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Jakob Ingebrigtsen's record 1,500M win ensures first individual gold shutout for U.S. men in Olympic track history

Team USA's last hope for men's individual track gold came up short on Saturday.

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen set an Olympic record at 3:28.32 to secure gold in the 1,500-meter final in Tokyo. Kenya's Timothy Cheruyiot secured silver and Great Britain's Josh Kerr finished third for bronze. U.S. runner Cole Hocker finished sixth with a time of 3:31.40.

Hocker was the last U.S. man to take the track in 10 events in Tokyo. None before him finished better than silver, meaning no U.S. man will win individual gold in track for the first time in the history of the modern Games that the U.