Are we really back to the 4s/mile claims again? When was the last time a 3:31 guy won the Olympics? I see Cacho in 92 only had a 3:32 pb when he won gold, but he ended up as a 3:28 guy. Rono in 88 apparently had a 3:35 pb when he won. If every Olympic champ for nearly 40 years has been significantly better than 3:31 (except for Centro's 3:30 lol), why would we expect Hocker to be the worst by a large margin?
I think 2s for supershoes at that level is probably too much, but even if he ran 2s slower without supershoes, Hocker would've still been comfortably under 3:30.
I see your point, but also when's the last time everyone in the Olympics final could run 3:30, with almost all of them doing it in the final? Every Olympic champ might be better than 3:31, but now we're in an era where every finalist pretty much is too and it happened overnight. At the end of the day, I don't know if we'll ever get a great answer. At the end of the day, Hocker is a 3:27 guy regardless.
Are we really back to the 4s/mile claims again? When was the last time a 3:31 guy won the Olympics? I see Cacho in 92 only had a 3:32 pb when he won gold, but he ended up as a 3:28 guy. Rono in 88 apparently had a 3:35 pb when he won. If every Olympic champ for nearly 40 years has been significantly better than 3:31 (except for Centro's 3:30 lol), why would we expect Hocker to be the worst by a large margin?
I think 2s for supershoes at that level is probably too much, but even if he ran 2s slower without supershoes, Hocker would've still been comfortably under 3:30.
I see your point, but also when's the last time everyone in the Olympics final could run 3:30, with almost all of them doing it in the final? Every Olympic champ might be better than 3:31, but now we're in an era where every finalist pretty much is too and it happened overnight. At the end of the day, I don't know if we'll ever get a great answer. At the end of the day, Hocker is a 3:27 guy regardless.