{"id":255415,"date":"2026-07-30T22:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/rose-davies-makes-history-in-australian-5000m-one-two-at-commonwealth-games\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T22:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:47:06","slug":"rose-davies-makes-history-in-australian-5000m-one-two-at-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/rose-davies-makes-history-in-australian-5000m-one-two-at-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Davies makes history in Australian 5,000m one-two at Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the fading Glasgow light, the two fluorescent yellow figures powered around the final bend of the 5,000m at the Commonwealth Games<\/a>, leaving the rest of the field behind.<\/p>\n

Megan Keith, the young Scot who had broken the field apart with a mile to go, could not keep up. Behind her was Kenya\u2019s last hope of making it six 5,000m women\u2019s golds in a row, Caroline Nyaga, as well as Ugandan Esther Chebet and England\u2019s Hannah Nuttall. All of them, now irrelevant.<\/p>\n

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Australian Rose Davies had stayed within this leading group for the entire race, before surging past Keith with 200m to go. History was in her grasp: a woman had never done the 10,000m-5,000m double at the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old had company, however. A stride behind was Jessica Hull, the formidable Olympic and world champion medallist in the 1,500m who also became the first Australian woman to qualify for a World Championships 800m final last year. The imposing figure is the pioneer in Australia\u2019s track resurgence in recent years, proving domestic prominence can turn into global medals.<\/p>\n

Hull has spent the past two years building her focus beyond the 800m and 1,500m towards the 5,000m, as she hopes to extend her career to Brisbane 2032. Her race in Glasgow had unfolded perfectly to plan, as an untroubled passenger in the train led by Davies that had just pulled out of its final station.<\/p>\n

And so there they were. Two Australians and daylight. Two Novocastrians, striding down the straight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I might have been in trouble leading with Jess on my shoulder with 150 metres to go. She\u2019s so fast, and I just thought, give it everything,\u201d Davies told Channel Seven.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Rose Davies drapes herself in the Australian flag after winning her second gold medal of these Games.<\/span> Photograph: Joel Carrett\/AAP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just 12 days ago, in the final lap of the 3,000m at the prestigious London Diamond League meet, Hull\u2019s surge arrived at exactly this moment, leaving Davies languishing in second place in a prophetic Australian one-two. That memory of London was in Davies\u2019 mind, as her countrywoman pulled alongside with 100m to go.<\/p>\n

For Hull, equally, this was not easy. \u201cIt was very tricky racing a countrywoman with 150 to go,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty special to have another Aussie out there with me, but to be battling home for the gold against an Aussie was a bit of a mind flip.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old had already run a heat in her preferred distance of the mile earlier in the day. In this longer race format, she is still finding her way. \u201cClosing out a 5k is a different beast and I think I found myself quite tactically raw out there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t really know what to do a lot, I was looking for dad [her coach, Simon Hull] in the crowd. I was like, \u2018Do I stay here? Do I move up? So with three laps to go when Rose went around I was like, \u2018OK, Rose knows what to do here so just follow her\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

With 70m to go, Hull dragged herself up alongside Davies, and the lead looked hers. But she could never break her teammate, who lifted in turn.<\/p>\n

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