The women’s 2000m might be a relatively rarely run event but Jess Hull took almost two seconds off the world record as the Australian clocked 5:19.70 at the Diamond League in Monaco on Friday, July 12.
Hull is in the form of her life after clocking an Oceania record of 3:50.83 for 1500m five days earlier behind Faith Kipyegon’s world record.
Here she followed Esther Guerrero through the first kilometre before later easing away from her rivals to beat the 5:21.56 mark which was held by Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi.
“I definitely felt Paris’s race all week in the legs,” said Hull. “So today the goal was just to be strong, even if my legs were very heavy. I ran at a different pace and level of fatigue I have never been at before.
“It was incredible, when I was on my own in the last lap, everyone was cheering for me. The wavelights also helped. I was just looking at the lights hoping that they wouldn’t catch me. It is amazing to be called a world record-holder now.”
Source: AW