Pretty gutted for him. From everything I’ve seen and read he’s a lovely guy, pretty down to earth and driven to succeed. After winning the 800m at the 2019 World Championships I thought he’d cruise through to the Olympics. From that race in 2019 he was so composed, timed his race perfectly and finished really strongly. Here, he really spent too much energy early in trying to keep up and he had absolutely nothing in the final stages. Can’t believe he came 8th.Thats why I didnt comment. Thought Id let you watch the video first. He either has an injury or had a melt down. He looked so good in the semi final.
I guess it goes to show how important preparation is. History and talent can go for little; comes down to who performs best on the day. Sport eh. By his own admission his form and body hadn’t been where he wanted them to be for a period of time, and it’s probably showed.