Oliver Hoare cut a dejected figure after tumbling during his one mile heat in Glasgow. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)Oliver Hoare cut a dejected figure after tumbling during his one mile heat in Glasgow. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAPAustralian middle-distance star Olli Hoare has played down reports he witnessed a "knife incident" in Glasgow just days before opening his Commonwealth Games title defence. Hoare said some of the "colourful characters" involved in the incident he saw "looked like they were carrying something". He won Wednesday's slower first heat at Scotstoun Stadium in three minutes 58.57 seconds, with Spencer (3:59.72) sixth.