Cole Hocker says in post-race interview that "God carried his body across the line"

I would consider that cheating if true. Will need to watch the replay.

There's the Indiana I know. Crediting God for all the good and forgiving him with "he has a plan" for all the bad. God has it made!

Outstanding comment. I am ashamed at myself that I didn't immediately think of that. Nice job.

Well i guess loser kerr and inger boy need to pray harder.

Religion is silly, but as long as someone uses their religion for good or at least for neutral purposes, fine by me...believe what you want.

I'm interested in him as a track athlete, and could not care less about his views really on anything outside the sport.

Narve and Inge's father probably think Jakob is the devil

Obvious DSQ for outside assistance. Officials blew that call.

Even God was getting tired of the Kerr-Ingebrigtsen drama. It’s just a shame God didn’t tell Yared to start his kick .02 seconds earlier.

Sometimes "God works in mysterious ways" but other times He speaks very clearly. He obviously considers Kerr the lesser offender so allowed him a place on the podium.

So where was God when he was losing?

It's interesting how Christianity is stubbornly sticking around in the US vs Europe. It's trending down, but at nowhere near the degree you see in the rest of the West - particularly the Anglo-West.

It's quite endearing, actually.

Why do you care? That's the bigger question.

Uh oh, this is a pivotal moment for Letsrun.

Either everyone here will start crapping on how his gold medal performance wasn't THAT special, or everyone is going to start calling Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior

So God has been laughing at Hocker?

Bunch of bigots in this thread. Hocker is Catholic and he respects God. Deal with it. Some of you are atheist and we have to deal with hundreds of threads and thousands of your bigoted posts being spewed every day.

FWIW, when people thank God for their win, they don't think God chose them over the other people. They are thanking God for the ability to toe the line, for all of the good things in their life that have put them there on that day. It is a sign of respect.

Flagpole doesn't care about Hocker's religion. Fine. Hocker doesn't care about Flagpole's opinion. The world doesn't revolve around either. Deal with each other. Coexist.

This was his experience and it looks to be true. He WON the Olympics in an insane last 20 meters.