Australians send records – and competitors
On a dramatic day at the London Diamond League, Hull, the Paris Olympic silver medallist, again beat her own national record with a statement performance ahead of the world championships in Tokyo in September.
As in Paris, her effort was not enough to win; she came second in 4:13.68 behind Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay (4:11.88).
'I had a lot of distractions, but was just trying to zone into the leader in the second half, but it was a solid run,' Hull said.
'Coming in, we were thinking I could run a national record, and I did. I would have liked to have been a little closer to 4:10, but I felt very strong for 4:13.
'A lot of records fell today, so it was a pretty special to be a part of that race.'
Davies' emergence as a serious contender on the world stage continued when she smashed her own national and Oceanian 5000m records while finishing third in 14:31.45, wiping more than nine seconds off her previous record (14:40.83) set in China in April.
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