Abbey Caldwell Takes Bronze in Women's 1500m at Shanghai Diamond League

Abbey Caldwell recorded the second-fastest 1500m time by an Australian woman after finishing third at the Shanghai Diamond League meet. 12, improving her personal best by three seconds. 71.

Caldwell, 24, was the best of five Australians in the final. Olympic silver medallist Jess Hull finished sixth, Sarah Billings placed eighth, Claudia Hollingsworth came ninth and Linden Hall finished tenth. 09 set in March at the Box Hill Classic.

"I honestly didn't think even mid-race it would be that good. But to get a PB, I'm absolutely stoked," Caldwell said. "I knew I was very fit and I wanted to show that on the track. " "I just needed to put my training into a race and I executed that, so I'm very happy.

To be on the Diamond League podium for the first time is the biggest bonus ever," she added. Caldwell won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 80 metres behind Armand Duplantis.

70m mark from the same meet last year. 80m today," Marschall said. "Unfortunately, not many athletes jumped as high as they would have liked today.

But it is so early in the season, everyone is grinding really hard. We are still in quite heavy training," he said. 54 metres. 58 metres and became the first athlete to clear 70 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League.

Denny's effort came on his last legitimate throw. 01 seconds. 97 seconds. 07 seconds.

Abc reported that three Australians reached the podium on the first day of Diamond League competition for 2026.