Myers rockets to Dream Mile silver in 3:48 as Marschall vaults onto Oslo podium

Australian phenom Cameron Myers (18) seized the headlines at the Bislett Games, storming to second in the men’s Dream Mile in 3 min 48.87 s – less than a second outside Craig Mottram’s 19-year-old national record. Only Portugal’s Isaac Nader, who lowered his own national mark to 3 :48.25, finished ahead of the teenager. Dutch newcomer Stefan Nillessen completed the podium, with former world champion Timothy Cheruiyot a close fourth.

For Myers, still a month shy of his 19th birthday, the performance represents his first Diamond League podium and confirms the promise he showed earlier this year when he twice broke the world U20 mile record indoors. Tactically astute, he sat off the early 57-second opening lap, then threaded through traffic at the bell to outsprint far more experienced rivals over the final 150 m.

Marschall sails to bronze in the vault

Minutes later, compatriot Kurtis Marschall cleared 5.72 m to clinch third in the pole vault, his first Diamond League medal since winning in Stockholm last season. Only world-record holder Armand Duplantis – who raised the meeting record to 6.15 m – and Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis (5.92 m) went higher on the night. Marschall bowed out after three gallant attempts at 5.82 m, but his early-round clean sheet proved decisive in the count-back.

Why it matters for Australia

• Depth across the board – With Myers and Marschall both on the podium, Australia placed athletes in the top three of both track and field events on the same Diamond League programme for the first time since 2021.

• Paris-to-Tokyo momentum – Myers’ breakthrough arrives a year after Ollie Hoare’s 1500 m triumph in Oslo, underscoring the nation’s resurgence in middle-distance running.

• Qualification security – The 8 Diamond League points Myers pockets virtually assure him a lane in September’s World Athletics Final, while Marschall banks valuable ranking points toward the Tokyo World Championships.

Looking ahead

Myers heads next to Stockholm (15 June) where the pacemakers are targeting sub-3:48, a time that would obliterate Mottram’s Australian record. Marschall will also stay on the Scandinavian swing, eyeing loftier bars in the typically favourable wind conditions of the Bauhaus-Galan.

Australia’s European campaign could hardly have started better: a teenage miler who refuses to wait his turn, and a vaulter who keeps finding ways onto podiums. With Tokyo worlds less than three months away, the green-and-gold train is gathering speed.