It’s a sad state of affairs for the sport when Hocker and Teare are running in a 4 person TT at the close of some random college meet, and just tomorrow is the world indoor 3000 m final in Belgrade. I realize that Teare had Covid and missed qualifying, but here’s Hocker valuing this TT more than competing for a global medal. It’s a near hopeless state of affairs when things are set up and incentivized to support this sort of thing. What will it take to make it stop?
Don’t both Teare and Hocker need standard? Maybe you mean that a top 6 at indoor WC should give you auto access to outdoor WC, thus giving incentive to participate at indoor WC
It’s a sad state of affairs for the sport when Hocker and Teare are running in a 4 person TT at the close of some random college meet, and just tomorrow is the world indoor 3000 m final in Belgrade. I realize that Teare had Covid and missed qualifying, but here’s Hocker valuing this TT more than competing for a global medal. It’s a near hopeless state of affairs when things are set up and incentivized to support this sort of thing. What will it take to make it stop?
Don’t both Teare and Hocker need standard? Maybe you mean that a top 6 at indoor WC should give you auto access to outdoor WC, thus giving incentive to participate at indoor WC
“Getting the standard” is just one more dumb ass thing world athletics does to ruin the sport. Based on historical performance the USA should be able to send the max number of athletes to these global events and choose them any way we wish. It’s totally ridiculous, whatever the reasons, that Hocker would be in this stupid TT rather than running the 1500 or 3000 tomorrow. C’mon this is obvious. I’m not blaming Hocker, rather it’s the fault of the schedule, the rules, the sponsors, all of it. Leaving the system this broken just ruins the sport. We could be watching Hocker v Jakob or Hocker v Barega tomorrow, but no, he’s running AGAIN just against Teare in some stupid TT that barely anybody knows about and you can only watch on a shaky flotrak feed. It’s lame and it’s a shame.
Is the 1500/5000 double even possible at USAs? Weren't the 15/5 on the same day at Olympic Trials last summer. So not sure why Hocker would really need the standard, unless im mistaken on scheduling.
Is the 1500/5000 double even possible at USAs? Weren't the 15/5 on the same day at Olympic Trials last summer. So not sure why Hocker would really need the standard, unless im mistaken on scheduling.