The Golden 5,000m kick gives Cole Hocker Solace after being “stolen” at 1500m | Athletics World Championships

At the Paris Olympic Games last year, Cole Hocker proved more than 1500m that he had one of the most devastating finishing kicks. Over 5,000 m in Tokyo, the American has strengthened the message even more categorically.

When the bell rang for the last Hocker round was in 11th place and almost 15 meters from the head. But he quickly started to remove his rivals before time turning his last wave of perfection to take gold in 12 minutes 58.30 seconds, ahead of Isaac Kimeli from Belgium, with Jimmy Gressier adding bronze to his gold 10000 meters.

Hocker did not waste more time claiming justification after being controversial last week to “jostle” in the semi-final of the 1500m. “I wanted to end the world championships according to my conditions,” he said.

“I felt like I was stolen in the 1500m. I knew that I had the opportunity today and that I had legs to take this ground. I had a lot of bodies in front of me but I felt very strong; Enough to exceed them one by one.

“I felt like I was running perfectly. Whenever I ran the 5000m, I am pushed out of my comfort zone. I felt here that I worked every turn. I make music on my computer and I play the guitar and the piano. Now I want to eat a lot of Japanese cuisine. I just want to eat and drink. ”

There was still success for the American team at the last night in Tokyo in the female 4x100m relay, while Sha’Carri Richardson led them to the house in front of the Jamaica in a unleashed storm which left the track covered with surface water.

This meant that Melissa Jefferson – Wooden, the 100m and 200m champion, finished with a third title. “It’s crazy to go home with three gold medals,” she said. “I added my name again to history books. I’m where I want to be. “

The great Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won 25 Olympic and world medals in a career dating back to 2007, was more than happy to settle for money in his last race.

“I had an incredible career and today’s medal is the icing on the cake,” she said. “My son will be excited. Today is a complete moment of circle for me. I was a reserve during my first world championships in Osaka in 2007. I could not have it otherwise.

“I am grateful for medals, stadiums and crowds where I contributed throughout my career. I have plans and I want to focus on advocacy and support women and athletes. I want to continue to have an impact. ”

Germany took bronze after Gina Lückenkemper retained Darryl Neita. “I was not sure that we won a medal when I crossed the line because we were in an external path,” she said. “And then Daryll Neita de GB, she told me. She is like: “Girl, you have it”. “

There was a third gold medal for the United States in the male 4x100m, with Noah Lyles ending the world athletics championships with a bronze and two gold medals after having led the team at home for an easy victory. Lyles said, “We all know that we are the fastest. We just had to get the stick from start to finish.”

Elsewhere, Leo Neuberger of Germany took gold in the Decathlon, while the Australian Nicola Olyslagers won his first title with an authorization of 2.00 m in the female high jump, which was assigned by a rain period of 30 minutes.

The last event to finish was the male disc, which was won by Daniel Ståhl of Sweden after even longer delay. His 70.47 m throw took him away from Mykolas Alekna and Alex Rose from Lithuania, who obtained the world’s first world medal in athletics with a 66.96 m throw for bronze.

The completion of the disc marked the culmination of an extremely successful event that the president of the world of athletics, Sebastian Coe, praised “a championship for the ages”.