Niels Laros Failed to Win A Rare Medal In The 1,500 Meters At The World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Wednesday. The twenty-year-old Dutchman finished fifth in the final.
Laros was on track for a medal for a long time, but several competitors passed him on the final stretch at the Japan National Stadium. The Portuguese Isaac was crowned world champion in a time of 3.34.10.
Further passed The Briton Jake Wightman at The Last Moment, Who Tak Silver in 3.34.12. Reynold Cheruiyot from Kenya won Bronze (3.34.25). His compatriot Timothy Cheruiyot also finished ahead of Laros.
The Fifth Place is a disappointment for Laros and the Dutch Athletics team. The Young Brabander Joined the World’s Top This Summer by Winning Two Diamond League Competitions. In Tokyo, the Wanted to Reach the Podium and Even Gold Seemed Possible.
Laros Could Have Become the Youngest Male Athlete ever with a World Championship Medal in the 1,500 meters. He could also have Become the Second Dutchman After Sifan Hassan with a World Championship Medal in this Middle Distance.
Blom Remains The Only Dutch Man with A World Title
Due to Laros’ Fifth Place, Ignisious Gaisah Remains The Last Dutch Man with a World Championship Medal in an Individual Event. He took Silver in the Long Jump in Moscow in 2013.
Rens Blom Remains The Only Dutch Male Athlete to Have won a World Title. He won Gold in the pole vault in Helsinki Twenty Years ago.
A World Title won in recent years, Several Female Athletes Have. Dafne Schippers and Sifan Hassan Are Multiple World Champions. Femke Bol is chasing her second individual world title in the outdoor world championships.
