Is that not Bronze for Kerr ? It was mighty close
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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They were so worried about each other they didn’t consider anyone else. Kerr went the long way round, Ingebrtison moved over the make him go even further. Hocker ran 10m less than Kerr there.
Silver, photo finish goes off the chest.
Kerr should be disappointed.
Not often you see someone undertaking on the home straight! They left the door wide open for Hocker.
Yeah definite choke from Ingebrigtsen, Kerr was probably expected to get Silver anyway and he broke a national record as well
PB for Kerr at the end of the day, so he did a good job. Ingebrigtsen not so much.
more like brain dead running. Absolutely no reason to run it like that for Ingebritsen. He uses a bare minimum of tactical sense he wins it easy
If the Norwegian just held his line kerr probably wins because it would have slowed the American down a touch.
Well that wasn't in the script.
He messed up trying to push Kerr wide.
This is such a crazy tactical race
Ingebritsen went pretty wide and Hocker managed to squeeze through. He would have been boxed in otherwise.
And the winner got an Olympic Record. He couldn't have done much more
Lopez 5 times Gold medalist.
If ingebritsen holds his line he probably wins a medal because Hocker had nowhere to go.
The US college athletics system is why other countries are improving at athletics, swimming, etc. as well. Tons of non-American athletes come to the US to run track, swim, play soccer/basketball, or other sports.
Feel a bit for Kerr. Ran a perfect race and Inge trying to block him off and leaving a massive gap on the inside cost him.
And he’s done it!
Cuba’s Maijan Lopez is the 1st athlete in any individual sport in Olympic history to win gold in the same event in 5 Olympic Games
Cuba’s Maijan Lopez is the 1st athlete in any individual sport in Olympic history to win gold in the same event in 5 Olympic Games
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How much difference does drafting make in a track race like this? Or the inside line is what's key?
Shoes left on the mat. Lopez has retired
What a legend
What a legend
Probably the only event I didn’t want GB to win.
Just not a fan of Kerr at all and I wanted Ingebrigsen to smash it.
Shame, think it was obvious Kerr was in his head and bottled his tactics.
Just not a fan of Kerr at all and I wanted Ingebrigsen to smash it.
Shame, think it was obvious Kerr was in his head and bottled his tactics.
I don't know what to think. We are seeing one of the greatest athlete of all time retire at the highest level.
No chance. He's fourth regardless, said it himself just then, he hit the wall.
Him and Kerr loathe each other so I think he prefers no medal and Kerr not winning.
How the feck is Canada dominating the hammer throw
Steve Redgrave might contend that statement.
Yep. It’s an emotional moment. The ultimate way to walk into the history books
Have you seen how far out Hocker would have had to go? He would have to have dropped back and swung to lane 3.
He’d have got past Inge. Wouldn’t have caught Kerr.
*in the same event - I’ll add to the OP
NBC had Allyson Felix on. That alone brings a smile to my face
And just now, a Canadian woman (Camryn Rogers) wins the gold in hammer. She went to UC Berkeley.
Agreed. Leon Marchand is the best example of that this year.
And just now, a Canadian woman (Camryn Rogers) wins the gold in hammer. She went to UC Berkeley.
He's done it at different weights though, is that the same? I'm not that clued up on wrestling admittedly.
Just putting this here. If Ingebrigtsen doesn't open the door I don't see how Hocker gets even a medal. He has to drop back and go the long way past the other 3. Kerr and Nugue gold/silver, just depends on how efficiently Hocker finds a space, but at this level I think the answer is he wouldn't.
If Ingebrigtsen holds the inside stronger, he just goes on the shoulder of Kerr instead.... hell I'd even say he could of gone around him(Ingebrigtsen) and the top 3 would still be the top 3, but except maybe switch 1 and 2.
He's so shot, he ends massively behind them.
It's the same category, the IOC changed the limits over the years.
@Carolina Red what's this about wrestlers having to lose 2-3kg of bodyweight by the next morning? Just seen some live visuals of Vinesh Phogat skipping ropes to achieve that.
She is over the weight limit of her category.
Just putting this here. If Ingebrigtsen doesn't open the door I don't see how Hocker gets even a medal. He has to drop back and go the long way past the other 3. Kerr and Nugue gold/silver, just depends on how efficiently Hocker finds a space, but at this level I think the answer is he wouldn't.
That's well after he's made his decision though... "well after" being like 5 metres of course, not much in reality, but in a race...
Like I said, he merely goes with Kerr and drops him like a sack of suds regardless.