Cole Hocker was denied a chapter in track and field history. So he went into solitude and then wrote another one.

The Indianapolis runner climbed from 12th in the 5,000 meters with a lap left all the way to first, resulting in Hocker Shocker, Part II.

The reigning Olympic gold medalist in the 1,500 added another gold Sunday night in the World Championships at Tokyo.

His time was 12:58.30 off a blazing finish: 52.62 for last 400 meters, 25.50 for last 200, 12.51 for last 100.

“I knew I had the strongest kick in this field. It was just a matter of getting there,” Hocker said in an NBC interview. “Getting there with two laps to go is really what I told myself, just staying glued, you know, and my kicking strength will carry me through. And that’s exactly what happened.”

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