missBS wrote:
Hear me out……hocker runs 3:31, bests the former OR, PRs by 2 seconds after PRing by 2 seconds in the semifinal, and gets 6th in a loaded field in his FIRST world final event.
This, to me, is more impressive than the cr*p-shoot that was the 2016 final that went out in like 2:18, setting up a free for all, where the best tactician, not the best runner, won.
In 2020, the best runner won, and the best runners in the world placed where they should have, that being at the front of the pack.
This race is more impressive than Centros gold, and certainly better than the 3:49 Centro ran a couple weeks ago.
So dumb......Hocker's 6th place is faster than every previous Olympic Champ!!! So by your logic Hocker's 6th place, is more impressive than not just Centro, but also Herb Elliot, Peter Snell, Kip Keino, Pekka Vasala, John Walker, Seb Coe, Peter Rono, El G., Noureddine Morceli, Noah Ngeny, Kiprop, Mahkloufi....and many more. Nonsense, pure nonsense, go sit in the corner!!!