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Middle-distance sensation Claudia Hollingsworth and long jump surprise packet Chris Mitrevski are among four Olympic rookies who locked in their spots for Paris 2024 with standout performances at the Australian athletics championships. Hollingsworth turned 19 on Friday and enjoyed the most welcome of late birthday presents when she stormed to victory in a world-class 800m final in a personal best of one minute 58.40 seconds.
Claudia Hollingsworth wins stacked 800m final. The selectors were also hugely impressed with runner-up Abbey Caldwell’s second-placed finish in 1:59.01. The women’s two-lap final was billed as the event of the national championships and it more than lived up to expectations. National record holder Catriona Bisset made the early running, but it was young tyros Hollingsworth and Caldwell duelling it out in the final straight.
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