‘Farken’ and ‘Hoare’: Runner whose Olympics singlet let up in the internet reveals disturbing development after viral photo

Aussie track star Olli Hoare has deleted his Instagram account after suffering vile online abuse following his performance in the 1500m in Paris.

Hoare failed to reach the semi-finals after finishing a disappointing third-last in his heat, before crashing out in the repechage round, resulting in his Olympics dream coming to an end.

Hoare set the internet alight when he ran next to track star Robert Farekn from Germany during the first round of the 1500m.

In a candid interview, Hoare said that negative messages received before the repechage round had a huge impact on his mindset heading into the race. 

‘My Instagram has been really bad after that (the heat),’ the Commonwealth Games gold medallist said.

‘It was a terrible race and I’ve been abused on Instagram so I had to delete it.

‘I probably should have deleted Instagram before I went into the village but I miss my friends. It’s an easy way of communication when you’re not living at home.

‘So that was tough. I think that kind of affected me a little bit, I haven’t slept great.’

The Sydney-born runner said that vile trolls also targeted his partner.

Hoare revealed overnight that he has deleted his social media accounts after his Instagram got ‘really bad’ after the heat

‘If I have a bad race or if something goes wrong there could be a possibility of that happening and I have to just tell it to p*** off,’ he said.

‘They don’t know that I couldn’t walk in November, they don’t know what a lot of athletes go through and sometimes it’s their day, sometimes it isn’t.’

Hoare said he was beset by confidence issues heading to France.

‘I just don’t feel confident, I’ve ran two 3:31s (in 2024), won a Diamond League, I still have no confidence. I don’t know what’s going on.’