{"id":411845,"date":"2024-07-12T22:43:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411845"},"modified":"2024-07-13T00:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T00:05:13","slug":"aussie-smashes-world-record-in-huge-paris-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411845","title":{"rendered":"Aussie smashes world record in huge Paris statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian running\ufeff star Jessica Hull<\/a> has broken a world record for the first time in her career, taking down the women's 2000m mark at the Monaco Diamond League in a formidable statement ahead of the Paris Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stopping the clock at five minutes and 19.70 seconds (5:19.70) to notch a crushing victory on Saturday morning (AEST), Hull shattered the mark of 5:21.56 set by Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi in 2021.<\/p>\n

The Australian Olympic<\/a> finalist also obliterated the national 2000m record set by Benita Willis in 2003, slashing more than 18 seconds from her mark of 5:37.71.<\/p>\n

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Hull's record-breaking run came five days after a superb performance at the Paris Diamond League, where the 27-year-old \ufeffsmashed her own national 1500m record and posted the fifth-fastest time in history<\/a>, finishing second in 3:50.83.<\/p>\n

Hull won the 2000m on Saturday morning (AEST) by more than six seconds, ahead of Great Britain's Melissa Courtney-Bryant\ufeff (5:26.08) and Kenya's Edinah Jebitok (5:26.09).<\/p>\n

\"Jessica<\/p>\n

Australia's Georgia Griffith, who will join Hull in the 1500m at the Paris Olympics next month, finished fifth with a time of 5:28.82.<\/p>\n

Hull is considered a genuine chance of winning her first individual global medal at the Paris Games.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"It's insane. I don't really know what to say\ufeff of the last few days. It's just been crazy," Hull told Straight At It's Mitch Dyer trackside.<\/p>\n

"In a way I was really happy I had this [the 1500m time] because I could just regroup and come off it and focus on this [the 2000m], but now I don't really know what to think and I'm going to have to take the next few days to take it all in."<\/p>\n

She had circled the 2000m in Monaco as a winnable race.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"When the start list came out, I thought that if I want to be a contender at the Olympics then this is a race that I can probably win," Hull said.<\/p>\n

"To think about winning the Monaco Diamond League is crazy.<\/p>\n

"That world record was achievable and there's a lot of women I compete with that can run that in their best shape. It's going to get lowered again, 5:19 is by no means out of reach, but for this little bit of time I'm excited to watch people chase it."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-olympics-today\/the-olympics-today-jessica-hull-the-record-breaker\/embed<\/a><\/p>\n

Hull, who's coached by her dad Simon, was a special guest of Nine's The Olympics Today<\/em> podcast\ufeff before her record-breaking run in Monaco.<\/p>\n

"I think I've been pretty lucky," said the running star from the NSW town of Albion Park.<\/p>\n

"I've had the preparation every athlete dreams of, like where you just keep nailing things and you stay healthy and keep away at things over the course of the whole year."<\/p>\n

\"Jessica<\/p>\n

The Monaco Diamond League also saw reigning women's pole vault world champion Nina Kennedy take victory with a season's best of 5.88m.<\/p>\n

Australia's Mackenzie Little grabbed silver in the women's javelin with a throw of 64.74m, only losing out to reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan, who hurled the javelin 65.21m.<\/p>\n

Australian Oliver Hoare finished seventh in \ufeffthe men's 1500m, recording a season's best of 3:31.07.<\/p>\n

Defending Olympic gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the brash Norwegian<\/a>, won the 1500m in a career-best time of 3:26.73.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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