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Australian star Myers beats Olympic champions to win Diamond League Final

From ABC Australia · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • Australia’s Cameron Myers won the men’s 1,500 metres at the Diamond League Final in Brussels in 3 minutes, 30.14 seconds.
  • The 20-year-old edged Kenya’s Phanuel Koech and beat the two most recent Olympic champions, Cole Hocker and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
  • Myers added the victory to a season that includes a national-record 3:28.00 in Paris and a mile win at the Prefontaine Classic.

Cameron Myers delivered the biggest win of his young career by winning the men’s 1,500 metres at the Diamond League Final in Brussels. His time of 3:30.14 made him only the eighth Australian to claim a Diamond League Final title.

The 20-year-old prevailed in a field that included the two most recent Olympic champions in the event. Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the Tokyo gold medallist, finished fourth in 3:30.52, while American Cole Hocker placed seventh in 3:30.80. Myers timed his final sprint perfectly, edging Kenyan teenager Phanuel Koech, who ran 3:30.18. American Ethan Strand was third in 3:30.50.

I wouldn’t say this victory comes as a surprise to me.

· Cameron MyersHe said the result reflected the progress he had been building toward.

“I wouldn’t say this victory comes as a surprise to me,” Myers said. “It’s more a relief to finally showcase what I’ve been building toward over the last couple of years.” He added: “It feels surreal, even though I always believed I had it in me. But it’s so different to actually do it and actually execute it when it matters.”

Coached by Dick Telford, Myers has emerged as Australia’s leading men’s 1,500m prospect since 1960 Olympic champion Herb Elliott. The Brussels win capped a strong season. Myers set a national record of 3:28.00 at the Paris Diamond League meet in June, the second-fastest time in the world this year, then won the mile at Eugene’s Prefontaine Classic in July.

It’s more a relief to finally showcase what I’ve been building toward over the last couple of years.

· Cameron MyersHe described the emotional significance of executing his plan in a major final.

He also finished second to world-record holder Josh Kerr in the mile at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and won the 1,500m at Berlin’s ISTAF meet less than a week before Brussels.

Other Australians also contended in Brussels. Kurtis Marschall finished third on countback in the pole vault after clearing 5.82 metres, while Lachlan Kennedy ran 9.99 seconds for fourth in the 100m. Matthew Denny placed fourth in the discus, and Rose Davies finished fourth in the women’s 5,000m.

It feels surreal, even though I always believed I had it in me. But it’s so different to actually do it and actually execute it when it matters.

· Cameron MyersHe reflected on winning the Diamond League Final.
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Originally published by ABC Australia in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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