ChokeHocker wrote:
Hocker will never win again, MARK MY WORDS.
No way anyone thinks you can get lucky in a 3:27 race lol.
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carterwilson2489@gmail.com wrote:
ChokeHockers wrote:
Wrong, he got lucky nobody decided to push the pace, he most certainly would have lost that way, and it’s why he never won again.
No, wrong.... it might have been lucky if he had had no resume at the world championship level. However, he has a bronze from worlds, a silver from Worlds, a fourth place finish in an olympic final, and a gold from an indoor World Championship 1500 m final. The gold in Rio was clearly Within the realm of possibility.
So he never won again in a high level race?
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ChokeHockers wrote:
Centro notnouxk wrote:
Imagine getting 3rd, then 4th, then 2nd, then. 1st and people say its lucky.
Centro was always in the mix.
He got 8th too, did you leave that out?
And Carl Lewis didn't make me 100 m or 200 M Olympic team in 1992. Maybe all those sprinting medals he had won in 1983 and 1987 and 1988 and 1991 were just lucky? Do you even know what you sound like?
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and he would trade Centro and Hocker, his silver for their gold's !
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TheRealScotty wrote:
ChokeHocker wrote:
Hocker will never win again, MARK MY WORDS.
Except for Coe, no one wins Olympic 1500 again.
And three-time Olympic 1500m champion, Faith Kipyegon
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Hocker is lucky he was not coached by Alberto Salazar.
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I recommend that you get a therapist. It will make a huge difference in your life.
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Totally agree with OP. For someone to win gold, they have to win the genetic lottery, land in the right programs for most of their lives, stay healthy throughout grueling training regimens, peak at just the right time, and out-compete everyone else in the world. For each event, the confluence of all of these factors happens to exactly 1 person in nearly 8 billion.
Not to mention that the vast majority of gold medalists (something like 95%) won't win a repeat gold.
In addition to Hocker, here's a list folks for whom luck certainly played a factor:90 -
What an a hole statement. You don't get lucky at 3:27 you f'en idiot!
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Ah yes, with an OR wrote:
Oh yeah, that was such a lucky win, it was so lucky and devoid of skill, fitness, and execution that he only won gold with a new Olympic Record... yep, just takes luck to get that. I swear, some of the takes on here...
It was not lucky, he had superhuman Ramzi like fitness on that day.
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3:27.65 OR
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Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Centro and Hocker seized their opportunity.
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Every olympic champion got lucky, but none get there through luck alone.
Does anyone really think the olympic champion in any individual sport is always the most talented or hardest working? A lot more has to come together to win Olympic gold. Talent and preparation just increase the odds substantially.
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Yeeesh wrote:
Imagine thinking this is how Centro is remembered.
The OP started from a false premise. Why do any of you think he can be reasoned with?
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ChokeHocker wrote:
Hocker will never win again, MARK MY WORDS.
Petty, jealous little man. LOL
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Hayduke wrote:
ChokeHocker wrote:
Hocker will never win again, MARK MY WORDS.
Oddly enough what they have more in common is a really douchey vibe
Ah, you keep calling Hocker a douche in every thread. LOL. You are the king of the douchebags.
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ChokeHocker wrote:
Hocker will never win again, MARK MY WORDS.
No one runs 3:27 on luck. Yes, Hocker didn't win in the races after the Olympics, but every one of them was a far higher finish than Centro finished in a DL event his entire career.
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luck.
the guy that "flukes" an olympic gold and does little else of note.
or a world record holder, who bombs in the big one or never gets a chance, due to bad timing in the olympic cycle.
bad results are almost always due to very bad luck or horrendous physical injury.
many a great was facingvthe edge of the cliff, and pulled it off, like El G, falling down,
in track, once you are super elite, after that , good luck amigo.
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ChokeHocker wrote:
TheRealScotty wrote:
Except for Coe, no one wins Olympic 1500 again.
He will never win another big race, he is a fluke who got lucky.
Lucky he wasn't sick on race day? Lucky that he didn't twist his ankle during warmup? Lucky that nobody tripped in front of him in the race? OK, so he was lucky....and yes, that Gold Medal will be his forever along with the title Olympic Champion.....lucky, hah!
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Matthew Centgoldwitz and Gold Hocker wrote:
ChokeHockers wrote:
He got 8th too, did you leave that out?
The 8th was clearly the aberration.
Life is about hard work, complete preparation, and LUCK!!!
Will he win another global title? Who knows. What makes his odds better than most to repeat is that he already knows what to do. Wash, Rinse, and Repeat!!!
There is simply no reason to bet against him.
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