TOKYO: For a fleeting moment with half a lap to go in the women's 1500-metre final at the world athletics championships, it appeared that maybe — just maybe — Jessica Hull could be on the verge of springing a monumental upset.

If the leash Australia's middle-distance darling had on Faith Kipyegon was any tighter down the back straight on Tuesday night, she would have clipped her Kenyan rival's heels and hit the deck.

Hull, who won silver at last year's Paris Olympics behind Kipyegon, was in prime position to pounce, and it appeared that maybe — just maybe — the Illawarra product could be on the cusp of capturing her maiden global gold medal.

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Then Kipyegon kicked.

And within a dozen strides, the mother-of-one

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