Paris, 7 August 2024 (dpa/MIA) - Cole Hocker was a shock gold medallist for the United States in the men's Olympic 1,500 metres where top favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway failed to medal in fourth.

Tokyo 2020 winner Ingebrigtsen led from the start until the home straight where he started to fade.

Briton Josh Kerr, who beat Ingebrigtsen for the 2022 world title, moved ahead on the outside, but Hocker then came storming down on the inside for an improbable gold in an Olympic record 3 minutes 27.65 seconds.

Kerr got silver .14 behind in a British record 3:27.79 and the bronze went to the US again as Yared Nuguse followed another one-hudredths back after also surging past Ingebrigtsen who missed the podium by almost half a second.

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