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Middle-distance runner Abbey Caldwell has had a huge career breakthrough, taking out her first Diamond League title overnight\u00a0 in the 1500m in Xiamen, China.<\/p>\n
Caldwell\u00a0 (VIC, Gavin Burren) ran a tactically perfect race, winning with a time of 3:57.26 in very humid conditions.<\/p>\n
The Victorian\u00a0 finished ahead of fellow Australians Jessica Hull, 5th (NSW, Simon Hull) , Linden Hall, 8th (VIC, Ned Brophy-Williams),Sarah Billings, 11th (Nick Bideau), and Claudia Hollingsworth, 13th, (VIC, Craig Mottram)<\/p>\n
Caldwell was delighted after the race, capping off a huge couple of weeks following her third-place finish last weekend in the 1500m at the Shanghai Diamond League meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy with that,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really hot out there, it was a lot harder than last week I think with that extra bit of humidity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was tough and I just wanted to go out and execute a good race.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe time would have been a P.B last week, so I can\u2019t complain at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caldwell will now head back to Australia for a couple of weeks before returning to Europe to race in the Rome Diamond League on June 4.<\/p>\n
She has already been selected for the 800m at the Commonwealth Games, after winning the national title at the Australian Athletic Championships in Sydney.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other strong results for the Australians included high jumper Eleanor Patterson who placed fifth in her first Diamond League for the year.<\/p>\n
In a strong competition, she jumped 1.94m before failing at the next height of 1.97m.<\/p>\n
The competition was won by Ukrainian jumper Yulia Levchenko, who cleared 1.99m for another big win.<\/p>\n
Sprinter Lachlan Kennedy (QLD, Andrew Iselin) continued his good form, finishing sixth with a time of 10.06.<\/p>\n
He will now head back to Brisbane for a training block before heading overseas in Europe.<\/p>\n
Other results included Liam Adcock (NSW, self-coached) who finished 8th in the long jump with a distance of 7.76m, Cara Feain-Ryan (QLD, Ben Norton) who finished 12th in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9.29.10, Seth O\u2019Donnell (VIC, Andrew Russell) who finished 14th in a very competitive 5000m with a time of 13:18.68, and Torrie Lewis (QLD, Laurent Meuwly) who finished 9th in 200m with a time of 23.25.<\/p>\n
One of the stories of the night was 18-year-old Chinese javelin thrower Yan Ziyi, who threw 71.74m which is the second longest throw in the women\u2019s event in history.<\/p>\n
She improved her own World U20 record by an impressive 5.85m.<\/p>\n
The next Diamond League will be on May 31 in the Moroccan capital of Rabat.<\/p>\n
Full results from the Xiamen Diamond League can be founder HERE.<\/p>\n
By Luke Dennehy, Australian Athletics<\/p>\n
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