Wow! Hoey takes down Wanyonyi and Arop to WIN Lausanne Diamond League

its a tragedy that hoppel is on the team and not him

Hoey continues the revenge tour and is running on pure hate. Not sure if he'll win the DL final but he's certainly a contender.

not great for arop or especially hoppel... hope he's ok

It's not over til it's over. He's got a shot to win the DL final and do it the hard way. If he manages to make worlds, watch out, he'll have enormous momentum on his side. I feel like Hoey and Yared are going to make it to Tokyo after all.

Great race. I did think he looked too tight in the face early on and his coach needs to talk with him about relaxing. But then he won, so what do I know?

A tragedy? Hoey has only himself to blame for going out in 49.2

Hoppel ran a bad race today but he was fast when it counted and I assume he's focused on peaking for Tokyo

Arop and his chem team will have things in order by Tokyo. Look at the big jump he made after Monaco last year. Wanyonyi will probably have a quick trip to the motherland to refuel.

I’m still skeptical, but we’ll see how different Zurich is. Learmonth was a pacing sub for Sieradzki, and he did a bad job with the organizers not adjusting the lights in a monsoon also problematic. Wanyonyi running 53.4 in a second lap doesn’t happen if he’s within himself/drafting. Feels like he won’t make the same mistake twice.

Isn't Hoey the first American to beat Wanyonyi and Arop in the same race? Wait he maybe the first athlete ever to beat both of them in the same race 😯.

Sedjati beat both in 2022 worlds

Yeah. Hoey has been the better athlete for almost all of the year. His performance even in the trials indicated better form compared to Hoppel.

Hoppel hasn't found his form this season.

Stop it.

It's a race, not a procession. You seem to think its all about time trials.

He hasn't any race craft yet.

Just a weird race all-round for obvious reasons. Couple of thoughts.

1) Why we should never take WR attempts for granted - it's really not easy for everything to align. Tonight seemed like the perfect setup. Unlike the big-time hype at Monaco, this meet kind of snuck up on everyone - definitely wasn't the same expectation. The field was smaller and personnel wise looked much more conducive - not as top heavy and competitive for spots in the first 200. Wanyonyi had run 1.41.4 this season, Arop 1.42.2, Hoey and Burgin also a string of good races, and then the weather. What are you going to do.

2) Speaking of which it's the great equalizer on a number of levels. Rudisha famously hated the rain and never ran well in it or on wet tracks - he didn't lose many races races in his career but I remember him losing a DL and CWG final in the wet. Some guys just tell themselves a fast race is by default not going to happen and its funny how small mistakes/errors of judgement happen when you'd almost rather not be out there.

3) All of that being said, great race by Hoey who just kept his composure the best. He ran the best first lap at 50.4 which meant he wasn't out too fast and didn't need to make dramatic moves to find position (like Arop who again I just think is in a total bind mentally with what he wants to do and how he wants to run these races and ran a terrible 14.3 final 100). He was the only one in the field to finish in under 13.0 seconds, that was his best run of what has become an insane season top to bottom in terms of pure level of performance.

And I think TL mentioned it but so strange that Learmonth would pace that so poorly as a 1.44 runner himself who surely knows what an 800m runner is looking for pace wise. The big mistake from him was just having the racehorse blinders on in the first 200m and almost running scared to that point. He was 24.0 which was a little up on EW - not too bad, but then seemed to sprint away without any awareness of the field in the next 100m - more concerned with staying at the front of the blue light than helping the field stay on it.

Congrats to Hoey, epic season continues. Hopefully he can find the same magic in Zurich and make Tokyo.

Went from a Hoey hater to a Hoey fan now lol.

USAs was a miscalculation. Hoey is one of these guys that needs a rabbit. World Indoors gave a false impression that he could race well in un-rabbited races because it was a watered down field where practically all the other big dogs were absent. He won because he was at a higher fitness level so pacing didn’t matter.

It’s clear what his Achilles’ heel is.

I mean still less likely than Wnyonyi XD

Where is Sedjati hiding? He hasn't raced in a month and only 4 times so far this season.

Hoey is especially sus with this result.

That said, he's a likable chap.

That 142, when everyone in the field ran 1.5 or more off their best, is definitely a 141 low effort.

which is 30 meters off the world record.

just sayin.