Aussie Olympic medal shot’s record-breaking run in America

Hull won a relay global medal at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst last year and is hoping to become a solo global medallist at Paris 2024, at which she will race the 1500m.

At the same meet on Sunday morning (AEST), Australian duo Olli Hoare and Cameron Myers finished ninth and 11th respectively in an extremely competitive men’s mile race.

Hoare clocked 3:49.11 and Myers posted 3:50.15, slashing more than two seconds from his own Australian under-20 record.

The race was won in 3:45.34 by British world champion Josh Kerr, who conquered reigning 1500m Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen amid a verbal stoush en route to the Paris Games.

And in the women’s 10,000m at Hayward Field, Kenyan Beatrice Chebet became the first woman to crack the 29-minute barrier, stopping the clock at 28:54.14.

Hull said her run at the Prefontaine Classic, as the meet is also known, was a “great confidence booster” ahead of the Olympics.

“I was so consistent last year at 3:57 and that got me seventh in Budapest [at the World Athletics Championships last year],” Hull said.

“If I look at the landscape of the sport and look at the times that I would need to medal, I need to be consistent at that mid to low 3:50s, so getting a 3:55 on the board today gives me confidence and I think we will find a little bit more throughout the season.”

Hull sat third at the bell, tucked in behind St. Pierre, before kicking past the American with about 200 metres remaining.

Welteji, who had gained an unassailable lead, took victory with a time of 3:53.75.

The Diamond League season will continue in Oslo this week.