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Hull, 28, returned home in April 2023 to be closer to family and be coached by her dad Simon
Paris Olympics 1500m silver medalist Jessica Hull has revealed how her decision to return home from the United States paid huge dividends 18 months ago.
The beaming Australian, a softly spoken figure in athletics, spent seven years living and breathing athletics in the United States, first at the University of Oregon and then as a professional.
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12:30 - 16.11.2024
How Faith Kipyegon's fierce 2024 competitor Jessica Hull wants Australian youngsters to achieve success.
Hull, who set the 2000 meter world record this year, as well as the Olympic silver medal in the 1500 meters, has explained how young Austalian athletes can follow in her footsteps.
After honing her skills in the sprints-rich America, Hull, 28, returned home in April 2023 to be closer to family and be coached by her dad Simon, a former national junior champion turned tile and bathroom renovator.
This decision proved to be the masterstroke in her career and made 2024 her greatest year as well. This year saw Hull blaze her way to Olympic 1500m silver in 3:52.56 behind world record-holder and three-time 1500m Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon.
Hull also set a 2000m world record of 5:19.70 at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco and moved to fifth on the world 1500m all-time list with 3:50.83 at the Paris Diamond League earlier in the season.
“Once I came home, I noticed I was able to do the track session and just move on because I was around my people and we talk about things outside of the running world," she exclusively revealed to World Athletics.
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11:30 - 02.11.2024
British 1500 record holder Georgia Bell explains Faith Kipyegon's role in making her an Olympic bronze medallist
Bell, who fully returned pro in 2024 after taking a seven-year sabbatical, has explained Faith Kipyegon and Jessica Hull's roles in making her clinch bronze in the 1500 meters.
Hull revealed the difficulties she faced in the US and the struggles she experienced during training sessions. She added that leaving training was sometimes a tough decision.
“I had got so in the zone in the US that I couldn’t switch off between training sessions. If training didn’t go well, I would sit there and overthink things like being half a second slow on a split and what I needed to do to get better,” Hull said. “It was really hard to leave training at the track because running was the reason I was there."
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