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The Age
2 hours ago
- The Age
Claudia Hollingsworth breaks Australian 800m record ahead of world athletics championships in Tokyo
Claudia Hollingsworth just broke the national 800m record. It was 'pretty sick'. Hollingsworth is 20. That's also pretty sick. If you don't know of her, firstly that's a shame. But you also will get to know her, for the woman from bayside Melbourne is a bona fide emerging star. Gout Gout isn't the only young champion athlete in this new golden era of Australian athletics. A month out from the world athletics championships in Tokyo, the Diamond League meet in Silesia was a legitimate preview to Tokyo and an announcement by Hollingsworth of her station in things. The 20-year-old ran one minute 57.67 seconds to slice 0.11s from Catriona Bisset's record. As importantly as the time, Hollingsworth did it in a field including Britain's Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, who won the race.
News.com.au
a day ago
- News.com.au
Claudia Hollingsworth sets new 800m national record at Silesia Diamond League
A strategy change saw rising star Claudia Hollingsworth blast her way into the record books, smashing the 800m Australian mark at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland. Known for her late kick in races, the 20-year-old Victorian changed things up and ran more aggressively in a star-studded field, finishing fifth in 1min57.67sec to go under Catriona Bisset's previous national record of 1:57.78sec. Fellow Aussie Abbey Caldwell also went under the previous record, clocking 1:57.70sec for sixth place with Britain's Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson winning in a slick 1:54.74sec. Bisset finished 10th in her first hit-out for the season in 2:00.64sec. The performance from Hollingsworth, who is coached by Australia's former champion middle distance runner Craig Mottram, is a major confidence boost ahead of next month's world championships in Tokyo. CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP ðŸ'ŽðŸ¤¯ At 20 years old, Claudia Hollingsworth has become the fastest Australian woman ever over 800m, racing to a new national record of 1:57.67 to take fifth place at the Silesia Diamond League and eclipse Catriona Bisset’s former mark of 1:57.78. Fellow… — Australian Athletics (@AustralianAths) August 16, 2025 'It's pretty sick! To come down the home straight and not be sure but to look up at the big screen and see it was really exciting,' Hollingsworth said. 'I got into this mentality that they are quick races now and if you want it to be quick, you have to be in it to win it. I'm trying to be more aggressive and try different ways of racing leading into Tokyo because those heats are going to be quick leading into the semis and hopefully the final. 'I had a look at myself in the mirror the other week and said that I don't want to be predictable. I don't want to just sit in during races and do my classic 200m kick. I want to be able to do that no matter where I'm positioned, and if that's up the front then I want to try that.' In the women's high jump Nicola Olyslagers landed on the podium for the ninth time this season, finishing second with a clearance of 1.97m behind Olympic and world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh (2.00m). Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall again flirted with the six-metre barrier but had to settle with a clearance of 5.90m which got his third place behind world record holder Armand Duplantis (6.10m). In the men's 1500m teenager Cameron Myers got caught up in traffic in a tactical affair, finishing sixth (3:33.82sec) while Commonwealth champion Ollie Hoare showed a return to form after going out hard early to finish eighth (3:34.40sec). Veteran Linden Hall continued her stellar year in a messy women's 1500m with the 34-year-old shaving 0.01 seconds off her career-best, flashing home for sixth place (3:56.39sec) behind Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay (3:50,84sec). The 3000m saw three Aussie women feature with Rose Davies leading the charge with fourth place (8:36.53sec) from Lauren Ryan in sixth (8:37.56sec) and Georgia Griffith seventh (8:40.08sec). Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull helped out her good friend, Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon by pacing her a world record attempt at the 3000m with the great Kenyan stopping the clock in 8:07.04sec to narrowly miss the world record of 8:06.11sec. In the men's 100m Jamaica's Kishane Thompson turned the tables from the Paris Olympics, taking the win in 9.87sec from American Noah Lyles 9.90sec.
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Pretty sick': New national record for Australian middle-distance star
Rising middle-distance star Claudia Hollingsworth has smashed the Australian 800-metre record in a clear statement of intent a month out from the world athletics championships in Tokyo. The 20-year-old Victorian stopped the clock at one minute 57.67 seconds in a red-hot women's 800m won by Britain's Olympic champ Keely Hodgkinson at the Diamond League meet in Silesia. High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall recorded podium finishes, but the standout performance came from Hollingsworth, who consigned Catriona Bisset's previous Australian mark of 1:57.78 to history. 'It's pretty sick,' said an elated Hollingsworth. 'To come down the home straight and not be sure but to look up at the big screen and see it was really exciting. 'To share it with Abbey [Caldwell] and Catriona was so special, having three Aussies in a race like this is awesome. 'I got into this mentality that they are quick races now and if you want it to be quick, you have to be in it to win it. 'I'm trying to be more aggressive and try different ways of racing leading into Tokyo because those heats are going to be quick leading into the semis and hopefully the final.'
