Olympic hopeful Jessica Hull smashes Australian 1500m record in Oregon
- Hull rewrites record books with 3.55.97 and second-place in Oregon
- Commonwealth champion Olli Hoare takes ninth in men’s 1500m
Australian middle-distance stars Jessica Hull and Oliver Hoare stamped their credentials as Paris Olympics medal contenders on a record-breaking day at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon.
Kenyan runner Beatrice Chebet produced the standout performance of the meet, smashing the women’s 10,000m world record by nearly seven seconds, while reigning world champion Josh Kerr took down the great Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win a stacked Bowerman Mile.
