His name is well known among athletics fans, especially after his amazing season in 2023, where, after surpassing his mark 4 times in 5 races, he ended up setting a new world record in the youth category (U18) at 1500 meters with 3: 33.26.
A year earlier, when he was still under 16, he swept Records of the Norwegian Jacob Ingerbrigtsen In the 1500 meters (3:38:02), the mile (3:55.44) and the 3000 meters (7:52.06), he became the second youngest runner in history to break the four-minute mile barrier.
Teen hero
Yesterday at the Sydney Track Classic, 17-year-old Myers won his first national title – 3000 meters with a time of 7:46.38, improving his Australian under-20 record which is also the best world record for a 17-year-old, surpassing the previous mark of Andreas Vjeld Halvorsen. He achieved this by crossing the square kilometer in 5:20 to finish the final thousand in an impressive time of 2:26.
The young prodigy from Canberra continues to show impressive progress on his way to the Paris Olympics, with a previous stop at the upcoming National Championships in Adelaide, where he hopes to secure his place in the Olympic team.
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