From our soon to be published article;
8) Aussies Georgia Griffith and Sarah Billings ran the races of their lives to break 4:00
One story that might get lost in the shuffle of the many fantastic performances put up at the Wanda Diamond League opener in Xiamen today was the fact that two different Australian women ran pbs to break 4:00 in the women’s 1500, with one of them being a super wild story.
27-year-old Georgia Griffith, a World Championship finalist who was 2nd at last week’s Australian champs, lowered her pb from 4:00.16 to 3:59.59 to place sixth and take top non-Ethiopian honors in the race. But behind her, Sarah Billings did something wild.
The 26-year-old, who was only 4th at the Australian champs -- nearly seven seconds back of the winner – lowered her pb from 4:06.77 to 3:59.59. Not bad for someone who started their career as 400 runner (54.39 pb in 2015). Up until 2022, she'd never even broken 2:06 in the 800 or 4:10 in the 1500. Her seasonal best before tonight was just the 4:08.15 she ran at the Aussie champs (in a 4:01 race). Now she's gone sub-4.