Cameron Myers joins fellow Australian teen star Gout Gout in putting athletics world on notice

They are not just the record actions that Cameron Myers has produced on the track which suggests that Canberra’s teenager is destined for greatness.

Its times over the 1,500my the mile have been impressive, but what is impressive is the lack of intimidation that myers feels when competing against some of the best medium distance athletes in the world.

“You have to be sure to enter these races,” Myers told ABC Sport.

“You have to believe that you can win any race in which you are and that I have to believe that I am the best in every race I enter.

“Otherwise, I guess you are hit even before starting.”

Wanamaker Mile last month at the Millosa York Games, one of the most historical short (indoors) athletes meets in the international calendar, illustrated the lack of fear that Myers exudes in each race that agrees.

At 18, Myers was the youngest competitor for almost three years in a strong field gathered in the armory.

However, it ended third behind the US Olympic Bronze medalist of 1,500m Yard Nuguse, who established a world history with a time of 3 minutes 46.63 seconds.

Myers fell into the history books, publishing 3: 47.48 to break the world record of U20 Mile.

It was one of the three world brands of U20 that Myers established during the race and is now fifth in the classification of all time for the short track mile, regardless of the age group.

His time also matched the Australian record of the Olympic Ollie Hoare for The Mile, which was executed outdoors in Oslo in 2023.

“It’s good validation [for] The changes we made after the season last year, “said Myers.

“We will simply keep using that impulse for the rest of the season.”

World Titles in Myers Radar

Such is the depth in the medium distance actions of Australia, Myers was overlooked for the selection in the 1,500m for the Paris Olympic Games last year.

He had qualified for the games through his best world performance U18 of 3: 33.26, which he made when he made his debut in the Diamond League in Chorówow as a 1723 -year -old boy in 2023.

But the record holder of 1,500m Australian Hoare, the national champion Adam Spencer and Stewart McSweyn, who was seventh in the event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, were selected in front of Myers.

The finalist of Hoare, Spencer and Tokyo 800m, Peter Bol, will join Myers in the departure line at the John Landy Memorial on Saturday night 1.500m at the Maurie Plant Meet at the Melbourne Lakeside stadium.

The meeting serves as an early stop in Myers’ outdoor campaign in 2025, since the selection of the World Athletics Championships of this year in Tokyo pursues.

Myers admits that the Olympic Games in Paris added “fire fuel” and is determined to make the Australian team for the world titles of September.

“I am motivated, almost having something to demonstrate every race I do,” said Myers, who has already run a classification time for Tokyo.

“I don’t want to leave anything undecided and I want to make sure I don’t have that same position again.”

Myers ‘inspired’ by Gout

The 2024 season still had the most prominent aspects for Myers, which trains under the guidance of the legendary coach Dick Telford.

Silver claimed in the 1,500 meters in the World Athletics Championship U20 in Lima, which adds to the Australian record of 14 medals.

Among myyers’ silver medalists was another sensation of teenagers, Gout Gout, which was runner -up in the 200 meters final.

Like Myers, Gout’s career is rising after he broke the 200m national record of Peter Norman in December when he ran 20.04, at the age of 16.

Gout, who since then turned 17, recently published a 19.98 Wind assisted for half a turn and is one of Maurie Plant Meet’s main acts.

Myers and Gout are part of the youth atmosphere that the Australian athletics scene is enjoying as the sport develops towards the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane.

“I think we almost fed on a bit of the energy of the other,” said Myers.

“I see the drop running and I am … inspired by what it does.

“It is good that this harvest arrives (of young athletes), especially before Brisbane in 2032”.