Mackenzie Little set a new personal best en route to gold in the javelin, Nina Kennedy won in the pole vault for the fifth consecutive time and Oli Hoare took gold in a controversial running of the Emsley Carr Mile.
Australia’s athletics stars have completed the perfect lead-in to Paris 2024, with three athletes taking gold at the London Diamond League and the women’s 4x100m relay team putting on a record-breaking performance.
England’s George Mills, one of the runners who fell, did not hold back in his comments after the race.“It’s absolutely f---ing ridiculous,” he said. “It was outrageous. We fell down inside 30 metres. Me and Neil .“I have experienced that before, but I don’t know how they didn’t restart it.The fall did not deter the Australian contingent of four. Stewart McSweyn led the field throughout the race, until Hoare took off with 250m to overtake his compatriot.
Despite delivering the world’s second-largest throw of the year, and winning by 0.69m ahead of Adriana Vilagos’ Serbian record of 65.58, Little won’t be relying on her history of success when competing at the pinnacle meet.“I now need to keep everything in check and use the nerves and expectations as fuel for some explosive technical throws in Paris.”
“It felt great out there today. The conditions were great, there’s an amazing crowd of 60,000 out here, so it’s definitely a great confidence boost pre-Paris,” Masters said.
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