Why 1500m world record breaker Faith Kipyegon congratulated Jessica Hull at Diamond League meeting [Video]

At the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Sunday, Jessica Hull broke the Australian women’s 1500m record with a time of three minutes, 50.83 seconds. The 27-year-old finished just behind Kenya’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon – who smashed the world record with a time of 3:49.04 in the final.

I spoke to Hull in Paris on Tuesday.

Fitz: Jessica, congrats on your run in Paris on Sunday, the fifth-fastest women’s 1500m time since Joan of Arc first escaped the heathens.

JH: [Laughing] Thank you. It felt amazing.

Fitz: I speak on behalf of Australia – where did YOU come from? When did you start running, and racing?

JH: [Joyously] I’ve been running since I was eight. I joined Albion Park Little Athletic Club after doing some school athletic carnivals. My dad [Simon Hull] ran middle-distance events, so he coached me, and I just fell in love with it more …