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Stewart McSweyn breaks Australian 1,500m record, Jessica Hull sets new national 3,000m mark at Doha – ABC News
For the first time in 20 years, two Australian track and field records fall on the same day as Stewart McSweyn and Jessica Hull set new marks in Doha.
Middle-distance runners Stewart McSweyn and Jessica Hull have continued their remarkable 2020 campaigns by breaking more Australian records at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
Key points:
- Athlete Stewart McSweyn has beaten Ryan Gregson’s Australian record for the men’s 1500m, clocking three minutes 30.51 seconds in Doha
- Earlier this month in Rome, McSweyn lowered Craig Mottram’s Australian record in the men’s 3,000m
- At the same meet in Doha, Jessica Hull beat her perso…
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