The Olympic 1500-meter event is one of the most exciting events in the Olympics!
American Cole Hocker made a big upset in the 1,500 meters. He outraced favorites Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr to the finish line for the gold medal. Cole Hocker is an American middle—and long-distance runner who specializes in 1500 meters.
USA Gabby Thomas dominated the women’s 200 meters, finishing in 21.83 seconds to add a gold to the bronze she took home in the event from Tokyo three years ago.
“I mean, this is six years in the making, at least,” she said. “And all of it was for this moment. My coach told me everything I’ve done at this point — Tokyo Olympics, world championships — it was for this.”
Gabby will have an opportunity for another medal as part of the 4×100 relay team, which could be in the final on Saturday.
Hocker won the 1,500 meters in an Olympic-record 3 minutes, 27.65 seconds, pulling from fifth to first over the final 300 meters to beat his personal best by more than 3 seconds.
“This may be an upset to a lot of people, but if you’ve been following my season, you knew I was capable of it,” he said. “But still, things had to go my way today.”
Gabby Hocker’s achievement was the first U.S. win in the metric mile since Matt Centrowitz took gold in 2016.
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