Cole Hocker: "I think I’m the best racer in the world and I think I proved that in Paris."

LRC: can someone ask him what his open 200m time is?

I think cole hocker will never win another gold and he should consider himself lucky that Jakob went for a poor strategy

Jakob hasn't won another 1500 gold in 3 years so..

Wow, that’s embarrassing. He’ll definitely regret saying that.

Hocker 3:25

tbh, if Jakob stuck to his own lane as a normal runner would do, Kerr/Nuguse would've been the winner instead.

Cocker will never be top 3 again, nor will the other two ever win again against Jacob.

What happened to his racing skills when he went too early at Millrose Games?

I want to agree with you so bad but everytime he steps on the track he surprises me.

Cole Hocker is a 3:27, 7:23, 12:57 guy and an Olympic champ

With these credentials I think it’s quite pessimistic that you can’t see him winning another gold medal.

He needs to worry about making WC and Olympic teams first. The Americans currently have the hardest route of anyone just to make the team.

I think Cole Hocker had guts and self belief like no other runner in the Olympic final. Kicked on the inside lane in the final 100m and got blocked. Had to completely reset and then kick again to the finish line. After that first block nearly all other athletes would have relinquished and settled for a minor medal.

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not how events unfolded. It’s over, cocker.

Cole Hocker won the Olympic gold medal against a stacked field in what most people believe was the greatest 1500m race/final of all time. He's earned the right to make that claim. There's no "if Jakob didn't do that..." It was a race for the ages, and he came out on top, having already been one of the favorites.

As for anyone trying to rebut it by pointing to his Millrose performance, and how he lost to Fisher, I think you've missed the context of the quote and how he's the best "1500m" racer in the world. He's not saying he's the best "distance" racer in the world. Also, give him a break. He did go under the world record in that 3K after all, and (like Jakob in the Olympic 1500,) he was the one who made it more of a race to remember.

He won gold and internet hater nobodies ain’t changing that.

It was a fluke and he knows he didn’t deserve it. 👍🏼👍🏼

What was poor about the strategy of a guy who doesn't have a great kick tried to run the kick out of the kickers. The oldest and most simplistic aspect of running strategy is, "If you don't have a kick, then it's on you to set the pace. And if you have kick, why in the world would you want to do any of the work?"

He's the best Racer In the game!!! When you try him with a sorry @ss Kicker like Jakob and Josh kerr, that's the result you gonna git!!!

Incorrect - the funniest part is when Cocker has that shocked look on his face win he loses….like ‘I thought I was the best in the world!’. 🤣🤣🤣