Cameron Myers wins Diamond League 1,500m, Sarah Billings runs 800m national record
- Australian middle-distance star Cameron Myers has stormed to a superb 1,500m victory at the Paris Diamond League meeting to improve his own world-leading time in the process.
- The 20-year-old's dominant display saw him cross in 3:28.00 to become his country's fastest man over the distance, surpassing Oliver Hoare's domestic and Oceania record of 3:29.41 set in 2023.
- In doing so, the fastest man in the world this year — who now rises to 12th on the all-time list — saw off the threat of Frenchman Azeddine Habz (3:29.80) and Britain's 2022 world champion Jake Wightman, who was third in a season's be
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- Australian middle-distance star Cameron Myers has stormed to a superb 1,500m victory at the Paris Diamond League meeting to improve his own world-leading time in the process.
- The 20-year-old's dominant display saw him cross in 3:28.00 to become his country's fastest man over the distance, surpassing Oliver Hoare's domestic and Oceania record of 3:29.41 set in 2023.
- In doing so, the fastest man in the world this year — who now rises to 12th on the all-time list — saw off the threat of Frenchman Azeddine Habz (3:29.80) and Britain's 2022 world champion Jake Wightman, who was third in a season's be
Sources: ABC Australia