His time was not better. His time was irrelevant. Times count in time trial races, places count in championship races.
His first international experience is also irrelevant when you’re comparing it to the Olympic Champion. Now, if you want to compare it to Centro’s first international meet, he finished 3rd, or Centro’s first Olympics, he finished 4th.
Peak Centro was in 3:28 shape and may have won the 2021 Olympics.
Are you trolling or serious?
If peak Centro was in 3:28 shape he would have run 3:28. His lifetime PR is 1.00 seconds better than what Hocker ran at the 2021 Olympics, and he only ran faster than Hocker's 3:31.40 TWICE IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER, both of which were time trials in Monaco. There is absolutely no way he would have run 3:27-28 in the Olympics. To argue that is pure head-in-the-clouds BS.
And yes, Hocker's time was better. First you state his time was not better, then you say it was irrelevant. You can only have one here, because Hocker's 3:31.40 was mathematically (much, much) better than Centro's 3:50.00.
Also, I am not comparing Centro's career to Hocker's. I'm saying that Hocker's 2021 Olympic 1,500m final is better than Centro's 2016 Olympic final. What Centro did at worlds in 2011 or Olympics in 2012 is irrelevant.
It might be hard to understand for those who've never won a race.
A 3:30 guy beat a 3:26 guy in a race that went 3:50 with a bunch of sub 3:30 guys in it too.
A 3:29 guy beat a 3:28 guy last year for the WCs. Can you imagine! ...against a "GOAT"!
It's racing. If you just want to compare PRs then why even race? Let's just enter our names and our certified PRs and just go have a beer instead!
When running on "Pure Hate" one must hate the thought of not performing at one's best, hate the word losing(along with all of its negative manifestations), hate the thought of injuries, hate the voice in one head prompted by demons to discourage and defeat one's joy, and mostly hate the ideal of not being able to run and compete for the purpose of amplifying and communicating the Glory of God.
. . . . . A Guy that has never been LAID and, probably never ran fast. Can you break 3:07 in the 800 big man?
