Ingebertson 2 Big egos, two big talents
squaring off here at the Olympic Games
in the men's 1500 meter final,
and they're away as they charge down the back straight
for the first time.
The final of the men's 1500
and let's see how things play out.
Kerr has gone to the front right away and there
goes Inger Britson right past him.
He's going to front run this again and he's really
set down the pedal to the medal.
I think ideally he wouldn't have wanted to lead the
whole way.
Komen's on his shoulder from Kenya.
But Inger Britson has said if I've got to run
1500 meters from the front,
so be it. So he'll have in his mind a
time that he thinks he he's capable of running
and that in running that time he's capable of getting
rid of Josh Kerr.
Ideally, I think Ingerbritson would live like Coleman or Chariot
or somebody else to take that first lap.
But the gauntlet has been thrown down now
there's no turning back. The race is on.
Here they go through the opening lap of the men's
1500 meter final
5482, with Ingerbritsen front running ahead of Coleman of Kenya,
then Josh Kerr and the 2019 world champion Timothy Chariot
of Kenya behind him, then a couple of Americans and
Kessler and the Goose and Hawker,
all three of the Americans running together.
That's a fast first lap.
That's two seconds, almost 2 seconds faster than they ran
in Tokyo when Ingerbritsen set the Olympic record.
Ingerbritsen is not is driving.
He's pushing hard, but he's still got two or three
more gears left.
That's faster than when Ingerbritsen set that world lead of
3/26/73.
Ingebritsen continues to front run with Brian Coleman of Kenya
and Kerr staying right behind him now on the rail.
We saw Kerr beat Ingebritsen from behind at the World
Championships last year,
then changing his tactics at the Barman Mile and running
up front,
and now he begins to turn the screws again.
Yeah, 151 again. This is cruel.
This is this is such a fast,
fast pace. Ingerbritsen has put his foot down again.
Chariot is following.
This is very close to world record pace.
We'll see if Ingerbritsen can sustain it as he continues
to lead.
And look at that field of great athletes.
String out around the bend.
This is such a long run from home.
Chariot in second place, Kerr in 3rd and Goose
in fourth.
Hokka from the States.
Tesla from the States. Here we go.
They take the bell the final lap in the men's
1500 meters with the Norwegian
Inger Britson in the lead,
Kerr sitting back in 3rd behind Chariot,
a former world champion. Look at the greatness up front
and the goose is trying to stay with them.
They go down the back straight and now with 300
to go,
Josh Kerr makes a move.
Last lap
5589. They're on world record pace and it's a two
man race with 200 meters to go.
Anger Britson a shoulder check.
Josh Kerr is right there.
Kerr now begins to pick up the pace.
He moves closer to anger Britson,
who still looks like he's got something in reserve.
Jacob Ingebritsen with Cole Hawker chasing as well.
Here comes Kerr and here's the kick.
Kerr now moving and Cole Hawkers got something left.
Kerr goes right by Ingebritsen and Hawkers going with him
too.
Look at this finish. It's Cole Hawker upstaging them
first for Olympic gold in a new Olympic record
327 seven.
Cole Hawker comes out of the shadows.
That's an amazing run. You know,
we said the danger for Inger Britson is all he
had on his mind was Kerr.
The danger for Kerr that all he was thinking about
was Inger,
Britson and Cole Hocker took his time.
He stayed on the inside lane,
he waited for a little gap to open and he
shot through and won that gold medal.
Hocker was perfect there. He allowed all of the focus,
all of the attention to be on Inger,
Britson and Kerr and he did absolutely the right thing
at absolutely the right time.
A tactical masterpiece. He kicked at the decisive moment.
He was patient. That was wonderful.
Was it ever? Josh Kerr
is in second place right now.
They're trying to sort it out with a photo with
Jared Nagoose.
But Jakob Ingebritsen, the defending Olympic champion,
will not win a medal here tonight.
It is curve for silver with a national record
32779 and the goose with a personal best for bronze.
And Ingebritsen is upstage and off the podium at
3/28/24.
Wow. You know, Kerr ran so well there to.
If somebody has said you're going to run
327 and finish second, he'd have said that because Inger
Britson has beaten me.
He ran so well there.
NGOs, again, a great personal best.
Inger Britson had a tactic.
He tried to run the field.
He tried to run away from the field.
He tried to run the field into the ground and
he ended up running himself into the ground.
A great run by NGOs,
but the Goose. But it was just an amazing run.
And for Cole Hocker, I think the Britain can't believe
it,
can he? He's absolutely stunned because almost everybody else in
this race except him had a national record,
an Olympic record, a personal best,
a seasonal best. He led the way.
He turned the screws on Kerr
and then he was beaten down the straight
off the podium. Quite often a gap opens on the
inside and Inger Britson moves out slightly.
Hocker had to be patient and then he came through
on the inside.
At this point Kerr thinks he's got it
and he looks to the left and Hocker's just fighting
all the way
and the goose just coming through for 3rd.
But that's a brilliant race,
a fabulous 1500 meter race.
But what a gold medal for Hocker,
What an amazing upset here in the Olympic final.
Cole Hawker of the United States,
who was 6th at Tokyo three years ago and 7th
last year in Budapest at the World Championships,
claims Olympic gold and leaves the great defending champion Ingebritton
in fourth off the podium.
4th round now in the
women's hammer throw final as Cameron Rogers,
who has the biggest throw in the world in this
Olympic field coming here at
7776, is currently in second place.
Fourth attempt.
She is 4 centimeters.
What a throw. This looks good.
That's her best throw.
Very, very close to the lead.
Still second behind Ichikawuki, look how close that is.
He took the Wookies having a look as well.
The American.
The American had a seasonal best performance in the third
round to put her in the 1st place gold medal
position,
but a great execution. Just shy of
38° release angle. Strong throw for Cameron Rodgers and you
can see that virtual gold medal line just inches away.
Cameron Rodgers, a strong, strong effort.
She has two more throws to go and just 4
centimeters shy of the gold medal position,
less than two inches. So she stays in second place
with two throws to go
in this Olympic final. Chukunwuki,
who has Nigerian heritage, actually tried to compete
for Nigeria
for the Olympic Games in Tokyo
but was not allowed and ruled ineligible because the Nigerians
had not completed enough out of competition tests.
But Cole Hawker is savoring the spotlight here
as the upset winner of the men's 1500 meters,
Josh Kerr will get the silver medal,
Jared and the goose the bronze,
and the big Norseman is vanquished.
Final results. Look at these performances.
Olympic record for Hawker, national record for Curb,
personal best for the Goose
3/28/24 for Ingebritton. So many of these athletes had the
race of their lives here on the Olympic stage in
a massive upset in Paris.