PARIS, France — American Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympics on Tuesday evening, beating his personal-best time by greater than 3 seconds to outrace favorites Jakob Ingebrigsten and Josh Kerr for the title at 1,500 meters.
Hocker received the race in an Olympic file 3 minutes 27.65 seconds, pulling from fifth to first over the ultimate 300 meters to take down the 2 runners whose rivalry dominated the buildup to the much-anticipated race.
Hocker, listed as a lot as a 30-1 lengthy shot on this race, beat Kerr by .14 seconds, whereas Ingebrigsten, who set the tempo by way of the primary 1250 meters, ended up in fourth behind American Yared Nuguse.
It was the primary U.S. win within the metric mile since Matt Centrowitz took gold in 2016. That is the primary time Individuals put two males on the 1,500-meter podium for the reason that Stockholm Video games in 1912.
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