Cole DQ'd

I personally don't think DQ is the correct call here. Seemed like very minimal contact and only looked bad since the German runner was slowing down anyways. Yes Hocker's tactics stunk and he shouldn't have gotten himself in the situation in the first place. But should Centro get DQed every time he did the Centro slide? Jakob moved in on Hocker in the Olympic final and made contact with him there. It didn't look like Hocker made more contact today with the German runner than Centro and Jakob did in those situations.

Here is video

It just wasn't. Like what is wrong with you people? He literally just snuck around him, this DQ is so bad. It's bad for the sport and it's blatantly wrong.

OBVIOUSLY HAD NO EFFECT ON ROLLED FARKEN WHO WAS ALR SWIMMING

He shouldn’t have been DQd this is ridiculous.

Yet another reason Centrowitz >>> Hocker.

Seeing that replay, how could he have been DQd??? For rubbing shoulders with Farken?? wtf?

I really wanted to see Hocker in the final. This is a bummer.

But rules are rules, and they should be equal for everyone, not matter how big and popular your name is.

I did not expect this many big names being absent from the finals.

Where is the DQ in that video?

it doesn't matter if it had no effect on him. he either broke the rules or he didn't, the impact of him breaking the rules isn't relevant as to whether he is dq'd or now. it's only relevant for whether or not Farken will auto q for the final.

he clearly broke the rules here. only himself to blame. he seems to think that because he got a lucky gap in the olympics once that this is now some sort of law of physics and he will get one every time. his own fault

Lets Run in SHAMBLES! 🤣🤣🤣

there's that kind of contact at every start of a 1500, we gonna dq people then? or it magically matters more because it's at the end?

Not a Hocker fan at all, but isn't this still in the realm of incidental contact? Cheap and dumb but a DQ? I dunno. Borderline. Didn't Makh Daddy do this kind of thing twice in the 2012 final?

I love the brojos but they are ridiculously biased towards their countrymen, the live show is going to be an absolute cracker as they cope and seethe

Hocker ran a stupid race. Went to the front then slowed down so much he got boxed in.

That doesn't even show Hocker squeezing into the gap from beforehand.

That’s a bad angle from the front. You can see it better from the side. Definitely a DQ, unfortunately.

I’m not particularly a fan of Hocker but I don’t think that deserves a DQ. He squeezes in front but he doesn’t pull or hold the German back. Yes, he stretches his arm in front of him as he’s past him but I don’t think that’s holding him back. I think it’s opening his arms to try to regain momentum after squeezing through a very tight gap.

Yea he deserves to get dqed for rubbing shoulders with a bum who wouldnt have made the final, and Farken got put up into the final. this is utter nonsense