World record holder Josh Hoey pulls OUT for Wanamaker Mile, with hamstring issue

He just broke the world record.

1) Mentally it could be a huge letdown.
2) If he's not 100% why push it?
3) Maybe he'll consider world indoors or more races but if he's not 100%, that seems unlikely.

Hoey really does need to taper off for a bit if he wants a decent outdoor campaign.

Hammy niggle.

Smart move

Mile not his distance anyhow. He probably would have got smoked

Gross. Stop with the hate

We said the same about Valby when she said that she had a “minor” injury, but she was actually back 8 months later.

Wouldn’t it be easy for the athlete to say:

- The 800m took a lot out of me. I don’t think that I will be able to bounce back in time for Millrose. I am now targeting xyz. Is that so difficult?

Instead.

Let’s say nothing and let speculation begin. Who does the PR for these people? Bozo the Clown?

Probably doesn't want to get stuck in NYC during the weekend incoming Noreaster.

If you're actually failing a drug test after a WR attempt that you'd planned for at least a month, you're team doctor needs to be in jail.

It's actually smart. He probably doesn't want his competition to know anymore than they have to know

He fired the Millrose Games. He'll announce a new track meet soon. By the end of the year he may hire and fire a few more meets before deciding to just hold his own meet.

I head the same thing.

Hoey 100% needs to try to run USA indoors and Worlds. Crazy to me that a guy with as little tactical experience as him wouldn't do it.

I don't want him to be a modern day version of Alan Webb.

Anyone know where he's been training? Where do you train in the US in January where you aren't taking some chance by running fast enough to run 1:42.50.

Like it's either too cold to be running that fast if you are training outdoors or it's problematic if you are doing it on tight turns indoors.

Occam's razor, folks. He has basically had one long, continuous season since not qualifying for the 800m US team in Paris '24 with little to show for it in terms of results. He finally achieved something notable with all that fitness (WR). Sounds like an excellent time to take a step back and recover.

Good for him, take care of your health and break the outdoor 800m record this summer :)

He was training in Flagstaff in the fall. Maybe he went down to Phoenix for the winter.

I don't think running USA indoors or Worlds would help his tactics for outdoors. He would just front run those indoor races like he did last year. That's not going to prepare him for doing battle with Wanyonyi and Arop outdoors.