Jess Hull is dramatically closing the gap on the world’s best and is now poised as a medal threat at this year’s Olympics after smashing the Australian 1500 metres record in a Diamond League meet on Sunday morning.
In a field that included Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir and American 3000m indoor world champion Elle St Pierre, Hull outshone the bigger names to finish second and cut her personal best by 1.32 seconds to set a new Oceania record of 3min55.97s for the 1500m.
“It’s great confidence booster for Paris. I was so consistent last year at 3:57 and that got me seventh in Budapest. 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.
“I knew I’d have to run a very fast time to do it. I focused on what I needed to do to race and I think that’s something that I will carry forward with me.” To put that time in perspective, World Athletics does not recognise under-18s records. But if it did, Myers would have broken it.
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