Australia's Sarah Billings second in 800m at Shanghai Diamond League meetTopic:Athletics1h ago1 hours agoSat 3 May 2025 at 9:14pmSarah Billings was second in the women's 800m at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai. (Getty Images: Marcin Golba, File)In short:Sarah Billings finished second in the women's 800 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League meet.Billings's time of 1:57.83 was 0.05 outside the Australian record.Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson placed second and third respectively in the women's high jump.abc.net.au/news/diamond-league-shanghai-sarah-billings-800m/105249766Link copiedShareShare articleSarah Billings has narrowly missed breaking the Australian women's 800 metres record as she enjoyed another breakthrough performance at the Shanghai Diamond League meet.Following her third place in the 1,000m at the Xiamen leg of the Diamond League circuit last weekend, Billings finished second in the 800m on Saturday. She clocked a personal best of 1 minute and 57.83 seconds as she chased home Ethiopian winner Tsige Duguma (1:56.64).Billings's time was just 0.05 outside Catriona Bisset's national mark of 1:57.78, set in London six years ago."I couldn't be happier," Billings said after the race.Aussie Patterson second at Diamond League openerPhoto shows Eleanor Patterson competing in the high jump at the 2025 Maurie Plant Meet.Australian high jumpers Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers secure top-three finishes at the Xiamen Diamond League meet, while sprinter Lachlan Kennedy places fifth in 100m."I've been picked for the world championships in the 1,500m already, so that's still the main goal."But that was pretty close to the national record, so I'm really happy."Billings was not the only Australian to reach the podium.Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson finished second and third respectively behind Ukraine's Olympic champion and world record holder, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, in the women's high jump.Olyslagers cleared 1.98m on her second attempt to finish ahead of Patterson (1.95m) but Mahuchikh's 2.00m clearance again put her on topMahuchikh won ahead of Patterson and Olyslagers in Xiamen.Sweden's Olympic and world champion Armand Duplantis soared 6.11m to win the men's pole vault.Australian Kurtis Marschall cleared 5.72m to claim fourth place.AAPPosted 1h ago1 hours agoSat 3 May 2025 at 9:14pmShare optionsCopy linkFacebookX (formerly Twitter)SportPiastri suffers 'cruel' fate at Miami GP, Verstappen takes poleTopic:Formula 1Photo shows Oscar Piastri in the garage at the Miami Grand Prix.'We look like winners': Magpies take pride in dramatic loss to CatsTopic:AFLPhoto shows Three Magpies players embrace after AFL loss to Cats.Luai credits 105m try after Dragons' tryline blooper as the difference in Tigers' winTopic:NRLPhoto shows Jahream Bula hugs Charlie Staines.Justis Huni steps up to fight for interim heavyweight world championshipTopic:BoxingPhoto shows Australian Justis Huni standing in the ring during a fightKey players injured as Wallaroos' win over Fiji comes at a costTopic:Rugby UnionPhoto shows Maya Stewart of Australia running down the wing with the ball, looking at incoming defenceTop StoriesLABOR'S LANDSLIDE WINTopic:Australian Federal ElectionsPhoto shows Collage illustration of Anthony AlbaneseIt took just over two hours to call time on Dutton's two decades in politicsTopic:ElectionsPhoto shows A close up of Peter Dutton on stage. 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