{"id":766789,"date":"2026-06-29T01:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766789\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:26:08","slug":"cameron-myers-wins-diamond-league-1500m-sarah-billings-runs-800m-national-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/766789\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Myers wins Diamond League 1,500m, Sarah Billings runs 800m national record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

In doing so, the fastest man in the world this year \u2014 who now rises to 12th on the all-time list \u2014 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 best of 3:29.95.<\/p>\n

But Myers admitted setting a national best is one record he is particularly happy to get under his belt.<\/p>\n

“Getting the Australian record means so much because, obviously, Olli [Hoare] and Stewy [McSweyn] were athletes that I looked up to a lot growing up. It’s just mental,” Myers said.<\/p>\n

“It’s nice to finally tick it off. I knew I had something good in my legs, so I’m glad I was able to show it.<\/p>\n

“Having that exterior pressure on yourself to get a time takes away from the main part of the race, which is winning. It’s going to be huge for me going forward.”<\/p>\n

Myers’s statement victory in Paris comes with less than a month until the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he is set to compete in the mile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It obviously gives me confidence. It’s going to be a great field and I’m looking forward to a good battle,” he said.<\/p>\n

Another domestic record-breaker in Paris was Sarah Billings, who became the fastest Australian woman over 800m, lowering Jess Hull’s national record of 1:57.15 to 1:57.01 in a blistering final.<\/p>\n

“The depth of middle-distance in Australia is insane, so to run an Australian record when all the other girls are flying is just so exciting,” Billings said.<\/p>\n

Billings finished sixth in a race won by Swiss star Audrey Werro in a world-leading time of 1:53.80, while Ana\u00efs Bourgoin set a new national record of 1:55.65 in front of the home crowd in third.<\/p>\n

Of the 10 runners, seven set new personal bests and\/or area records.<\/p>\n

Olympic silver medallist Hull clocked her fastest 1,500m of 2026 (3:57.22) for fourth place while Australia’s Olympic pole vault champion from Paris 2024, Nina Kennedy, cleared 4.70m for third.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, reigning 100m Olympic champion Noah \u200cLyles suffered his first defeat of the season when he was upstaged by fellow American Trayvon Bromell, who clocked 9.91 seconds at Stade Charlety.<\/p>\n

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