- Ollie Hoare suffered violent online abuse during the Paris Games
- 1500m runner says comments affected his performance
- She says she should have deleted Instagram before the Olympics
Middle-distance runner Ollie Hoare has revealed the shocking abuse he received on social media during the Paris Games and said he should have deleted Instagram before the event.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist finished third last in the 1500m heat and also had a disappointing race in the next round.
Her campaign for the Paris Olympics is now over and she says she felt the brunt of online abuse after her qualifier.
“That (calera) was a terrible race and I got insulted on Instagram, so I deleted it,” he said.
I probably should have deleted Instagram before I went to town, but I miss my friends. It’s an easy way to communicate when you’re not living at home.
“It was really hard. I think it affected me a bit. I haven’t been able to sleep well.”
The track star revealed she was receiving direct messages from trolls, as well as horrible comments on photos.
“If I have a bad race or something goes wrong, there could be a chance that that could happen and I just have to tell him to go fuck himself,” he said.
Middle-distance runner Ollie Hoare says he faced online abuse at Paris Games
Hoare says he regrets not deleting Instagram before the start of the Olympics
‘They don’t know that I couldn’t walk in November, they don’t know what many athletes go through and sometimes it’s their day, sometimes it’s not.’
Former Australian swimming star James Magnussen said he was surprised Hoare used social media before his race.
“I’ll give you a tip: the week of your race, log out and give your manager your login details. They post the content and read and respond to all the comments,” Magnussen said on the site. Matty and the Missile Podcast.
‘Being on social media reading comments from others, getting excited on race day, that’s something only a very young or inexperienced athlete would do.
Hoare said she received direct messages from online trolls.
“I am very surprised that this has happened here.”
Meanwhile, Aussie Bree’s thrilling 100m Masters campaign ended at the semi-final stage against a packed field of competitors that included winner Julien Alfred of St Lucia (10.84) and reigning world champion Sha’Carri Richardson (10.89).
Masters finished seventh in the semi-final with a time of 11.34, slightly slower than her time in the first round.