Cole DQ'd

There is a slight possibility that if he had waited a split second longer, the gap would have opened. But his instincts said he had to go now or it would be too late.

Rules aren't enforced based on the victim. But on the perp

Hocker is his iwn kryptonite.

This is a weakness of the college system

Racing is skill. He's not skilled at racing.

The real problem with track and field is the complete inconsistency with these calls. Michalski was shoved twice in the last lap, two guys fell in Hocker's heat, and there are pushes, shoves and stumbles in everyone of these races. I have ZERO issue with a DQ if there is an infraction, but it has to be consistent to make the sport make sense. If I were new to this sport as a fan, I would be completely confused. Actually, I have been in the sport for decades as an athlete/coach/fan and I am confused by the lack of consistency.

AND they DQ an athlete for jostling (how dumb and unclear is that for the name of a rule in an Olympic level sport), but you do not advance the athlete that was impeded? It does not make any sense.

Farken is the athlete that was impeded; they did advance him.

I did not realize that. The rest of my confusion stands.

After rewatching, did anyone else notice that Farken had started to step out into lane 2 before Cole made a move?

Or, if Hocker had waiting 10m would the hole have opened anyway?

(Sorry if someone else already said this since I skipped from page 4 to the end...).

Not skilled at racing? The 2024 Gold Medalist???

And are you referring to the same college system that Sydney, Fisher, Nico, Holloway, Duplantis, Centrowitz and countless others were in?

My guess is that you love to bash and criticize the world with a 4:59 PB.

Or... Maybe you need your head examined...

this sport would be a lot more interesting if punches and pushes were allowed in the final 100m of every 1500m race.

you can't deny that from an entertainment perspective.

it would also incentive all runners to run their true best pace,
not tactical slow races where they are within arm's reach of each other in the final 100m.

And so he should be. It was obvious that this was going to happen.

People please.... Cole Hocker DQ was the most obvious DQ in the history of Track and Field. He had no room to go through and he elbowed and pushed himself through. Easy DQ. For a guy that thinks he has great tactics, he allowed himself to get boxed in on a slow pace race with 10 guys running next to each other.

Unpopular opinion, but THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST should not have even found himself in such a position, let alone reacting as he did. Totally justified, and I’m sure he’ll reflect. Moving on.

So many fast guys didn’t get through cause they weren’t able to get a free run, Cole thinks he can just shove his way in without working for a good position. Dumb racing, hopefully he learns. If it was just about speed we could just time trial them all, have to have some race smarts.

I would bet the the British protested Hocker.

That's their jam

Not sure why no one has mentioned that the Dutch runner was a factor here, drifting inward and crowding space when he had clear room on the rail. Rules are always made to be interpreted. This is not a strict liability rule. Clearly there were multiple better options that would have been better for the sport. Namely, do nothing or allow the German in the final. Now we have a neutered final whose appeal has diminished. By way of a soccer analogy most refs would try not to give Messi a second yellow in a semifinal match. They know what the stakes are for the final. Sometimes a little professional judgment is more important than strict enforcement of a rule.

Hocker is his own kryptonite

This was a pretty weak DQ

I would bet that the British protested. That's what they do.

I think probably that's it. I also think that the only people who should be able to protest are the ones impacted. Takes the politics out of the sport. Josh Kerr isn't the best runner in the world but he's the best at running politics.

Perhaps you can explain why Samuel Pihlström wasn't DQed in the heats. He shoved Phanuel Koech in the back, causing him to fall. He then similarly shoved Jonah Koech at the finish line.