The top four athletes from the Olympic 1500m final will face off in a rematch at the Letzigrund Stadium in Switzerland
Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen will compete against each other at the Zürich Diamond League (September 5), in what will be a repeat of the Olympic 1500m final.
Hocker v Kerr
Less than a second separated the quartet at the Stade de France as Hocker took a historic win in an Olympic record of 3:27.65, going seventh on the 1500m all-time list.
Kerr set a British 1500m record of 3:27.79 – breaking Mo Farah’s 3:28.81 from 2013 – to claim the silver medal, while Nuguse became the second fastest US athlete in history with 3:27.80 for bronze.
After all the talk between Kerr and Ingebrigtsen in the build-up to Paris, the Norwegian settled for fourth in 3:28.24.
Olympic 1500m final (Getty)
With no pacemakers or wave light technology, Ingebrigtsen – in an attempt to avoid being overtaken late on, like in the previous two world championships – attempted to run the Olympic final gun-to-tape.
He opened up with a 54.9-second first lap – at that point, Ingebrigtsen was on world record pace – before going through 800m in 1:51.50.
The field was strung out but the likes of Kerr, Nuguse, Hocker, and Timothy Cheruiyot stayed with Ingebrigtsen.
Just after the 1200m mark, the Brit and the two Americans pounced. Cheruiyot couldn’t keep up with the pace any longer and with 100m to go, as Kerr went round the outside of Ingebrigtsen, Hocker made a dash for home on the inside.
The American held his arms aloft when crossing the line first, in front of a stunned crowd at the Stade de France.
They will now do it all again in Zürich and this time round there will be pacemakers and wave light technology.
Yared Nuguse pips Josh Kerr (Getty)
Ingebrigtsen didn’t compete in the 1500m at last year’s Weltklasse Zürich and it was a race won by Nuguse in 3:30.49 to Kerr’s 3:30.51. Hocker finished ninth in 3:32.00.
With the foursome in such good shape right now, expect fast times in Zürich.
They might not beat Hicham El Guerrouj’s world record of 3:26.00 from 1998 but it could be an incredibly quick race.
The Zürich Diamond League will be the penultimate one of the season, with the final in Brussels on September 13-14.
Cole Hocker biography summary
Cole Hocker (conceived June 6, 2001) is an American center and marathon runner who has some expertise in the 1500 meters. He won the gold decoration in the occasion at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, establishing an Olympic standard and a North American region record of 3:27.65.
Hocker holds various public titles in yearly contests coordinated by USA Track and Field, remembering four titles for the 1500 m and one title in the 3000 meters. In Walk 2024, he won a silver decoration in the 1500 m at the 2024 World Sports Indoor Titles in Glasgow, Scotland. He additionally positioned 6th in the 1500 m at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo and seventh at the 2023 Big Showdowns in Budapest, Hungary.
In secondary school, he won a few significant level contests remembering the Foot Storage Crosscountry Titles for 2018. Starting in 2019, he vied for the College of Oregon, where he brought home four NCAA championships. He declared in 2021 that he would renounce his leftover NCAA qualification to run expertly, marking with Nike.
Hocker declared his choice to turn proficient, on September 13, 2021, swearing off his further interest in the College of Oregon group. He turned into a Nike-supported competitor, and keeps on being situated in Oregon preparing under mentor Ben Thomas. He made his expert presentation at the 2022 Millrose Games, where he contended in the 3,000 meter race. He ran an individual record of 7:39.83, putting third behind Geordie Beamish and colleague Cooper Teare. After fourteen days at Gately Park in Chicago, in a bid for the American indoor mile record of 3:49.98, Teare and Hocker ran individual outmaneuvers of 3:50.17 and 3:50.35 to put first and second.