Olympic 1500m heats hottakes
The running is finally underway. My takeaway from the heats of the 1500 metres:
Heat 1
Josh Kerr looks in beastly shape. Undeniably the favourite. Narve Gilje Nordås got the tactics right. Nuguse flustered, but through. What’s up with Ollie Hoare?
Heat 2
Mills, Mechaal and McSweyn disappointing. Laros and Hocker look decent. Girma convincing. Tim Cheruiyot doing just enough? Don’t think anyone from this heat will medal, even if I’d love to see Cheuiyot up there again.
Heat 3
Jakob Ingebrigtsen almost as convincing as Kerr. Almost. Gourley looked solid. R. Cheruiyot an outsider for top 3, as is Kessler, who I think might be the Americans' best hope of medalling.