Leading Australian middle-distance runner jessicahull143 faces a race against time if she is to compete at birminghamcg22 after testing positive to COVID-19. B2022 7NEWS
Leading Australian middle-distance runner Jessica Hull faces a race against time if she is to compete at theHull, 25, tested positive for the first time on Tuesday , a day after finishing seventh in the 1500m at the world athletics championships in Eugene.
She has gone straight into a mandatory five-day isolation period at her home in Portland, two hours from Eugene.Hull and her coach Pete Julian had already come to an agreement with Athletics Australia that she could skip the pre-Commonwealth Games camp in the south-eastern English town of Tonbridge. But she will still have to undergo PCR tests 72 hours before entering the athletes village and again on arrival in Birmingham.The current Australian record holder over 1500m and 5000m, Hull is considered an excellent medal chance in the metric mile in Birmingham, if she recovers in time.
She is the first member of the 64-strong Australian team in Eugene to test positive to COVID-19 during the 10-day championships. As a former University of Oregon Ducks track star, Hull is one of the most high-profile athletes at the world titles.
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