Jessica Hull is set to arrive in Birmingham for a week-long visit that will set the foundation for a charge towards a medal at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
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The Albion Park track star was officially confirmed in the Australian team for the competition in Birmingham, England, on Monday.
Hull booked her place in the team when she took out the 5000-metre event at the recent Australian Championships.
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Her focus this week, however, will be the 1500m, Hull to contest the race at Saturday's Birmingham Diamond League competition.
It's an event that will give her a taste of English conditions and provide an indicator of where she's placed against the world's best.
The athlete has run the qualifying time for both the 1500m and 5000m. While she plans on contesting the two events at the World Championships in July, she is likely to focus solely on the 1500m at the Commonwealth Games..
One of the stars of Australian athletics, Hull shapes as a medal contender across both distances.
The 26-year-old made the 1500m final at last year's Tokyo Olympics and while many of her middle-distance rivals will also be in Birmingham, she is determined to finish on the podium.
"At the Commonwealth Games there's a chance to have two Australian medalists if you look at Linden Hall and my rankings," Hull told the Mercury in March. "It could be a big day for Australian women's 1500m running."
Hull spent the past six weeks back home in Wollongong. While here she trained alongside some of the region's emerging runners, such as Luke Hince and Finlay McPhillips, to prepare for the international season.
The US-based athlete made a successful return over the weekend, finishing third in the 3000m event at the Doha Diamond League meet.
The result marked her highest finish in a Diamond League race and the athlete was thrilled to make a successful start to her campaign.
"I wasn't too sure what to expect in terms of pacing, it's the first race of the season for a lot of the Kenyans and Ethiopians so you never quite know how they'll take it out," Hull told Athletics Australia.
"My goals were to practise the race craft I'll need later in the season when we get to the World Championships and Commonwealth Games, and to forget about times and race the race in front of me.
"It stayed pretty bunched up for a long time because of the wind. I started feeling better and better the further into the race we got.
"As a 1500m runner, I knew I could close pretty well if I could be there at the bell. I'm really excited about where my fitness is though, and I was ready for a fast race today too, if that's what came about."
This weekend will see Hull drop down in distance from 3000m to 1500m, the focus on building a platform for a hectic northern track season.
The World Championships will be held in Oregon in July, on the track Hull called home during her time at college in the US.
Just a week after the competition wraps up, the Commonwealth Games will begin before the high-profile Monaco Diamond League a few days later.
All in all, it will make for a chaotic three weeks of racing. For Hull, it's a period she must be at her best in order to achieve her goals.
"Every decision I make is focused on getting to the World Championships," Hull said. "We'll be ready to do some big things through May, June and culminate in July and August with the Commonwealth Games and Monaco Diamond League three days later."
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