I love how you americans mocked Hocker for now winning anything since Paris olympics. Yet he is now undoubtedly a more successfull runner than Fisher, Young and Rupp combined.
HGHocker really is unstoppable. Still don’t know if it was a weak field or if he’s just that good now. Robinson getting 4th would point me to the fact it was weak. Would love to see him do this to the trio of Aregawi-Barega-Kejelcha even though they probably want to go the roads soon.
HGHocker really is unstoppable. Still don’t know if it was a weak field or if he’s just that good now. Robinson getting 4th would point me to the fact it was weak. Would love to see him do this to the trio of Aregawi-Barega-Kejelcha even though they probably want to go the roads soon.
You forget he's only unstoppable once a year. The rest of the time he can't win a race that matters.
In my country running is (almost) the same as basketball: we have a joke, 90% of the audience in the seats is girlfriends of the players. Nobody cares, nobody watches it. Running is even worse than basketball, they don't broadcast any of it. It's for it's own consmption!
So, you guys are very strange to me. To be so much invested in a runner?! Be Hocker, or Jacob or any other hot name... Like what's the storyline, what does it mean in the big picture? Is there great rivalry? Is the guy an interesting persona in or out of the track? No or probably no to most of these questions. And it's not like the guy has a social media series or something like that so you can personally connect with him and his story.
You HAVE to be really deep in the weeds of pro running to actually know what you're watching and even then you have to self generate that active interest to go and watch it because it's very bland on it's own. Kudos I guess.
This is the best! wrote: To come back after the massive disappointment in the 1500, to win WC gold in not his primary event, well, no one can say sh*t about him now,...
I don't know about you, but this sounds like 2022.
In my country running is (almost) the same as basketball: we have a joke, 90% of the audience in the seats is girlfriends of the players.
I'll do you one better: in our country professional running isn't popular enough for people to make jokes about, and it certainly isn't well -enough understood for normal people to know who's in the audience.
HGHocker really is unstoppable. Still don’t know if it was a weak field or if he’s just that good now. Robinson getting 4th would point me to the fact it was weak. Would love to see him do this to the trio of Aregawi-Barega-Kejelcha even though they probably want to go the roads soon.
You forget he's only unstoppable once a year. The rest of the time he can't win a race that matters.
HGHocker really is unstoppable. Still don’t know if it was a weak field or if he’s just that good now. Robinson getting 4th would point me to the fact it was weak. Would love to see him do this to the trio of Aregawi-Barega-Kejelcha even though they probably want to go the roads soon.
You forget he's only unstoppable once a year. The rest of the time he can't win a race that matters.
it’s more accurate to say, “The rest of the time he can’t win a race that doesn’t matter”
He is the best distance runner in the United States in the modern era, arguably ever, since we historically suck at distance on the world stage. Can we start naming major track meets after him. Give him his flowers now.
We'll break down the final day of action at the 2025 World Athletics Championships where Lilian Odira pulled off a stunner in the women's 800 and Cole Hocker...