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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What an extraordinary year 2026 has been for Cameron Myers🇦🇺 It rates up there with the best of them: 🔹 Seven times under 3:31 for 1500m & twice under 3:48 for the mile 🔹 Seven wins under these times

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's unlikely we've ever seen anything like it in the middle-distance world of running. Jessica Hull has not missed an international championship since her 1500m silver at the Paris Olympics in August 2024. 25 months, 10 international championships, 12 medals 🥈🥉🥉🥈🥉🥇🥈🥉🥈🥈🥉🥈 Extraordinary!

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Georgia Griffith has run into some rare form in the latter part of the season. Just missed gaining the wildcard to the World Ultimate, but will appreciate the break before racing the 5km at the World Road Running Championships. Particularly after running ... 🧵1/2

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Cameron Myers joins elite company In 1500m history, only 3 other men have run sub-3:31 six or more times in the same year 🥇 3:30.42 Melbourne 28-Mar-26 🥇 3:29.85 Sydney 10-Apr-26 🥈 3:30.32 Stockholm 7-Jun-26 🥇 3:28.00 Paris 28-Jun-26 🥇 3:30.96 Berlin 30-Aug-26 🥇 3:30.14 Bruxelles 4-Sep-26

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The race-within-the-race aspect of these Diamond League finals adds another dimension - with athletes in some events competing for the wildcard entry to the World Ultimates Where only one athlete in the final is not qualified for WU, then its a simple replacement of ... 🧵1/?

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The wildcard adds another dimension to the contest in the Diamond League ... who will get the direct entry into World Ultimate .. and who will miss out?

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The head-to-head battle for Eleanor Patterson & Nicola Olyslagers has got attention and the graph shows the different stages of development of the two athletes. Worth noting the World Athletics data does not include all results. 🧵1/?

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Australia🇦🇺 has been fortunate to have two of the best high jumpers in the world, competing alongside each other at the major competitions over the last eight years. Perhaps not surprising they've achieved another world first with their recent wins, both clearing 2.02m.

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There's some cracking racing coming up over the next two weeks including what looks to be a head-to-head at the Zurich🇨🇭 Diamond League💎 between Australian🇦🇺 3000m record-breakers: Ky Robinson (previous indoor 7:30.38) and Cameron Myers (current indoor & overall 7:27.57) 🧵1/2

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Josh Kerr's🇬🇧 amazing mile win in world record time, also meant he wrote his name in the book reserved for Emsley Carr mile winners, a British tradition that goes back to 1953. Kerr is the first athlete to set a world record .. 🧵1/? 📷 Age of Sports

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Haftu Strintzos' new Australian marathon record is amazing for many reasons: one is that it's "unified" the domestic & international Australian best times for the first time in 70 years. Keith Ollerenshaw ran 2:22.12 in August 1956 at Botany NSW, ... 🧵1/?

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Cameron Myers' has gone #12 in 1500m & #9 in mile World All-time with two performances over just 6 days, including continental travel in-between. Again, there are some elite names when you do the historical comparison. Only Jakob Ingebrigtsen🇳🇴 has done similar with an Atlantic crossing included.

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Cameron Myers 3:28.00 breaks Oz & Area Record by 1.41 seconds 🔸 Biggest improvement in Oz 1500m record since Herb Elliot (1958) Wins race by 1.80 seconds 🔸 10th largest winning margin for 1500m held at DL Runs 1:49.5 for the last 800m. and last 1km in 2:17.9 (just off his PB!) 👏 sensational

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The 1500m race at Boris Hanžeković Memorial🇭🇷 was an incredible race Pol Moya🇦🇩 finished 14th in 3:34.54, only 2.08 seconds behind Nathan Green🇺🇸 who won in 3:32.46 Second closest mass finish in a 1500m* ... * where 14th place is faster than 3:38.00 data source: alltime-athletics.com 🧵1/2

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Hard to keep up with all the great athletics podcasts! Really enjoy the athlete interviews on "Run With It" .. and Sarah Billings makes a great interviewee having been on the other side of the mic on her own podcast for a couple of seasons open.spotify.com/episode/2ywaut…

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Where do the top 50 run their PBs? Looking at the 1500m, mile and 5000m for men initially. Perhaps no surprise in the 1500m its Monaco. 34% of the top 50 in the 1500m have set their PB at Monaco & after that go to Paris. 34% Stade Louis II🇲🇨 10% Stade Charléty🇫🇷 8% Stade de France🇫🇷 🧵1/?

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🧵2/3 Never before had we seen an Australian dominate a middle-distance race at the Diamond League as McSweyn did, his first victory in a DL event. As the graph shows the floodgates opened, with the new talent emerging.

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Frederik Ruppert 🇩🇪 joins a small group of men that have run the 3000m steeplechase sub-8 minutes, and 5000m sub-13 minutes Ruppert is the one to do this with the fastest turnaround - only 3 days between both sub runs. Thanks to @coffeeclubpod for stats idea 🧵1/2

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Cameron Myers🇦🇺 joins another club - athletes that have run sub 1:45 for 800, 3:30 for 1500m and 7:30m for 3000m Only seven on the list, and Myers is the second youngest to complete this trifecta after Neils Laros🇳🇱 who completed it last year, 51 days younger than Myers 🔥Sensational

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Remarkable progression of Australia's🇦🇺 middle-distance women leads to them performing a rare feat At Shanghai🇨🇳 Diamond League💎 Australia had 5 women go sub-4 minutes in the 1500m in the same race This century only three countries have achieved this (and only Soviet Union and China prior to that)

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Matthew Denny🇦🇺 joins Mykolas Alekna🇱🇹 as the only man in history to complete three competitions with a best throw over 74 metres. This comp in Ramona was crazy 🔸first time 6 men over 70 metres 🔸best ever distance for 3rd, 4th and 6th placings And another one to go on Sunday ...

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The history of 1500m winners in the men's race over the three Global Championships European and Oceania shared most of the wins until late 1980's when African domination began, but that has subsided into the 2020's. 🧵1/..

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Which events at the World Indoors🇵🇱 have the most number of highly ranked athletes? Medallists in the Men's Pole Vault (just missing Richard Lavillenie) and the Women's High Jump (missing Morgan Lake, Christina Honsel) will justifiably feel like they've competed against the best in the world. 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Daniel Williams just had a stunning win in the 800m at the Adelaide Invitational, winning with a lean, and running 1:44.37 At still only 18 years and 223 days, here's the list of the twelve athletes in the World who have run faster, while younger than Daniel.

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Australia's leading 400m athletes have spent the weekend tuning up with races over the shorter distances 🔸Holder took his 100m PB to 10.48 (-0.5) (from 10.58) 🔸Murphy his 100m PB to 10.23 (+1.1) (10.33) 🔸Sherman 200m PB to 20.44 (+1.8) (20.66) Comparison of all sub-45 Australian men

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Incredible performance from Claudia Hollingsworth🇦🇺 last night, running 3:58.09 for 1500m pretty much solo, just 5 days after winning the Australian 3000m National title Still only 20 years old, Hollingsworth sits in elite company with her 800/1500 times for those under 21

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The favourable winds in Perth for sprinting are a blessing and a curse Eyes will be on two of the fastest underage sprinters in the world in history as they run over 100m this evening ... and checking the wind gauge shortly thereafter. 🧵1/2

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Great to listen to Mitch Dyer @Straightatit_ break down the Perth Track Classic with his usual enthusiasm ... always worth a listen - link below He mentions a few athletes he's buying stocks in, with a big focus on the sprinters ...

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

There's a lot of crazy happening in the men's 800 across the world over the last year or more ... 🗒️add this one to the list Peter Bol's🇦🇺 previous best first up 800m for the season 1:45.81 Just led the field through to WiQs 5-deep (6 of the first 7 athletes coached by Justin Rinaldi!) Phew!

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Congratulations to Ben Thomas (Villanova, NSW) His first mile under four minutes (3:58.48) and becomes the 100th Australian to achieve this first feat, 71 years after John Landy was the second person in the world to break four minutes in 1954. 📽️ Flotrack

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Bol breaks Netherlands indoor 800m record with 1:59.07 Previous record held by Ester Goossens who was also a 400m hurdler with 54.62 / 1:59.24 bests

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

What does FEMKE BOL 🇳🇱 run for 800m tomorrow early am AEDT in France? (feel free to complete the poll in next tweet) Table below shows what women who have run under 55 seconds in 400mH have done for 800m Adding a second lap at low 120% of the 400mH has been possible ... 🧵 1/?

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Cameron Myers becomes only the second 19-year-old to win the Wanamaker Mile in the last 70 years

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Reply with your prediction ...

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The company you keep ... Cameron Myers is mixing in some elite circles

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Congratulations to Jessica Hull🇦🇺 winning her 5th Global* Medal Hull joins a select group of Australian athletes who have won 5 more Global medals - and the only distance runner amongst them *Global - have included Olympics, World Championships, World Indoors, World Cross Country

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Here's your Tokyo 🇯🇵 World Athletics Championships armchair viewing guide for Australian🇦🇺 athletes Follow the 88 athletes and their events set out for each day of #WCHTokyo25 : September 13th-21st Live viewing on: SBS & 9Now @SBSSportau @wwos

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Final "Road to Tokyo" list released overnight (but note does not include Diamond League wildcards) Some Aussies just dropped out of qualifying spot but hopefully back in after "roll down" 200m Calab LAW 400m Cooper SHERMAN Long Jump Samantha DALE 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This is the penultimate Road to Tokyo update for Australian athletes The good news is it appears no athletes in the mix for selection have dropped out of their qualifying quota places. Before qualification closes (24-Aug), ... 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Some changes to the Lausanne Diamond league 800m startlists 🔹Hollingsworth has been added to the DL💎 event 🔹Bisset & Oboya race in the 800m "B" event - a head-to-head for that final 800m WCH spot? Kurtis Marschall vaults early tomorrow morning ... 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Heading into the last 10 days of qualifying for Tokyo🇯🇵 World Championships Upwards moves this week: 🔸Lauren Ryan (5000m) & Ed Trippas (3000m SC) both got qualifiers. Interesting 34 of the 36 qualifiers in the steeple have the time standard, Ed is safe at #24 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Silesia🇵🇱 Diamond League💎 start lists out ... 🔹Bisset listed for 800m, and if racing will be keen to test the World Champs qualifier (1:59) 🔹Hull has decided to run a 3000m & not the 1500m 🔹Billings & Hall go in the 1500m which is a super competitive field, including Chebet🇰🇪 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

After a big weekend of National Champs around the world, the World Champs qualifying landscape for Australians🇦🇺 has changed ... Murphy (200m), Whelan (HJ), Amidzovski (LJ) and Newton-Smith (Hept.) have dropped out of qualifying spots ... some others have moved precariously close 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Was there a typo in the latest 'Quick Updates'? No, Benjamin Guse did in fact get PB's in all 5 events Decathlon 1st day 🤯 Even more amazing because he got 6/10 PBs at the recent nationals On track for 7700+ PB. Perhaps not surprising, he's PB'ed every decathlon he's done

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The jump that won Roman Anastasios🇦🇺 the bronze medal at the World University Games 🇩🇪, clearing 2.20m on his first attempt ... very happy😀😀 📽️ FISU TV

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Just five weekends of competitions for Australian🇦🇺 athletes striving to gain qualifying times or quota places #quest4quals A couple of key entry standards run this week: 🔸Georgia Griffith 5000m 🔸Adam Spencer 1500m 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The action has kicked off at the World University Games. A team of over 60 athletes representing Australia so there's plenty of interest every evening ... watch live or catch the replay Links on the website trackathletes.au Enjoy!

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Some big movers in Australians🇦🇺 quest for World Championships🇯🇵 qualification 🔸Jenneke jumps 56 quota places (whaaa how does that happen**) still needs a couple more good sub-13 races to push into a qualifying spot 🔸women's 5000m gets even more interesting with Skyring grabbing a qualifier & .. 🧵

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athsSTATS @athsstats.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

A few firsts from Moore-Guldensporenmeeting🇧🇪 for the Australian🇦🇺 athletes Torrie Lewis showing great form in the 100m with 11.14 (+2.9) and 2nd in the 200m 23.01 (+1.7) 🧵 📽️European Athletics Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFMn... 🎶Colorado by Scandinavianz soundcloud.com/scandinavianz

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