{"id":222651,"date":"2026-01-11T01:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/jess-hull-steers-australia-to-relay-gold-at-world-cross-country-championships-in-us\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:27:00","slug":"jess-hull-steers-australia-to-relay-gold-at-world-cross-country-championships-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/jess-hull-steers-australia-to-relay-gold-at-world-cross-country-championships-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Jess Hull steers Australia to relay gold at world cross-country championships in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Olympic medalist Jess Hull<\/a> has steered a star-studded Australian quartet to a mighty relay win at the world athletics cross-country championships in Florida.<\/p>\n

Ollie Hoare, Linden Hall, Jack Anstey and Hull took charge to claim gold in the 4x2000m mixed relay in Tallahassee on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It Australia\u2019s fifth medal in the 46-edition history of the championships.<\/p>\n

The team clocked a time of 22min 23sec to win by three seconds ahead of France, followed by Ethiopia (22min 34sec), Kenya (22min 42sec) and the US (22min 43sec) among 15 teams.<\/p>\n

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Hoare put the Australians in contention in the opening leg before Hall opened a lead of six seconds then Anstey consolidated and Hull commanded the anchor leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all pretty proud of that one,\u201d said Hull, who won silver in the 1500m at the Paris Olympics and bronze at last year\u2019s world championships<\/a> in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a belief that we can not just medal, but we can probably win it, and we all carried that into today because we weren\u2019t afraid to try and run to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the moment that Olli popped up from the mud pit just a few steps behind Reynold Cheruiyot, I just thought we are so on.<\/p>\n

\u201cLinden had a blinder, she was so measured and calculated, and Jack held his own off 10 days notice \u2013 I\u2019m really proud of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Hull crosses the finish line in Tallahassee on Saturday.<\/span> Photograph: Australian Athletics\/AAP Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The win was fulfilling for a group of athletes who have been making a mark on the world stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the amount of talent we have had in the past 10 years, we have always wanted to show that in a team setting,\u201d Hoare said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully this shows we have great development and culture. To be able to beat those decorated teams with incredible athletes was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the women\u2019s race, Australians Lauren Ryan and Leanne Pompeani both posted top 15 finishes \u2013 a feat last achieved by the former world cross-country champion Benita Willis in 2008.<\/p>\n

Ryan and Pompeani led Australia to fifth place in the event as a team, with Maudie Skyring and Bronte Oates placing 36th and 39th respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cI set the expectation of wanting to be top 15 and that\u2019s exactly what I did,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was way tougher than I thought it would be overall but I\u2019m really proud of the performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralian distance running has really taken off and we are showing we can be world champions like the relay team, as well as have a couple of top 15 results.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s 10km Ky Robinson raced aggressively in the opening lap before consolidating for 24th place, narrowly ahead of teammate Edward Marks in 25th as the Australian men secured eighth place.<\/p>\n

The Australian under-20 men clinched fourth place in their event over 8km, while the under-20 women secured fifth in their 6km event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Olympic medalist Jess Hull has steered a star-studded Australian quartet to a mighty relay win at the world athletics cross-country championships in Florida. Ollie Hoare, Linden Hall, Jack Anstey and Hull took charge to claim gold in the 4x2000m mixed relay in Tallahassee on Saturday. It Australia\u2019s fifth medal in the 46-edition history of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-222651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}