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    Australia wins World Cross Country Championships relay gold after Jessica Hull's anchor leg

    Olympic medallist Jessica Hull guides Australia home in the mixed relay event at the world titles in Florida.


    Olympic medallist Jessica Hull has anchored Australia to victory in the mixed relay event at the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. 

    Hull teamed up with Oliver Hoare, Linden Hall and Jack Anstey to win gold, with the Australians recording a time of 22 minutes and 23 seconds across the four 2 kilometre legs of the race. 

    Australia stopped the clock three seconds ahead of France, with Ethiopia third (22:34).

    It is Australia's fifth medal in World Athletics Cross Country Championships history.

    Hull and Hoare helped Australia win bronze in the same race at the 2023 world titles, which were held in Bathurst.

    "We're all pretty proud of that one," said Hull, who won silver in the 1,500m on the track at the Paris Olympics.

    "There's been a belief that we cannot just medal, but we can probably win it, and we all carried that into today because we weren't afraid to try and run to win."

    In the individual events, Lauren Ryan was the best-placed Australian in the women's 10km race, finishing in 13th position.

    Ryan ran a time of 33:47, while fellow Australian Leanne Pompeani was six seconds behind in 15th place.

    Kenya's Agnes Jebet Ngetich won gold in 31:28.

    Ky Robinson was 24th in the men's 10km race, one place ahead of Australian teammate Edward Marks.

    Robinson clocked 29:56, two seconds quicker than Marks, with Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo winning in a time of 28:18.


    ABC




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