Aussie star Myers beats Olympic champions to win Diamond League Final

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Pentony, L. (2026, September 5). Aussie star Myers beats Olympic champions to win Diamond League Final. ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/diamond-league-final-brussels-australian-cameron-myers-wins/107119796

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Cameron Myers, a 20-year-old Australian athlete, has won the men's 1,500m at the Diamond League Final in Brussels with a time of 3 minutes and 30.14 seconds. This victory makes Myers only the eighth Australian to win a Diamond League Final title. He beat two Olympic champions in the event: Cole Hocker from the USA and Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway, who finished fourth and seventh respectively. The stacked field also featured other top athletes, including Kenyan teenager Phanuel Koech, who came close but ultimately finished second with a time of 3:30.18.
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Cameron 20-year-old Myers, an Australian athlete, has won the men's 1,500m at the Diamond League Final in Brussels, beating out two Olympic champions: Cole Hocker and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Myers completed the race in a time of 3 minutes and 30.14 seconds, becoming only the eighth Australian to win a Diamond League Final title. The stacked field also included fellow Australian Kurtis Marschall, who finished third in the men's pole vault. Myers' win is seen as significant for his career, with him stating it was "a relief" to finally showcase his abilities after years of training.

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Australia Australian Brussels Olympic the Diamond League Final

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Myers PERSON · 8× Brussels GPE · 4× Australian NORP · 3× Australia GPE · 2× Cameron Myers PERSON · 2× Cole Hocker PERSON · 2× Jakob Ingebrigtsen PERSON · 2× Kurtis Marschall PERSON · 2× Norwegian NORP · 1× USA GPE · 1×

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Marschall and second-placed Sondre Guttormsen of Norway both cleared 5.82m, with Greece's Emmanouil Karalis winning with a meet record of 6.12m. Sweden's Olympic and world champion, Mondo Duplantis, was a late withdrawal due to leg tightness.
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🔮 "I wouldn't say this victory comes as a surprise to me," Myers said after the race.
2026-09-05 · ABC News (AU)
Aussie star Myers beats Olympic champions to win Diamond League Final · assertive framing

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In short: Cameron Myers has won the men's 1,500m at the Diamond League Final in Brussels. asserted
Myers → win → Brussels
Myers beat home a field containing two Olympic 1,500m champions, Cole Hocker and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Australia's Kurtis Marschall was third in the men's pole vault. asserted
Marschall → beat → vault
Australia's Cameron Myers has recorded the most significant win of his young career by taking out the men's 1,500 metres at the Diamond League Final in Brussels. asserted
Myers → record → Brussels
Myers became only the eighth Australian to win a Diamond League Final title when he clocked a time of three minutes and 30.14 seconds at the King Baudouin Stadium. asserted
he → become → Stadium
The 20-year-old beat home a stacked field featuring the two most recent Olympic champions in the event, the USA's Cole Hocker and Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen. asserted
old → beat → event
"I wouldn't say this victory comes as a surprise to me," Myers said after the race. asserted
Myers → say → race
"It's more a relief to finally showcase what I've been building toward over the last couple of years. " asserted
I → showcase → years
It feels surreal, even though I always believed I had it in me. asserted
I → feel → me
But it's so different to actually do it and actually execute it when it matters. asserted
it → do → it
"This is going to be a fun memory to look back on." asserted
This → go → ?
Myers timed his final sprint in the home straight to perfection, narrowly edging out Kenyan teenager Phanuel Koech (3:30.18) and American Ethan Strand (3:30.50). asserted
Myers → time → Koech
Ingebrigtsen, who was the Tokyo Olympic gold medallist, posted a time of 3:30.52 to finish in fourth place, with Hocker seventh in 3:30.80. asserted
Hocker → post → 3:30.80
Coached by Dick Telford, Myers is the best Australian prospect in the men's 1,500m since 1960 Olympic champion Herb Elliott. asserted
Myers → coach → Elliott
Myers set a national record of 3:28.00 in winning the 1,500m at the Paris Diamond League meet in June. asserted
Myers → set → June
Myers won the mile (3:46.06) at another Diamond League meet, Eugene's Prefontaine Classic, in July and finished second to Scottish world-record holder Josh Kerr in the same event at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. asserted
Myers → win → Games
Less than a week ago, Myers triumphed in the 1,500m (3:30.96) at Berlin's prestigious ISTAF meet. asserted
Myers → triumph → meet
Marschall and second-placed Sondre Guttormsen of Norway both cleared 5.82m, with Greece's Emmanouil Karalis winning with a meet record of 6.12m. Sweden's Olympic and world champion, Mondo Duplantis, was a late withdrawal due to leg tightness. asserted
champion → place → tightness
Lachlan Kennedy ran under 10 seconds for the fifth time this season in the men's 100m, posting 9.99 to be fourth behind winner and reigning world champion, Jamaica's Oblique Seville (9.90). asserted
Kennedy → run → winner
Matthew Denny was also fourth in the men's discus with a best throw of 68.04m. Slovenian Kristjan Čeh produced a meet record of 71.29m to claim victory. uncertain
Čeh → produce → victory
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Rose Davies also just missed the podium in the women's 5,000m, finishing fourth in 14:37.47 behind Ethiopian victor Freweyni Hailu (14:35.20). asserted
Davies → miss → Hailu
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