was born in England but grew up near Edinburgh before going to Loughborough.

he was the pacer. pulled off at 2:22

First race of the season and he was right there.

You internet TROLLS are Hilarious - his first race back and he almost wins. He accomplished more by age 10 than you will your entire life ...

​@@reallymysterious4520 who do you think will win the 1500m in paris?

@@mumiaali4821 Jakub will win - Kerr is in top form and he barely beat him today. Jakub will peak just in time for Paris

@@mumiaali4821Jakob wins if healthy