The numbers are stacking up for 20-year-old Cameron Myers. In Paris on Sunday night he smashed the Australian 1500m record in 3:28.00 – the fastest time in the world this year and the fastest ever run by someone under 21. He’s now 12th on the storied list of all-time 1500m performances and two seconds off the world record.
Myers admitted the Australian record was one he wanted to tick off. “I think having that exterior pressure on yourself to get a time, sort of takes away from the main part of the race and that’s winning. So, yeah, clearing that up [the record], I think it’s going to be huge going forward.” He managed to take the record and win, ahead of French runner Azeddine Habz and the Britain’s 2022 world champion, Jake Wightman.
