Latest news with #LindenHall
Perth Now
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Aussie pair claim Diamond League gold
High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and distance runner Linden Hall are hitting top form ahead of September's World Athletics Championships following wins at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. Two-time Olympic silver medallist Olyslagers soared to a season-equalling 2.01m to beat Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh (1.99m) 'The competition was great,' Olyslagers said after beating Mahuchikh, who won gold in the event at last year's Paris Olympics. 'It was the first time I've skipped so many heights. I skipped 1.97 (metres) to go to 1.99, and it required me to be bold. 'I was a bit afraid in doing it but I had the faith to keep going. This victory has taught me a lot about myself and that the best is still to come. 'I got injured here last year and it took courage to come back and go 'no, this is a great competition', so to win was to win over my fears, so it was a really great day.' Olyslagers' fellow Australian Eleanor Patterson bowed out at 1.95m to finish equal fourth. Linden Hall of Team Australia celebrates winning the Women's 3000m Final. Credit: Linnea Rheborg / Getty Images Meanwhile, Victorian Hall ran an impressive final lap in the women's 3000m to beat Uganda's Sarah Chelangat in a personal best time of 8:30.01 and claim a Diamond League win for the first time. 'I ran a big 5km PB recently, so I was hoping that would translate into a good 3km,' Hall said. 'I didn't feel too good in the early stages of the race but luckily, I came good at the end. 'I did a lot of the work mostly by myself in the last kilometre, so it was really encouraging to get a five-second personal best. 'It's been a good season so far and a nice confidence booster.' Other strong performances from Australians included a silver-medal effort from pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall, who cleared 5.90m to claim second behind Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis, who sett a new world record of 6.28m. Bronze medals went to Ky Robinson, who produced a personal best of 12:58.38 in the 5000m, and his fellow Queenslander Matthew Denny, who placed third in the discus with a throw of 68.14m.
News.com.au
17 hours ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Nicola Olyslagers and Linden Hall produce winning form ahead of World Athletics Championships
High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and distance runner Linden Hall are hitting top form ahead of September's World Athletics Championships following wins at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. Two-time Olympic silver medallist Olyslagers soared to a season-equalling 2.01m to beat Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh (1.99m) 'The competition was great,' Olyslagers said after beating Mahuchikh, who won gold in the event at last year's Paris Olympics. 'It was the first time I've skipped so many heights. I skipped 1.97 (metres) to go to 1.99, and it required me to be bold. 'I was a bit afraid in doing it but I had the faith to keep going. This victory has taught me a lot about myself and that the best is still to come. 'I got injured here last year and it took courage to come back and go 'no, this is a great competition', so to win was to win over my fears, so it was a really great day.' Olyslagers' fellow Australian Eleanor Patterson bowed out at 1.95m to finish equal fourth. Meanwhile, Victorian Hall ran an impressive final lap in the women's 3000m to beat Uganda's Sarah Chelangat in a personal best time of 8:30.01 and claim a Diamond League win for the first time. 'I ran a big 5km PB recently, so I was hoping that would translate into a good 3km,' Hall said. 'I didn't feel too good in the early stages of the race but luckily, I came good at the end. 'I did a lot of the work mostly by myself in the last kilometre, so it was really encouraging to get a five-second personal best. 'It's been a good season so far and a nice confidence booster.' Other strong performances from Australians included a silver-medal effort from pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall, who cleared 5.90m to claim second behind Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis, who sett a new world record of 6.28m. Bronze medals went to Ky Robinson, who produced a personal best of 12:58.38 in the 5000m, and his fellow Queenslander Matthew Denny, who placed third in the discus with a throw of 68.14m.
The Age
18 hours ago
- Sport
- The Age
Aussie Linden Hall kicks to Diamond League victory
Dual Olympian Linden Hall takes victory with a sprint finish in the women's 3000 metres at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. Loading
Sydney Morning Herald
18 hours ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Aussie Linden Hall kicks to Diamond League victory
Dual Olympian Linden Hall takes victory with a sprint finish in the women's 3000 metres at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. Loading
The Advertiser
19 hours ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Soaring in Sweden: Olyslagers, Duplantis hit heights
High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and 3000m runner Linden Hall made it a special day for Australian athletics at the Stockholm Diamond League meet but they were still mere support acts to another world-record show-stopper from the incredible Armand Duplantis. Pole vaulter supreme 'Mondo' wowed his home fans in the Swedish capital's venerable Olympic Stadium on Sunday by soaring to 6.28 metres -- the 12th time the 25-year-old has set a fresh landmark. The double Olympic champ improved his previous mark, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall had to settle for second with a 5.90m vault before his great pal Duplantis cleared 6.00m and set the stage for his record-busting vault, making the new landmark look preposterously easy. 'Mondo' sprinted away from the landing mat in ecstasy, tore off his vest to celebrate his first ever world record on Swedish soil and declared: "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here." Of his landmark leap, he added: "I almost couldn't believe it, it felt like the very first time I broke the record. It feels unreal, I'm just so happy, it's a cloud nine feeling. It's hard to explain, it's hard to compare, it felt a bit like the Olympics. "My grandma, she wanted me to promise yesterday that I would break the world record today - so I had a lot of pressure on me to do that in front of her, and I'm glad I could do it for her." He reckoned he would celebrate with a night on the town in Stockholm with the visiting sprint king Usain Bolt, who was watching from the stands. Earlier, Paris silver medallist Olyslagers had outjumped her Olympic conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh with an equal season's-best 2.01m leap to the Ukrainian star's 1.99m. Olyslagers' domestic rival Eleanor Patterson was joint-fourth with a 1.91m effort. "That felt great, jumping out there in those conditions," Olyslagers said. "I take great inspiration competing against other world-class high jumpers, and am managing the travel to and from Australia by allowing myself more time -- and it is working." In the 3000m, the 33-year-old Victorian veteran Hall enjoyed the best win of her career as she knocked over five seconds off her personal best, battling home to clock 8min 30.01sec and oust Ugandan Sarah Chelengat by 1.26sec. "I won a 1500 metres here a few years ago but hadn't won a Diamond League race before. I've finally got there so it's pretty cool," beamed Hall. "I hadn't started well but I got to the last 600 and thought 'I've got a little more in the legs'. This is my favourite Diamond League and now this only adds to that." Two other Australians ended on the podium, with Queenslander Ky Robinson finishing third in the men's 5000m in a lifetime best 12:58.38 behind Swedish winner Andreas Almgren's European record 12:44.27, and Matthew Denny's 68.14m throw earning him bronze in the discus. With agencies High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and 3000m runner Linden Hall made it a special day for Australian athletics at the Stockholm Diamond League meet but they were still mere support acts to another world-record show-stopper from the incredible Armand Duplantis. Pole vaulter supreme 'Mondo' wowed his home fans in the Swedish capital's venerable Olympic Stadium on Sunday by soaring to 6.28 metres -- the 12th time the 25-year-old has set a fresh landmark. The double Olympic champ improved his previous mark, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall had to settle for second with a 5.90m vault before his great pal Duplantis cleared 6.00m and set the stage for his record-busting vault, making the new landmark look preposterously easy. 'Mondo' sprinted away from the landing mat in ecstasy, tore off his vest to celebrate his first ever world record on Swedish soil and declared: "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here." Of his landmark leap, he added: "I almost couldn't believe it, it felt like the very first time I broke the record. It feels unreal, I'm just so happy, it's a cloud nine feeling. It's hard to explain, it's hard to compare, it felt a bit like the Olympics. "My grandma, she wanted me to promise yesterday that I would break the world record today - so I had a lot of pressure on me to do that in front of her, and I'm glad I could do it for her." He reckoned he would celebrate with a night on the town in Stockholm with the visiting sprint king Usain Bolt, who was watching from the stands. Earlier, Paris silver medallist Olyslagers had outjumped her Olympic conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh with an equal season's-best 2.01m leap to the Ukrainian star's 1.99m. Olyslagers' domestic rival Eleanor Patterson was joint-fourth with a 1.91m effort. "That felt great, jumping out there in those conditions," Olyslagers said. "I take great inspiration competing against other world-class high jumpers, and am managing the travel to and from Australia by allowing myself more time -- and it is working." In the 3000m, the 33-year-old Victorian veteran Hall enjoyed the best win of her career as she knocked over five seconds off her personal best, battling home to clock 8min 30.01sec and oust Ugandan Sarah Chelengat by 1.26sec. "I won a 1500 metres here a few years ago but hadn't won a Diamond League race before. I've finally got there so it's pretty cool," beamed Hall. "I hadn't started well but I got to the last 600 and thought 'I've got a little more in the legs'. This is my favourite Diamond League and now this only adds to that." Two other Australians ended on the podium, with Queenslander Ky Robinson finishing third in the men's 5000m in a lifetime best 12:58.38 behind Swedish winner Andreas Almgren's European record 12:44.27, and Matthew Denny's 68.14m throw earning him bronze in the discus. With agencies High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and 3000m runner Linden Hall made it a special day for Australian athletics at the Stockholm Diamond League meet but they were still mere support acts to another world-record show-stopper from the incredible Armand Duplantis. Pole vaulter supreme 'Mondo' wowed his home fans in the Swedish capital's venerable Olympic Stadium on Sunday by soaring to 6.28 metres -- the 12th time the 25-year-old has set a fresh landmark. The double Olympic champ improved his previous mark, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall had to settle for second with a 5.90m vault before his great pal Duplantis cleared 6.00m and set the stage for his record-busting vault, making the new landmark look preposterously easy. 'Mondo' sprinted away from the landing mat in ecstasy, tore off his vest to celebrate his first ever world record on Swedish soil and declared: "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here." Of his landmark leap, he added: "I almost couldn't believe it, it felt like the very first time I broke the record. It feels unreal, I'm just so happy, it's a cloud nine feeling. It's hard to explain, it's hard to compare, it felt a bit like the Olympics. "My grandma, she wanted me to promise yesterday that I would break the world record today - so I had a lot of pressure on me to do that in front of her, and I'm glad I could do it for her." He reckoned he would celebrate with a night on the town in Stockholm with the visiting sprint king Usain Bolt, who was watching from the stands. Earlier, Paris silver medallist Olyslagers had outjumped her Olympic conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh with an equal season's-best 2.01m leap to the Ukrainian star's 1.99m. Olyslagers' domestic rival Eleanor Patterson was joint-fourth with a 1.91m effort. "That felt great, jumping out there in those conditions," Olyslagers said. "I take great inspiration competing against other world-class high jumpers, and am managing the travel to and from Australia by allowing myself more time -- and it is working." In the 3000m, the 33-year-old Victorian veteran Hall enjoyed the best win of her career as she knocked over five seconds off her personal best, battling home to clock 8min 30.01sec and oust Ugandan Sarah Chelengat by 1.26sec. "I won a 1500 metres here a few years ago but hadn't won a Diamond League race before. I've finally got there so it's pretty cool," beamed Hall. "I hadn't started well but I got to the last 600 and thought 'I've got a little more in the legs'. This is my favourite Diamond League and now this only adds to that." Two other Australians ended on the podium, with Queenslander Ky Robinson finishing third in the men's 5000m in a lifetime best 12:58.38 behind Swedish winner Andreas Almgren's European record 12:44.27, and Matthew Denny's 68.14m throw earning him bronze in the discus. With agencies
