Australian middle-distance gun Cam Myers grabs silver with third-fastest U20 run at Oslo Dream Mile
Australian teenager Cameron Myers has run one of the dream miles of his life to earn a maiden podium finish in the Diamond League.
The 19-year-old produced a late burst to finish second in 3:48.87 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday, recording the third fastest time ever run by an under-20 athlete.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Cam Myers on podium after Oslo Dream Mile stunner.
Myers worked his way through the field after being shuffled back at the start and hit top gear in the home straight with only Portugal's Isaac Nader (3:48.25) ahead of him.
The Canberran's time was only behind his own U20 world record set indoors at 3:47.48 and Kenya's Ronald Cheruiyot at 3:48.06 for an under-aged athlete.
'I'm frustrated,' Myers said after the race.
'I said before, I got myself in such a bad position and, you know, that's my fault and my fault alone.
'I've gotta really work on getting out a little bit harder and putting myself in a position where I'm not gonna get knocked around as much as i did. So yeah, I'll learn from that.'
He said he was happy with a second place and the time.
'But it wasn't the race I was hoping to run. I got a bit lucky it opened up for me in the last 100. I felt strong throughout but I never could get forward and get to the position I wanted.
'I really can't be unhappy, I felt strong and had good power and speed at the end which is a great sign for me.'
Myers was joined by Kurtis Marschall on the podium after the Australian pole vaulter and world championships medallist rose to 5.82m for third. Olympic champion Armand Duplantis (Sweden) took gold with 6.15m.
The West Australian was pleased with his performance ahead of the short turnaround for the next Diamond League event in Stockholm on June 15.
'I had a great night tonight,' said Marschall. 'I basically cleared 5.82 three attempts in a row and just brushed it off each time. The good signs are there for my next competition in Stockholm in a few days.'
'I'm happy with the result but know that there is more height there for sure, so I will learn from this and keep building.'
Olympian Sarah Carli (NSW) marked her long-awaited Diamond League debut with a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles (55.13 secs), American Dalilah Muhammad cruising to a win in 53.34 secs.
Javelin thrower Mackenzie Little also finished fifth after a season's best of 59.86m, while Stewart McSweyn returned to the international stage with a 16th place finish in the 5000m, grinding out the distance in 13:16.20.
Commonwealth champion Oliver Hoare faded to run 13th in 3:50.92 in the mile where compatriot Myers impressed most.
Meanwhile, Norwegian hurdling great Karsten Warholm destroyed his own world best time in the rarely run 300 metres hurdles by chasing down American Rai Benjamin in a stunning finish.
Roared on by the home crowd, the 2020 Olympic champion came off the corner behind Benjamin but roared past the man who had beaten him for Olympic gold last year in Paris to finish in a blistering 32.67 seconds, breaking his previous mark of 33.05 set in April.
Warholm ripped off his shirt and spun it around his head in delight when his record time was flashed on the screen.
'I never really went away of course, but it is good to be back for sure,' Warholm said. 'I usually fade at the end of the 400, so the 300 suits me to some degree but I will be back strong in the 400 on Sunday.'
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With agencies Jason Day has battled back into the picture at the US Open with a fine second round while American Sam Burns shot the lowest score of the week to leap into contention at fearsome Oakmont. Former PGA champ Day was way off the pace after his opening round of 76 but demonstrated his enduring class with a battling three-under 67 on Friday to get back to three over for the tournament - hovering around the top-20 and well inside a cut mark projected to be at seven over. Day's round was the second best among the early day-two starters but he was still eclipsed by Burns, who shot a five-under 65, which featured six birdies, one bogey and a key par save at his final hole - the ninth - to record the best round of the tournament. It left him heading to the clubhouse on three under, just one off the overnight lead held by fellow American who was among the later starters after his opening, bogey-free round of 66 on Thursday. Day's round, which began at the 10th hole, was ignited by a terrific eagle at his third hole - the gigantic par-five 12th that measures 647 yards. He struck his approach from 323 yards to 20 foot from the hole and sank the eagle putt. Two birdies quickly followed in the next five holes. His biggest disappointment as he looked set to finish with a 66 after two more birdies on the homeward nine was his wayward drive at the ninth that led to an anti-climactic final bogey. Burns, who shot a final-round 62 Sunday at the Canadian Open before losing in a play-off, also started his second round on the back nine and birdied 11, 13, 17 and 18. He responded to his lone bogey at the first hole by putting his approach at the next hole to about six feet. World No.1 Scottie Scheffler had five bogeys and four birdies in his 71, to be left at four over, but fellow luminaries Dustin Johnson (10 over) and Justin Thomas (12 over) will both miss the weekend. 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With agencies Jason Day has battled back into the picture at the US Open with a fine second round while American Sam Burns shot the lowest score of the week to leap into contention at fearsome Oakmont. Former PGA champ Day was way off the pace after his opening round of 76 but demonstrated his enduring class with a battling three-under 67 on Friday to get back to three over for the tournament - hovering around the top-20 and well inside a cut mark projected to be at seven over. Day's round was the second best among the early day-two starters but he was still eclipsed by Burns, who shot a five-under 65, which featured six birdies, one bogey and a key par save at his final hole - the ninth - to record the best round of the tournament. It left him heading to the clubhouse on three under, just one off the overnight lead held by fellow American who was among the later starters after his opening, bogey-free round of 66 on Thursday. Day's round, which began at the 10th hole, was ignited by a terrific eagle at his third hole - the gigantic par-five 12th that measures 647 yards. He struck his approach from 323 yards to 20 foot from the hole and sank the eagle putt. Two birdies quickly followed in the next five holes. His biggest disappointment as he looked set to finish with a 66 after two more birdies on the homeward nine was his wayward drive at the ninth that led to an anti-climactic final bogey. Burns, who shot a final-round 62 Sunday at the Canadian Open before losing in a play-off, also started his second round on the back nine and birdied 11, 13, 17 and 18. He responded to his lone bogey at the first hole by putting his approach at the next hole to about six feet. World No.1 Scottie Scheffler had five bogeys and four birdies in his 71, to be left at four over, but fellow luminaries Dustin Johnson (10 over) and Justin Thomas (12 over) will both miss the weekend. 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Australian Marc Leishman, who had begun promisingly with a 71, suffered in his second round, shooting a 75, including a double-bogey six at the ninth hole, to sit at six over. Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka, one of 14 LIV Golf players in the field, started his day two shots off the pace but dropped back after a 74 that featured eight bogeys. A day after Patrick Reed recorded the fourth albatross in US Open annals, Frenchman Victor Perez made a hole-in-one at the par-three sixth, the second ever ace during a US Open at Oakmont. But the demanding course was clearly getting to some of the players, with former champion Jon Rahm another left grumbling as he tumbled down the leaderboard after a 75 to sit on four over. "Honestly, I'm too annoyed and too mad right now to think about any perspective," the Spaniard said. "Very few rounds of golf I played in my life where I think I hit good putts and they didn't sniff the hole, so it's frustrating." With agencies
