Ollie Hoare ‘the new Herb Elliott’ wins in a race for the ages | mickgleeson
Ollie Hoare rounded the final bend three wide. He had three men ahead of him, two former world champions, ahead of him. The man in the lead, a Scotsman who was the reigning world champion and had the screaming local crowd behind him. Yet Hoare knew he would win.
“Holy shit! Commonwealth Games 1500m, it’s just so tough. You line up on that line and you hear the accolades of each and every athlete, just the respect that you have to have to get out there and even make the final is an absolute privilege,” Hoare said. “I’ve never met Herb Elliott. Heard all about him. My dad won’t shut up about him. You look up to them and you’d love to meet them. Steve Cram and Seb Coe you look around and they’re my heroes. They’re my Michael Jordan.Ollie Hoare grew up in the Shire, south of Sydney, running for Sutherland athletics and being timed by his war veteran granddad Fred, who was a life member of the club. He was trained by his dad Greg.
“He was a great lover of the sport, a lover of Herb Elliott ... he was the reason my Dad loves the sport, reason why I love the sport.“It kind of hit me, I hadn’t been home and was unable to attend his funeral two days ago. He is up there having a glass of red wine laughing his arse off. He would be saying ‘I knew you could do it mate but I unfortunately wasn’t around to see it’.
Hoare began comfortably and sat off the shoulders of Abel Kipsang and Cheruiyot who took the front two places and kept a hard fast pace. Hoare was happy with that, he’d trained for a fast race.Credit:He looked to be running into trouble at the bell, blocked in on the inside lane. As Hoare got to 200 metres to go he had to check his run, drop half a metre and give himself space to get around. And then he kicked. What a kick.“It was a matter of pulling the kick at the right time.
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