The Tokyo World Athletics Championships have been treating the Americans well. Tara Davis-Woodhall jumped 7.13 meters to win gold in the long jump, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden clocked her third sub-10.70 of the season (10.61s), to win the women’s 100m world title, and Ryan Crouser threw 22.34 meters to win his third consecutive shot put title. But for all the success, there have been some disappointments too. Like Noah Lyles losing his 100m world title, finishing behind Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville . And now another Olympic gold medalist has suffered a big blow to his medal hopes.

Cole Hocker has been disqualified from the 1500m semifinals for jostling. For those who might not know, it’s the physical interference between runners: actions like bumping, obstructing, cutting

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