Middle-distance runner Cameron Myers has become only the eighth Australian to win a Diamond League final crown with victory in the men’s 1500m in Brussels. The 20-year-old claimed one of the biggest wins of his career to date as he beat a star-studded field that included Olympic champions Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Cole Hocker to continue his own meteoric rise. Myers timed a late burst down the home straight to perfection and dipped at the line to snatch victory in 3:30.14 ahead of Kenya’s Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech (3:30.18).
Ingebrigtsen, on the comeback trail after achilles surgery in February, dictated the pace of the race and looked on course for a morale-boosting win before tiring in the last 30 metres. America’s Ethan Strand edged past the Norwegian in the final few steps to cross the line in 3:30.50 and round out the podium. Myers won the 1500m in Brussels to continue a rich vein of form that includes smashing the national record when crossing first at the Paris Diamond League meet in June.
It’s nice to get a win, I’m super pumped,” Myers said. “I was feeling good. I contemplated making a move on the back straight but I didn’t really need to, so I just waited as long as possible and a gap opened up and I was able to take it. “It’s pretty cool memorabilia to have a trophy like that.” Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall finished on the podium on Friday night after world record-holder and Olympic champion Armand Duplantis withdraw pre-competition. Marschall soared over 5.82m to finish in third place on countback behind Norway’s Sondre Guttormsen, while Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis claimed the event with a new meet record of 6.12m. “It’s another 5.80 and 5.80 doesn’t get enough credit,” Marschall said. Denny’s throw was less than a metre short of the podium which was topped by Slovenia’s Kristjan Čeh with a meet record of 71.29m. Commonwealth champion Rose Davies also just missed the podium in the women’s 5000m, clocking 14:37.47 in the race won by Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu in 14:35.20.
Among her fellow Australians, Georgia Griffith was sixth in 14:38.69 and Linden Hall finished in 10th with a personal best time of 14:40.62.
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