I knew Jakob was in trouble when he looked behind him in the backstretch but 4th??? If Hocker hadn't been shut down on his first try he would've gone 3:27.3 and the Goose almost outleaning Kerr!?!
I knew Jakob was in trouble when he looked behind him in the backstretch but 4th??? If Hocker hadn't been shut down on his first try he would've gone 3:27.3 and the Goose almost outleaning Kerr!?!
Too many can hang and kick at that pace now
And second is not even close to this.
nothing but respect for jakob. raced to be first or last. it was the only way he could try to win. he could have easily sat and kicked for second
Rarely have I seen someone go home as absolutely DEVASTATED as Ingebrigtsen is right now lmao.
HELL YEA!!! GOLD and BRONZE FOR USA 🇺🇸 !!! Way to go Hocker and Nuguse.
And shout out to Hobbs. 5th in a sub 3:30!!!!
Honestly. Not shocked. This is the best 1500 men’s team USA has sent to the Olympics. EVER!!!!
USA! USA! USA!
so pumped.
He thought he was THAT much better than everyone else. He was not on this day. All those who said Hocker could run 3:27 in Monaco after US champs? Hmm... maybe they were on to something
Actually would have preferred Nuguse to sneak silver, would have been hilarious.
Poor Jakob. Still the right call to try and solo it, but the others just too strong today.
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Fricken Olympic Record to boot!
Americans were perfectly positioned at 4-6 or 3-5 before the big ramp ump. Just brilliant. And Naguse was closing for silver, just missing it. Crazy. Wonderful. Crazy. Proud for the Americans. And Hobbs, don't forget Hobbs - what a race by him.
Anyone notice ingebrigtsen cut off Hocker too at around the 1375m mark. all that to come 4th.
I'll admit I was skeptical of all the Hocker love on here. But, wow, what a clutch fxckin performance. Did not see that coming.
Yep he proved everything Kerr said right. Too many yes men, too much ego, can’t win a race that way. Can’t believe he didn’t podium. One of the dumbest race plans I have seen since Alan Webb thought he could run a 12 second 100 meters from 700 out.
What a fantastic race. Props to all. The podium all hit PBs and 3:27s. Can't really ask for much more than that. Hocker my man.
Jakob's a bit of a choker. He's had Kerr in his head rent-free and went all out to burn them off and ended up getting passed.
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Hocker loves passing on the rail. His first surge got denied. Luckily it opened up. Nuguse just .01 from silver. Dammmnn
This isn’t a “no schadenfreude zone” is it? Because I did enjoy seeing the big talkers get upset by the quietly confident Americans.
112 YEARS. LET'S FREAKING GOOOOOOOOO. If Grant medals in the 5000 and Hoppel medals in the 800, is America the best overall men's distance country? Ethiopia is insanely good at the 5,000 but that isn't helping them in the 1500 and 10000 🤷♂️