Abbey Caldwell says she's beginning to believe in her "big dreams" after shooting to the top among Australia's thriving band of miling stars by enjoying the best win of her career at the Xiamen Diamond League meeting in China.
While her illustrious compatriot Jess Hull and Aussie national champion Claudia Hollingsworth were eclipsed again, the 24-year-old Victorian Caldwell roared to victory in the 1500 metres in brilliant style on a hot and humid Saturday.
Caldwell had been considered an afterthought while Hull and Hollingsworth were jostling for domestic supremacy last month, but when she shot past Ethiopia's 2026 world leader Birke Haylom off the final bend to win convincingly, Australia's big two weren't in the picture.
Caldwell's win followed her superb breakthrough in Shanghai last week when she had finished third behind the victorious Haylom, with the rest of her Australian rivals again trailing, but she hadn't been expecting too much on Saturday after picking up a foot niggle.
