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Jess Hull has smashed the women’s world record in the 2000 metres at the Monaco Diamond League meeting with another stunning display that reaffirms her as a genuine Olympic medal contender. The 27-year-old NSW middle and long distance star clocked 5 minutes 19.70 seconds, going it alone in what is, admittedly, a rarely-contested distance over five laps on Friday evening. Yet her brilliant solo effort, set up by pacemakers, still destroyed the previous mark of 5:21.
” Her first victory in the prestigious Diamond League series came just five days ago after she also obliterated her personal best by five seconds in the 1500m in Paris to clock an Australian and Oceanian mark of 3:50.83 behind Kenyan great Faith Kipyegon, who set a new world record. That performance rocketed her to fifth on the world all-time list. “I definitely felt the Paris race all week in my legs. So today the goal was just to be strong, even if my legs were very heavy.
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