Un effing believable. What a day for US distance running. But man im so disappointed in letsrun for consistently undercounting him against Jakob and Kerr. Hocker clearly had a 3:28 in him. Let’s show some more love for our guys.
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Cole had to abruptly pull up with 115m to go and still out kicked everyone. Yared passing him on the backstretch wouldn’t have stopped Cole’s kick unless he got more boxes in than he already was.
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Beevie BB wrote:
Wow, so many of y'all called it. I really did not see that coming at that pace. Damn.
I did. Pay attention.
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trck.fan wrote:
BlackColeSun wrote:
More then anything, this was a victory for the USA's often disrespected running culture. Obviously Hocker, a born and bred oregonian is American, but if you count Kerr (which you should-he received most of his serious running instruction there), and ignore Ingebrigsten (which you also should-he's a trash talking jerk and probably doped), athletes from the USA made up the entire top 5. Add Grant Fisher's amazing effort, and factor in Noah Lyles' almost certain domination in the coming days, I think it's fair to say that the LA 2028 Olympics will be an absolute medal-fest for the US-of-A
Hocker wasn't born and bred in Oregon - Born in Indiana and went to HS there.
Cole is from Indianapolis, KY
Nuguse is from Louisville, KY
Team I-65 for the medals. Only a couple hours apart.
Alan
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trck.fan wrote:
BlackColeSun wrote:
More then anything, this was a victory for the USA's often disrespected running culture. Obviously Hocker, a born and bred oregonian is American, but if you count Kerr (which you should-he received most of his serious running instruction there), and ignore Ingebrigsten (which you also should-he's a trash talking jerk and probably doped), athletes from the USA made up the entire top 5. Add Grant Fisher's amazing effort, and factor in Noah Lyles' almost certain domination in the coming days, I think it's fair to say that the LA 2028 Olympics will be an absolute medal-fest for the US-of-A
Hocker wasn't born and bred in Oregon - Born in Indiana and went to HS there.
Cole is from Indianapolis, IN
Nuguse is from Louisville, KY
Team I-65 for the medals. Only a couple hours apart.
Alan
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Rock and Cole!!!
What a great race by a class act and true champion!
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Anyone paying attention to progressions and results this season knew this was a 4 man race. I had Hocker/Kerr 1-2 and Naguse/Jingy 3-4. (I predicted Kerr-Hocker-Jingy-Naguse). I was pleasantly -nay, extatically - surprised at the 1/3 placement.
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Between the 100, 10k, 1500 there's a lot to be proud of so far for the US. Brilliant race throughout for Hocker and an unreal kick, love it!!
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Just rewatched. I think I'll get chills no matter how much I watch it. Just an incredible race all around. Yes, Cole MF Hocker. And Naguse and Kessler - fantastic as well.
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“I am the pacemaker.”
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Jacob's dumba$$ just needs to learn how to go out in 1:50 for 800m and push hard if he wants to be a big dog. Now that he has lost his Olympic title he can realize that he has no kick and needs to push hard or just move on to a different event.
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D-Run wrote:
Just rewatched. I think I'll get chills no matter how much I watch it. Just an incredible race all around. Yes, Cole MF Hocker. And Naguse and Kessler - fantastic as well.
Man, Yared was closing hard! If this is a 1510, he probably would’ve been champion. Fantastic run by all three Americans.
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My theory is Jakob's 54 first lap caused him to not win. If he had run 55-mid he would have held off Cole. The margin of error is very small at those speeds. I felt he was a bit too aggressive the first 250 meters to emphasize the strong pace...esp when Cole intelligently backed off that hot first lap.
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Colekicker wrote:
Cole had to abruptly pull up with 115m to go and still out kicked everyone. Yared passing him on the backstretch wouldn’t have stopped Cole’s kick unless he got more boxes in than he already was.
Dude his kick is on another level. He lost his momentum and revved back up in such a short amount of time. It was incredible.
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Back in June 2021, someone started a thread here called, "Some of you who got prematurely excited about Cole Hocker..."
A comparison to Wheating was mentioned, and some here said Hocker would not be as good as Wheating.
I said this on June 29, 2021, "Hocker so far has more promise than Wheating did."
After that I was called "ignorant".
Well...I TOLD YOU SO!
The dude ran a 3:50 mile at age 19...OF COURSE he had more promise, and today he showed it.
Congrats Cole Hocker. I saw the greatness while others scoffed.
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BOPA wrote:
“I am the pacemaker.”
Self fulfilling prophecy.I kept saying, " Just follow Ingebristsen", then "holy crap, Hocker's coming up the rail!!", was worried for naguse, and viola! he posts up for 3rd. Almost 2nd!! Great Race!
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PreWee Herman wrote:
BOPA wrote:
“I am the pacemaker.”
Self fulfilling prophecy.I kept saying, " Just follow Ingebristsen", then "holy crap, Hocker's coming up the rail!!", was worried for naguse, and viola! he posts up for 3rd. Almost 2nd!! Great Race!
Ingebristsen går knust hjem . Absolutely ødelagt
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I love imagining someone saying "viola" in that scenario. 😂
PreWee Herman wrote:
BOPA wrote:
“I am the pacemaker.”
Self fulfilling prophecy.I kept saying, " Just follow Ingebristsen", then "holy crap, Hocker's coming up the rail!!", was worried for naguse, and viola! he posts up for 3rd. Almost 2nd!! Great Race!
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I watched taped delayed and I think I'm in The Matrix. This is a dream, right?
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