COLE MF HOCKER!!!!!!!

If you're one of the few fittest runners in a fast race, it's a smart tactic to trust that an opening will appear somewhere in the home stretch, instead of wasting energy running out in lanes 2 and beyond.

his hometown news story.

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SHOCKER! Cole Hocker storms back on final stretch for gold medal in 1,500 meters run

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The Indianapolis runner and Cathedral grad won a shocking gold medal. His odds to win the 1,500 meters were +2000.

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My old man thoughts:

Can we now get off of On Athletics performance criticism? Yared was magnificent.

Cole has always believed in himself. Good for him! (i still don't like manbuns tho)

When Jakob looked around at 250 plus to go and saw everyone there, he knew the gig was up.

The Kenyans went home devastated (did I do that right Letsrun?)

Kerr was classy in defeat and Jakob wasn't bad.

Hobbs is going to beat them all one day. Soon. Maybe.

Never, ever count out the field.

Met Cole at a New Gen meetup in NYC back in 2022 before Millrose. Told him I watched his Trials win over Centro before my races to get hyped up. He said “Me too.” Right then I knew he was going to be an Olympic champion. Hats off.

Jakob ran quite possibly the dumbest race any 1500 favorite has ever run...

In all seriousness joking aside about Jakob soiling his panties, you must admit he has a dirty mouth trash talking. The truth is I seen Hocker winning the final and all you fools laughing at my prediction. You see Hocker was definitely strongest with more muscle at the end to finish his masterpiece. I don't care if Hocker no win another race, he is a legend now.

I think Jakob did what he had to, to try to win, but the rest of the field was too strong and they weren't having it.

No one is mentioning that Jakob is also racing the 5000m in this Olympics. Could that be taking something out of him?

This.

How much is "good"? I was handed $500 and a bottle of good Scotch. I don’t know if that's good but it was a fun 5 minutes and better than any Kentucky Derby race I've put money on.

This is destined to be his new handle!

The two best and fastest 1500m took themselves out. Opened it up to the also rans.Fait play to Hooker for being there to pick up the pieces. But this will go down as a gold medal lost, not won

I am very, very happy to say I called it:

https://www.strava.com/athletes/11074922/posts/31431978

What a time to be a fan of US distance running.

I gotta think the 1500 and 10k medals are giving our marathon team a big boost!

Ok stop.. Kerr PB and silver > Jakob no hardware

the most impressive thing about Hocker's finish was that he almost had to break to a halt when Jakob stepped left about 90 metres out. Then he had the legs to go again and get back up to speed.

Might have helped him out to be honest, not sure he could've done the full 100m.

Amazing race for Hocker. And such a sweet, sweet bonus for Mr. "I'm the best in the world" to not even medal.

He's gotta eat that nasty humble pie now. I wanted Kerr, but he prepared as well as he could and executed as well as possible. Another PB and improcement on his Bronze. Hocker was magnificent and wasn't going to get beaten tonight.

Statement by the Poster Child for the Lets Run Loser mindset crowd.

JI is going after that 5k gold medal just as much as he did the last time(s). Maybe he gets it, maybe he doesnt but one thing is for sure, he doesn't think like the LR Loser mindset crowd that has never won anything or helped anyone win.

They worked together so beautifully and smartly - it was freakin' breathtaking to watch (and rewatch 456 times)!!! (Let's see how many views that damn NBC vid on YouTube gets....)

I love this.

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