Medals are wonderful, but to me, the memories I am about to make with my son are worth more than gold.
There are discussions that can only take place between a father and son. My son, who lives in Cape Town, is a running fanatic and the past two weeks we have been in constant contact aboutthe Olympic Games in Tokyo. “I enjoy the swimming and rowing and all the other stuff,” he told me. “But in the end, you have to concede that there are really only five events – the men’s 800m, 1 500m, 5 000m, 10 000m and marathon. The rest are sideshows.
We discussed Cheptegei’s apparent lack of form in the 5 000 and his chances of taking the 5 000m/10 000m double like Mo Farah did nine years ago. We have voiced our concerns about his decision to compete in both the 1 500m and the 5 000m, his recent illness, his great run in Florence… He told me he believes Jakob is a serious contender for a gold medal in the 5 000. And he told me he worries that Ingebrigtsen will risk everything for gold and go down in flames like Steve Prefontaine did in ’72 in Munich.
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