A bit of wishful thinking is ok, and Hocker is deserving for the dues he has paid. But so far he has done nothing to compare to Centrowitz's Olympic Gold, astonishing strategic racing, and consistency. He may very well medal in Paris, but there are at least two reasons why he probably wont slip away with gold, like Mr. C.
And of course the ponytail, the unitard and the general smugness.
If you hate Hocker because of his hair style, kit, and confident demeanor, your superficiality is exceeded only by your inability to see performance results. I dont see him as yet reaching Centros stature and achievement, but the guy is a scrappy, talented competitor, who gives as good as he takes! Keep watching--and seeing.
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Still gives me chills watching the perfect race plan play out.
I was in a packed-out Taco Mac when this race was on and watched this miraculous event unfold. I was in shock and awe and looked around...and like maybe 10 percent were watching it. Not a sound or cheer from anyone.
The thread may be about why people hate Hocker, but I'm urging the same people that the hatred might run more pharmaceutically, alright???????
I discovered over the past 48 hours through meticulous recollection of space-time that 2 American runners Hocker HAS GOT TO BE doping and Grant Fisher USED TO BE DOPING.
And I back myself up with subjectively demanding reasons and arguments and hope to be heard and listened to and not dissed and pissed on.
I urge you to hate Hocker for the right reasons due to his doping rather than some superficial hairstyle and midget personality.
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Still gives me chills watching the perfect race plan play out.
I was in a packed-out Taco Mac when this race was on and watched this miraculous event unfold. I was in shock and awe and looked around...and like maybe 10 percent were watching it. Not a sound or cheer from anyone.
You another ignorant fool???? Centro was doped by Salazar for sure!!!! Centro doesn't count.
Of the 84 men that have ever broken 3:31, 17 were from that 4-year Olympic cycle.
On the day of his Rio win, 6 of the 10 fastest 1500 times ever had been run in that 2012-16 window. Only 3 people have cracked that list in the 8 years since.
It was great when I stopped seeing Khamis' word salad jumble posts for a few months. Unfortunate to see him back.
Worst Letsrun posters of all time ranked list: Armstronglivs, Khamis, astro, semihaze, and the person who starts dozens of threads making fun of Chase Jackson.
Makhloufi had a 1:42.6 800m best and still couldn't hawk him down in the final straight in a race where they went out in 66/70 (2:16.59). A 55.4 third lap helped a lot but 50.6 for the final lap was just going to be hard to beat at any pace for the first 1100m.
It was great when I stopped seeing Khamis' word salad jumble posts for a few months. Unfortunate to see him back.
Worst Letsrun posters of all time ranked list: Armstronglivs, Khamis, astro, semihaze, and the person who starts dozens of threads making fun of Chase Jackson.
You forgot the anonymous hayward hater that shows up 2-3 times a week to post about how 22 worlds was the worst of all time and how nike is being investigated by the SEC or whatever
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It's becoming more evident with each passing year that Centrowitz reined during a weak era of milers and really a weak era of distance running on the track overall
It's becoming more evident with each passing year that Centrowitz reined during a weak era of milers and really a weak era of distance running on the track overall
Who? Nobody cares about cole hocker. Chad noelle is more interesting. If Cole has the balls to slap a woman or anything even close to the absolute carnage that Chad noelle can pull off then maybe people would care….
The Olympic final that Centro won had the most sub-3:30 guys of any Olympic 1500 final ever btw.
Centro was the best championship racer of what legitimately might be the single most competitive era of the 1500.
Central is cool and dark and fun to watch race. What tf does Cole do? Seriously, he runs, he runs fast ish…but who is he???
the guy is too much a millennial. The generation has no charisma, they play too many videos games, have no game and run boring.
Imagine Cole Hoccer getting the 1500m world record at 3:25…still nobody would care
prove me wrong. Cole hockers holds a space in society that is just a hole, when you try to figure out who he is, you realize he’s not much. He will go to the Olympics, smile more (he’s got that smile at least) and blend into oblivion
Cole is the type of runner you know intellectually is faster than you, but when you look at him you’re still not worried about it
I say this as the biggest Cole Hocker fanboy out there but - you're an idiot. Centro is the US miler GOAT. 2016 was one of the deepest olympic fields ever and Centro beat them all.
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