DOUBLE TROUBLE

Noah Lyles ‘screaming my head off’ during stunning 1500m upset in first half of double golden night for USA track stars

Lyles wasn't the only US Olympic star to react to the surprise victory

NOAH Lyles couldn't get enough of Team USA's Cole Hocker's stunning upset victory in the 1500-meter event at the Paris Olympics.

Hocker's win came before USA women's track star Gabby Thomas's dominating victory in the 200-meter final on Tuesday.

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USA track star Cole Hocker earned the stunning gold victory in the 1500m race on Tuesday - and he left a fellow teammate in awe of the accomplishment
Team USA's Noah Lyles, who won the 100-meter gold over the weekend, revealed his thoughts on Hocker's victory on social mediaCredit: Alamy
Team USA wasn't done on the track on Tuesday as Gabby Thomas won the gold in the 200-meter finalCredit: Getty

Hocker came from behind at the end of the race spectacularly to beat Great Britain's Josh Kerr, who took home the silver.

The 23-year-old Hocker won his first-ever Olympic gold medal, and Lyles, who claimed the 100m gold over the weekend, wasn't afraid to share his thoughts on the epic victory.

''That was an amazing 1500! Cole Hocker you Got me screaming my head off!" Lyles wrote on X.

The race was thought to be between world champion Kerr and the Norweigan Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who claimed gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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While it appeared that Kerr was on his way to victory, Hocker crept up on him and snatched the gold way.

"I am just so proud of myself to find a way to win," Hocker told the BBC.

"I put myself in the position and my body took me over the line."

Former US Olympic long-distance runner and NBC analyst Kara Goucher also revealed her reaction to the shocking win.

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"Send medics. I’m dead." she wrote.

Hocker's teammate Yared Nugese received a bronze medal in the event.

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Team USA wasn't done in track and field as Thomas took home the gold hardware that many had expected.

Thomas won the women's 200-m final, finishing the race in 21.83.

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She beat Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred and Team USA's Brittany Brown, who got silver and bronze, respectively.

Thomas received her second individual Olympic medal.

Hocker received his first-ever Olympic gold medal as his US teammate Yared Nugese received a bronze medal in the event.Credit: Alamy
Thomas got her second-ever Individual medal and the first of the gold varietyCredit: Getty
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She won her first medal in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Tuesday's win was Thomas' first gold medal at any major world championship.

Thomas is expected to participate in the 4x100 relay team this week.

As for the rest of Team USA's track and field scene, all eyes will continue to be on Lyles, who is coming off his photo-finish victory over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in the 100m.

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Lyles will race in Thursday night's 200-meter finals.

And he will compete in the U.S. men's 4x100 relay team on Friday.

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