![]() ![]() runners finished 1-4-8 in the 800 in the last world championships. He won bronze in the 800 at the 2020 USATF Outdoor.Īccording to track writer Jonathan Gault, the U.S will have no men in the second round of the 800 at the Worlds for the first time ever. Hoppel also won gold in the 800 at the 2020 USATF indoor championships. In 2019 he also was a Big 12 indoor 800 and outdoor 800 champ. He placed first in the 800 in both the 2019 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor meets. In 2019, he placed fourth in the 800 in the world championships. Hoppel placed 15th in the 800 in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. France’s Gabriel Tual was second in (1:46.34). Moad Zahafi of Morocco placed first in the heat in 1:46.15. He was passed by Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:46.45) for the third qualifying spot and Belgium’s Eliott Crestan for fourth (1:46.61). Hoppel actually recovered from his stumble to enter the home stretch in third place. “He (McBride) gives Bryce Hoppel the big ol’ shove out of the way,” the broadcaster said in a clip that appeared on Ben Peck’s Twitter account. One broadcaster’s call of the race seemed to indicate Hoppel could have, and maybe should have, won his appeal. Hoppel added on Twitter in another post: “They decided there was no obstructions in that encounter.” All Clean.” Hoppel, while showing class in accepting the decision, added a thumbs up emoji to his tweet. In his Twitter post an hour after the race, Hoppel wrote: decision after protest and appeal. Hoppel, the American indoor record holder in the 1,000 meters, did indeed appeal after replays clearly showed him getting shoved by McBride. official right now because there was way too much (contact) going on out there,” Hoppel added. “Once that happened, we need to adapt to it. “We just didn’t get the job done,” Hoppel added. ![]() Hoppel’s comments were transcribed by, and appeared in a writeup of the race by the Midland Reporter-Telegram. “There was definitely a lot of pushing and shoving there,” Hoppel said after the race in an interview with NBC Sports analyst Lewis Johnson. He had completed the 800 in the USATF meet in 1:44.58. Hoppel’s time did not meet that top six standard. Top three finishers in each of the six heats plus the runners with the next six best times advanced. Hoppel, who was timed in 1:46.98, needed to finish in the top three in his heat to automatically advance to the second round. Hoppel stumbled after McBride made contact with him but was able to continue. Hoppel, a 24-year-old native of Midland, Texas, who won the 800 at the recent USATF Outdoor championships, appeared to be shoved by Brandon McBride of Canada early in lap one of the two-lap, first-round 800 qualifying race. Former University of Kansas middle distance runner/2020 Olympian Bryce Hoppel did not advance to the semifinal round of the. Former University of Kansas middle distance runner/2020 Olympian Bryce Hoppel did not advance to the semifinal round of the 800 after placing fifth in the controversial third heat of the event Wednesday at the World Athletics Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. ![]()
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