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Daily Telegraph
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Athletics news 2025: Claudia Hollingsworth breaks Australian record at Silesia Diamond League, women's 800m, video, highlights
Don't miss out on the headlines from Olympics. Followed categories will be added to My News. Australian middle-distance runner Claudia Hollingsworth has shattered the women's 800m national record, achieving the feat during the Silesia Diamond League in Poland. The 20-year-old Victorian, coached by former Australian champion Craig Mottram, crossed fifth with a time of 1:57.67. That beat the previous national record — Catriona Bisset's 1:57.78 in 2023 — by 0.11s, with Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson from Britain taking gold. Fellow Australian Abbey Caldwell finished sixth in 1:57.70, while Bisset crossed tenth at 2:00.64. Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1 > '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. 'To share it with Abbey and Catriona was so special, having three Aussies in a race like this is awesome. Claudia Hollingsworth has shattered the Australian 800m record. (Photo by) '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 (the world championships in) 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.' Elsewhere, Australian Nicola Olyslagers won silver in the women's high jump with a 1.97m clearance. Following a six-week hiatus, the dual Olympic medallist ended up on the podium alongside reigning world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh from Ukraine, who cleared 2.00m on her second attempt. Kurtis Marschall soared over 5.90m on his second attempt to finish equal-third in the men's pole vault alongside the Netherlands' Menno Vloon, with the duo bettered by Sweden's Armand Duplantis and winner Emmanouil Karalis from Greece, who cleared 6.10m. 'I had a bit of a tummy issue in the last couple of days, so to come away with a 5.90 on a scrappy day, I'm very happy,' Marschall said. 'We are going straight to Lausanne from here and hopefully we can get 10 centimetres higher.' Meanwhile, 34-year-old Linden Hall notched a personal best in the women's 1500m with 3:56.39, while Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay won gold at 3:50.84. The Diamond League series resumes next weekend in Lausanne, Switzerland. Originally published as Rising 20yo star Claudia Hollingsworth shatters Aussie athletics record
News.com.au
2 days ago
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- 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.
ABC News
07-06-2025
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- ABC News
Australia's Liam Adcock wins men's long jump at Rome Diamond League meet
Australia's Liam Adcock has claimed victory in the men's long jump at the prestigious Rome Diamond League meet. Sitting in third place after five rounds, Adcock leapt a personal best of 8.34 metres with his final attempt. He finished ahead of Italy's Mattia Furlani (8.13m) and Greece's two-time Olympic champion Miltiádis Tentóglou (8.1m). Adcock won bronze behind Furlani at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing three months ago. "I reckon I have a bit of clutch factor so it was great to be able to express that and jump a PB," said Adcock, who finished second at April's Diamond League leg in Xiamen. "I wasn't feeling that great leading into it, but Furlani got the crowd fired up, obviously a home crowd for him, and it got me going too." Fellow Australians Sarah Billings and Abbey Caldwell also impressed in Rome. The middle-distance duo both registered career-best times in the women's 1,500m, with Billings taking second in 3:59.24 followed by Caldwell in third (3:59.32). Ireland's Sarah Healy won in 3:49.17. "I wanted to be in striking distance in the last lap tonight. I felt really good with 200 metres to go and just told myself to go for it," Billings said. National record holder Oliver Hoare qualified for Tokyo's World Championships in September, clocking 3:31.15 in the men's 1,500m to finish ninth. France's Azeddine Habz was victorious via a time of 3:29.72. AAP/ABC
