So, let's see what I would rather win: maybe a GST race that doesn't mean sh*t; maybe some Grand Prix race somewhere that is forgotten 10 minutes later; how about a DL meet that is cool but nobody remembers or gives a damn about next year; how is this: the Olympic 1500 meters and for good measure the next year's World Championship 5000 meters. Hmm, what would you pick? Like I said earlier the Hocker haters are losers and should be jumping off the bridge. At least they should be banned from LRC...especially one whose user name begins Arm.......
If you're the best then you don't have to pick. The best runners perform throughout the entire season and not just in one race a year.
So, let's see what I would rather win: maybe a GST race that doesn't mean sh*t; maybe some Grand Prix race somewhere that is forgotten 10 minutes later; how about a DL meet that is cool but nobody remembers or gives a damn about next year; how is this: the Olympic 1500 meters and for good measure the next year's World Championship 5000 meters. Hmm, what would you pick? Like I said earlier the Hocker haters are losers and should be jumping off the bridge. At least they should be banned from LRC...especially one whose user name begins Arm.......
Nico Young won Oslo 5,000 this year in an American Record. Fantastic race.
Hocker has beaten Young 2x this year for both a US and World 5,000 title.
He didn't win the indoors race. He has had a losing record for over a year - except for one race in the US trials. His win last night used to be described in the sport as a "flash in the pan", not a progression. I expect to see much the same pattern repeat itself.
Winning the (5000m) trials could theoretically made him a “flash in the pan”. But after this WC win in a respectable time he’s probably on his way to becoming an all time great…
Once again we will talk about how he is gonna dominate from here on out and then fail to win another race this season or rhe next. Not until the next championship were he will mysteriously have unmatched speed even while physically removing runners from his way. He iis our Lesse Virren in more ways than one
It was fantastic! Hocker is a proven championship performer at all levels, and he just proved it again. Let’s review his updated résumé:
🏆 Foot Locker National High School XC Champion, 2018
🏆 NCAA Indoor Champion: DMR, 2021
🏆 NCAA Indoor Champion: Mile, 2021
🏆 NCAA Indoor Champion: 3,000m, 2021
🏆 NCAA Outdoor Champion: 1500m, 2021
🏅 USA Outdoor Champion: 1500m, 2021
🏅 USA Indoor Champion: 3,000m, 2022
🏅 USA Indoor Champion: 1500m, 2022
🏅 USA Indoor Champion: 1500m, 2024
🥈 World Indoor Silver: 1500m, 2024
🏅 USA Outdoor Champion: 1500m, 2024
🥇 Olympic Champion: 1500m, 2024
🏅 USA Outdoor Champion: 5,000m, 2025
🥇 World Outdoor Champion: 5,000m, 2025
All that, and he’s only 24! What a winner!
And his age group title in cross country when he was 9…
“For him, the earliest sign of promise he observed came at the 2010 Cross Country Coaches Youth National Championship in Lexington, Kentucky, where a nine-year-old Cole, representing his Indy Gold club team, won his age division in 11:19.50 (6:04 per Mile pace) over the 3 kilometer course.”
This may be already addressed but I wonder if he and Centrowitz feed off each other/help each other, etc. Even as rivals/friends I could see Centro imparting some wisdom onto the young star.
Was that the most unusual 5000 ever in the history of Track & Field, or am I Captain Insano? For sure, the Americans all ran to the front, and then after the race got rolling, they mostly allowed themselves to be swallowed up at the back. Then Cole Hocker sprinted to victory in the last lap, virtually passing everyone along the way. Basically, he passed every runner twice! I am not complaining, in fact, they probably did it so they could get the all-important "rail' to run on. However, I have never seen that before, even at a distance, and I have been watching the sport for 56 years.
Fast race, slow race, doesn't matter. You can't let this man be close at the end or he is going to win. It was almost comical watching him moving up around the 200m to go mark, the rest of the field looked like they were standing still.
George Beamish will hopefully shut this down next season
He didn't win the indoors race. He has had a losing record for over a year - except for one race in the US trials. His win last night used to be described in the sport as a "flash in the pan", not a progression. I expect to see much the same pattern repeat itself.
Winning the (5000m) trials could theoretically made him a “flash in the pan”. But after this WC win in a respectable time he’s probably on his way to becoming an all time great…
All-time greats win more than they lose. He doesn't. He doesn't win more than one big race in a year. His second name should be Makhloufi.
Winning the (5000m) trials could theoretically made him a “flash in the pan”. But after this WC win in a respectable time he’s probably on his way to becoming an all time great…
All-time greats win more than they lose. He doesn't. He doesn't win more than one big race in a year. His second name should be Makhloufi.
A professional running career isn't just one race a year. But it would be to a doper. Genuine athletes try to win every time they compete. That's what sportsmen and women do. It isn't just about one cheque.
What is also implausible is that an athlete can be so uncommitted as to be mediocre throughout the year, win nothing, and then become the absolute best in the world in a global championship. It's like transitioning from being a dilettante or a journeyman to becoming the best on the planet overnight. Fake.
Tall poppy syndrome. You just can't stand being old and irrelevant, Crusty.
You can't actually dispute what I say - just call names.