Cameron Myers Breaks Australian 1,500m Record at Paris Diamond League

Australian middle-distance star Cameron Myers has stormed to a superb 1,500m victory at the Paris Diamond League meeting to improve his own world-leading time in the process.

The 20-year-old's dominant display saw him cross in 3:28.00 to become his country's fastest man over the distance, surpassing Oliver Hoare's domestic and Oceania record of 3:29.41 set in 2023.

In doing so, the fastest man in the world this year — who now rises to 12th on the all-time list — saw off the threat of Frenchman Azeddine Habz (3:29.80) and Britain's 2022 world champion Jake Wightman, who was third in a season's best of 3:29.95.

But Myers admitted setting a national best is one record he is particularly happy to get under his belt.

"Getting the Australian record means so much because, obviously, Olli [Hoare] and Stewy [McSweyn] were athletes that I looked up to a lot growing up. It's just mental," Myers said.

"It's nice to finally tick it off. I knew I had something good in my legs, so I'm glad I was able to show it.

"Having that exterior pressure on yourself to get a time takes away from the main part of the race, which is winning. It's going to be huge for me going forward."

Myers's statement victory in Paris comes with less than a month until the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he is set to compete in the mile.

"It obviously gives me confidence. It's going to be a great field and I'm looking forward to a good battle," he said.

Another domestic record-breaker in Paris was Sarah Billings, who became the fastest Australian woman over 800m, lowering Jess Hull's national record of 1:57.15 to 1:57.01 in a blistering final.

"The depth of middle-distance in Australia is insane, so to run an Australian record when all the other girls are flying is just so exciting," Billings said.

Billings finished sixth in a race won by Swiss star Audrey Werro in a world-leading time of 1:53.80, while Anaïs Bourgoin set a new national record of 1:55.65 in front of the home crowd in third.

Of the 10 runners, seven set new personal bests and/or area records.

Olympic silver medallist Hull clocked her fastest 1,500m of 2026 (3:57.22) for fourth place while Australia's Olympic pole vault champion from Paris 2024, Nina Kennedy, cleared 4.70m for third.

Meanwhile, reigning 100m Olympic champion Noah ‌Lyles suffered his first defeat of the season when he was upstaged by fellow American Trayvon Bromell, who clocked 9.91 seconds at Stade Charlety.