After Jakob’s WR, Hocker is still the favorite.

Best kick in the world but has only 1 win in a global race.....ok bro whatever you say lol

Whatever happens, we live in great times with so many contenders. These guys are always on the edge of injury, some coming and some going. Im going to take things one season broken down by phases at a time. Indoors, US Outdoors, the lead up DL/GST then the big kahuna at the end. Rinse and repeat.

Austrailia might have something to say about LA and Hobbs Kessler seems not to be mentioned much, if at all. 2 more years and those guys could be stomping the guts out of the others. And then there's going to be a couple up and comer suprises.

The guys who post the odds don't even care about time trials. They set odds based on what the betting public is thinking, adjusting odds constantly so that all the bets cancel out, and they walk away safely with the vig.

So you can get great odds on Nuguse or Hocker, especially early as Jakob is generally the betting favorite. If a ton of money then comes in for Hocker, the odds will change immediately to reflect that.

Worst hair vs Worst tattoos

You are deadly wrong.

Signed,

Josh Kerr

7:23 strength, next summer Jakob will probably have 7:14 strength lol :)

No. Just no. Hocker just ran a WR in the 3000 and he has a better kick than Nuguse. Hocker's the reigning Olympic and US champion.

Of course, Hocker is the favorite.

I can't believe how controversial this is. The reigning Olympic champion who routinely peaks at the perfect moment just ran a 7+ second PB over 3k. Obviously Jakob also ran a great race, but I really don't see how it's controversial to say that the guy who won last year and has improved more so far this year is in a good position to win again.

He never ran a WR in the 3000. As soon as Grant finished ahead of him, there was a new WR that hocker has never run faster than. Sure the WR was ratified yet but you can’t say hocker ever ran a WR

Isn’t Jakob like 8-1 against Hocker?

Jakob is 0-1 in their last race that mattered.

Jakob is 3-1 in the last 4 races that mattered

Come on. Rojo knew that, and you knew that he knew it.

these arguments are way too polar.

hocker has the unusual kick at the end to gain a couple of meters over the gassing out competitors. and he did this in multiple races

and the kick can be run out of him.

with Hocker being able to run with the top 3 in the world in a 3k

it stands to reason that it's going to be much harder to run the kick out of him.

and note that if you have 4 meters on him in the stretch he's out of luck

Hocker is a real contender and Jacob is favorite, Goose can upset, Kerr needs to show form to have any idea.

All I’m gonna say is how can someone who has lost three world championships in a row can be a favorite? We’ve seen him PR every single year but still can’t perform when it matters most? What’s up with that. Hocker ran or tied the fastest championship time ever in the history of championship 1500m racing. All of Hocker’s 1500m pb’s come from championship races. He has never ran a 1500m PB in a Diamond league race, Hocker is the favorite because Ben Thomas know how to peak him at his absolute best in championship races. History backs that up. It’s that simple.

Jakob was better in the past. So that makes sense. Hocker is better now. Hence the 0-1.