Quick Hull can now compete with the great African runners

Coach Simon Hull says his daughter Jessica is an inspiration that the best African middle-distance runners can be beaten. Things didn't quite work out in Saturday's Olympic 1500m final, but the great Kenyan Faith Kipyegon had to give her best to keep the Australian at bay and win her third consecutive Olympic title – an … Read more

Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Jessica Hull hopes for silver in the 1500m to boost Australia's comeback in the middle distance

Jessica Hull hopes the silver medal she won at the Paris Olympics, ending the drought, will be the start of an Australian renaissance in middle-distance running. Hull claimed the country's first track medal since 2012 and first middle distance medal since 1968 when she finished second behind legendary Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in the women's 1500m … Read more

Silver medal for Jessica Hull in the Olympic 1500

Jessica Hull is the first Australian runner to win an Olympic medal in the 1500m, finishing a sensational second behind legendary Kenyan Faith Kipyegon at the Paris Games. The 27-year-old Hull was in third place 100 meters from the finish, but was able to overtake the weakening Ethiopian Diribe Welteji on the home straight and … Read more