Cole Hocker walked out of the Tokyo World Athletics Championships with pride. But not without getting his heart broken. In the semifinals of the 1500m, the Olympic champion received a disqualification for jostling with German athlete Robert Farken. However, in the 5000m, he redeemed himself. But getting yourself out of the impact of that DQ and then winning the world championship takes courage and strength. He uncovered the aftermath of the disqualification with his social media account going haywire.

“ That night of the DQ, I opened Instagram just literally like by habit at this point, and like boom right in front of me, it’s like DQ over my face, ” Hocker said in a podcast with Citius MAG. He saw his social media account swamped with news and videos about the DQ incident. He was DQ’ed

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