Wearing an adhesive bandage covering a gash on her leg, Jess Hull became the first Australian woman to qualify for a world championship 800m final after powering through her semi-final in Tokyo and setting a new national record.
Her time on Friday was only good enough for third place, but given the speed of the race, she progressed into Sunday’s final as one of the two fastest qualifiers. And it lowered the national mark set only last month by her team-mate Claudia Hollingsworth, who finished fourth in her semi.
