Jess Hull has written history by breaking the record of Oceania and becoming the first Australian woman who qualifies for the 800m final at the World Athletics Championships.
After he had already picked up a bronze in her favorite 1500m, the 28-year-old registered a time of 1: 57.15 and became third place in her semi-final heat in Tokyo on Friday evening.
“I know there was time since April,” she said after the race.
“When I walked in Jamaica 1:58 and we had not done a ton of 800m specific work, I thought I could get something like that.”
The 1500m Olympic silver medal winner only made the semi-final of the two-round race after she was successfully attractive when she was pushed in the opening round of her heat.
She was signed in a charged semi against Kenyan Lilian Odira and Swiss runner Audrey Werro.
Odira won the Semi in 1: 56.85 and Hull was third in 1: 57.17 Geneg to claim one of the two non-automatic qualifying places.
She defeated the Australian record of 1: 57.67 set by Claudia Hollingsworth last month in Poland.
Hull is the first Australian woman to hold the 1500m and 800m national records at the same time.
Young Gun Hollingsworth and 2022 Commonwealth Games Bronze medal winner Abbey Caldwell were both eliminated in the semi -final.
– With additional reporting by Australian Associated Press.
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