![]() "My 800-metre personal best is pretty old. I don't want to write down any numbers regarding times, but I know I'm fit and I know I've been training well, so I definitely think the results will speak for themselves. "I really want to run fast and I think being in some fast races with some fast guys is definitely going to put me up there. I didn't expect 12 months ago that I'd be heading to Europe right now, so I'm very excited for it," Myers said. It's just an experience that's so surreal to me still. ![]() ![]() Yet as his overseas debut looms, he's in an even better shape. He also took on fully grown men in the Australian national championships and clinched silver in the 1500 metres. On top of eclipsing Ingebrigsten, Myers broke national junior records on five occasions throughout his sparkling domestic season, setting sizzling times over the 1500-metre, mile and 3000-metre distances. Norwegian freak Jakob Ingebrigsten wins gold in the men's 1500 metres at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. He's done all of that and is yet to turn 23. The Norwegian freak has had a remarkable rise since scorching through a mile in Oslo in 3:56.29 as a 16-year-old, winning Olympic gold, becoming a world champion and clinching the long-standing men's two-mile world record. The run made him the second-youngest person in history on record to run a sub-four-minute mile, Ingebrigsten edging him by just nine days. ![]() He clocked 3:55.44 in Melbourne's John Landy Mile in February, running faster than Jakob Ingebrigsten did over the mile distance at the same age. Myers admits that as he was plugging away in training 12 months ago he didn't expect to be in Europe taking on the world this year.īut a breathtaking domestic campaign set him up for the earlier-than-expected trip. Those five runners combine for a haul of major championship representation, national records and high-profile victories. "When you're surrounded by and training with some of the best in Australia and the world it gives you that competitive advantage," the young gun added.Īmong the brilliant and much more experienced athletes Myers hammers along with in training, often at high altitude at Perisher or Jindabyne, are Peter Bol, Joseph Deng, Jye Edwards, Rorey Hunter and Leanne Pompeani. Races are going to be tough and you're going to have bad ones, you're going to have good ones, but if you train well you're going to come through and you're going to start to feel it, I suppose.Ĭameron Myers in action at the Australian national championships. I don't try to think about it too much and I just sort of go out and do it. "When you do the work in training it's just another thing you've got to do, I suppose. Even now I don't really put too much pressure on myself, but there is that element that you're expected to compete and perform at a certain level. You don't have that much pressure on you to compete. "At the start of the season you're running and you're always the underdog. I mean, at the end of the day I might not win, but I'm going to at least have that mindset going into the races and put myself in the best position to capitalise on that. "I'm going to go into every race thinking that I've got a chance to win. "I'd just say that I've got the competitive mindset that I want to win races," Myers told Wide World of Sports. When Wide World of Sports dug deeper, curious about the robust mental armoury of a kid with zero overseas racing experience, the emerging superstar spoke of his deeply ingrained winning attitude, his hard training and his invaluable training buddies. Aussie running whiz-kid Cameron Myers is set to make his overseas debut.
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