Mondo has a sponsor (Bauhaus) in his team Sweden uniform. Is that normal/allowed? I don’t remember any other uniforms that have sponsors other than the actual brand that provides the uniforms.
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DQ your Olympic champion for something minor to ensure there’s no interest in the final outside of your die hard fans who would watch anyway.
Lol, you really think Cole Hocker is the difference between a big audience and a small audience?
The problem is setting a precedent. Ok, bend the rules and let the Olympic champ through. Good for the final. But then how do you DQ the next second tier athlete that does the same thing? There's rules or there isn't.
Truth is, Hocker panicked because he was in an awful position. How he got there is beyond me, just awful decision making, but he has no one else to blame
cole DQ confirmed, this was undeserved man he looked so strong
He certainly looked strong as he smashed his way through the back of Farken there. But in all seriousness if he was so strong he wouldn't have found himself in that position to begin with.
I'm sorry but that is on completely on him. He was very fortunate in Paris that the race was the style of race that it was and his gamble paid off. But this was total lack of awareness. You almost legitimately saw the look of "oh f---" on his face with 80 to go and that wall in front of him. So for anyone that doesn't think he had a lot of luck go his way in Paris, exhibit A tonight.
It was just too obvious. You simply can't do everything you want out there and that was way too excessive. Sorry but you gots to go. Good luck for the 5000m.
Yeah I've definitely been a vocal critic of Hocker. It is as plain as day that he hasn't been in form since Paris last year and the faith people put in him peaking is confounding, whereas I've always said it is just as likely he will be run out for 5th in the final based on form. Well in this case it was the semi!!!
i am so done with following professional track. I don’t even care about the final or this meet anymore. I hope the corrupt body of WADA and World Athletics collapses from the inside.
Cole - you deserve to be in that final.
No.
And I'm the first guy to defend contact in races because I certainly was on the receiving end of my fair share and dished out my fair share - but you simply can't do that.
Part of racing is earning position on the track and you need to be able to equitably defend it. When someone comes at you from behind and basically shoulders you to the side as they try and turn 8 inches of space into a gap to run through, that is not okay. Robert Farken had no obligation to move aside for Hocker even if wasn't as strong - he earnt his spot on the track before Hocker bundled him off it.
Cole does not deserve to be in that final. 1500m racing isn't just physical ability on the day it's tactical acumen. Hocker ran like a fool today, he has nobody to blame but himself.
Americans really acting like this is some great injustice are hilarious. He raced awfully, positioned himself terrible and messed up Farken's race too. Also, no one is watching athletics to watch Hocker anyway. Guy looks like an alien.
In one year, from 1-3-5 in the Olympics to one qualifier in the final and that person is . . . Jonah Koech? Just goes to show how crazy this event can be.