If there is one race not to miss at the Commonwealth Games, it is the men’s 1500m | mickgleeson CommonwealthGames Birmingham2022
The Commonwealth Games are vulnerable to the criticism of big fish swimming in small ponds. Unless they are on a running track and trying to run 1500 metres. Then, it is big fish in a big pond.
Hoare is not on that roll call of impressive finishers at the Olympics and world championships. On the contrary, the Australian was rubbish at the world championships. This is the race where we ordinarily get excited about Stewart McSweyn, the “King Island Flier”, but he is crook and pulled out of the games mid-week. The Alexander Stadium was told the Australian national champion had long COVID but Athletics Australia said he had the flu.In his stead, Hoare has stepped out with a performance that demanded world attention after his horrible world championships just a fortnight ago when he had a below-par run.
“You have to have those bumps in your career otherwise you can’t be great, you can’t medal if you don’t know what it means to lose. I am going to take that as much as I can and push it forward to progress my career mentally. Physically I was in pretty amazing shape.”“Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect,” he said. “That field is extremely tough, Commonwealth Games 1500m is definitely one of the deepest fields.”“I made too many mistakes, moving forward and surging, not conserving energy.
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