Cameron Myers has produced the biggest result of his career, holding off a 1500m field containing two Olympic champions to win the Diamond League Final in Brussels.
The 20-year-old beat Cole Hocker and Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 3:30.14, becoming the eighth Australian to take a Diamond League Final title.
Myers spent the bell lap boxed on the inside while the rest of the field worked past him on the outside, holding his position until the home straight – where any one of six athletes could have won – before committing to a single attack. He needed a dip at the line to hold off Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech, who was second in 3:30.18, with Ethan Strand third in 3:30.50.
“I’m pretty relieved to be honest! It’s nice to get a win, I’m super pumped.”
Cam Myers
“I was feeling good. I contemplated making a move on the back straight but I didn’t really need to, so I just waited as long as possible and a gap opened up and I was able to take it.”
“It’s pretty cool memorabilia to have a trophy like that!”
The win completes a strong return to racing after Myers took after his silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. He came back over 3000m at Weltklasse Zürich on 27 August, finishing third in 7:27.97, then won the 1500m at ISTAF Berlin three days later in 3:30.96.
Marschall third as Duplantis withdraws
Kurtis Marschall added another podium finish in a pole vault competition reshaped by the pre-competition withdrawal of world record holder and Olympic champion Armand Duplantis.
The West Australian cleared 5.82m and took third on countback from Sondre Guttormsen. Emmanouil Karalis won with a meet record of 6.12m.
“It’s another 5.80 and 5.80 doesn’t get enough credit! It’s still a hard bar to jump and if you do it when it counts, that’s what really matters,” Marschall said.
“I’ll take the third place, but all eyes are on Budapest next week. Everything is coming together at the right time.”
Three Australian fourth places
Lachlan Kennedy ran his fifth sub-10 second 100m of 2026, stopping the clock at 9.99 (+0.1) for fourth, two hundredths away from a medal. The Commonwealth silver medallist did it from lane one, in a race won by Jamaica’s reigning world champion Oblique Seville in 9.90.
“Under 10 seconds again in objectively not the best conditions. The crowd was good, the field was good and it was a close race,” Kennedy said.
“It’s high stakes and not good conditions, but they are the same for everyone else.”
Matthew Denny closed out his consistent season with 68.04m in the discus, also fourth and less than a metre away from the podium. Kristjan Ceh won with a meet record of 71.29m.
Rose Davies made it three Australian fourth places on the night, running 14:37.47 in the 5000m behind winner Freweyni Hailu, who took the title in 14:35.20. Georgia Griffith was sixth in 14:38.69 and Linden Hall tenth in a personal best 14:40.62.
The dual Commonwealth Games champion had expected more from a race she felt was set up for her.
“I was in a really good spot with a lap to go and I thought I was going to win. To come away fourth, I’m a little bit disappointed,” Davies said.
Competition in Brussels continues tomorrow, with Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers both contesting the high jump. It is expected to be a tight competition, with both having the equal second highest jump in the world this year at 2.02m, behind Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who has gone a centimetre higher.
