Cameron Myers: from promising schoolboy to contender in greatest middle distance era | Jack Snape

Expectation around the 18-year-old is sky high after the Australian athlete twice broke the under-20 mile record

At the end of his final day of high school in December, Cameron Myers cut his hair. It was done without forethought or fanfare at his friend’s house in Canberra, as one of the world’s most highly-touted teenage athletes marked the end of one chapter, and the start of another.

Cropped short, the new style has stuck, part of a personal overhaul in the past 12 months that has elevated him from schoolboy of promise to contender in the greatest era of men’s middle distance running. “Having short hair is a nice change, and almost just feels like you’re a different person,” he says.

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