Australian track star Jessica Hull has powered her way into the 1500m Olympic final after another brilliant effort in Paris.
Hull finished a comfortable second in the event, but took her foot off the pedal in the final stages.
Ahead of Hull was Ethiopian runner Diribe Welteji.
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Hull looms as a huge medal chance and Tamsyn Manou-Lewis said on the commentary it was an “exciting” performance.
“She’s got another gear. If she wanted to take this win, she takes this win,” Manou-Lewis said.
Commentator Gerard Whateley said: “This feels like the Bart Cummings preparation. It’s timed to the minute.”
After the race, Hull explained some of her tactics., and how she spotted Welteji speaking to fellow Ethiopian runner Gudaf Tsegay in the cool room.
“Keep it simple, stay out of trouble,” Hull said of her pre-race mindset.
“Gudaf and Diribe were talking to each other in the cool room so I thought they’re just going to get this going.
“I could just tell from the way they were chatting. It’s simple.
“I race these women a lot and customarily if the Ethiopians are talking to each other in the cool room in their own language, they’re probably going to do something together out there and I just figured Gudaf was telling Diribe to go and do certain things so it made it pretty simple for me.”
More to come …