I think he’s the best tactician of this era. Watching his Olympic gold race, he started in 9th place, made the decision to get up behind Yared in 7th place with a surge before 300m. After 800m, saw komen was slowing down and immediately responded by passing Hobbs. Waited to make his move to get to the top 2 with 300m to go and then almost got a golden opportunity with 120 to go to pass on the inside but the door closed. Somehow stayed patient and the inside opened up again for him to immediately react and blast through Jakob and ultimately snatch the gold from Kerr. Hocker’s patience and composure is what makes him an excellent championship racer. He had a lot more decisions to make during the race than Jakob and Kerr for sure. His strength is his kick and he conserved a lot of energy by starting in the back and moving up gradually. Excellent tactics by Cole Hocker.