Career
2020–21
Bisset did not race internationally in 2020 due to COVID-19. However,this allowed her to continue aerobic training and fully recover from injury. [19]
In the 2021 domestic season,she performed at a high level,including a second Olympic qualifier of 1:59.12 to win at the Queensland Track Classic in March. [20] She also successfully defended her 800 m national title,officially securing her place on the Australian Olympic team. [21] On her return to the European circuit in June,Bisset improved her national record at the Janusz Kusociński Memorial with a time of 1:58.09,which also broke the Oceanian record set by Toni Hodgkinson in 1996. [22]
At the postponed Tokyo Olympics in July,Bisset ran 2:01.65 in the women's 800 m heats,narrowly missing her chance to advance. [23] She ended her season in September by competing in her first Diamond League final,running 1:59.66 for seventh at Weltklasse Zürich. [24] After the racing season,she began training with Linden Hall under the guidance of coach Ned Brophy-Williams. [6]
2022
Bisset made her indoor debut at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in February. She ran 1:59.46 for second behind Keely Hodgkinson,setting another national and Oceanian record in the process. [25] She secured victories in the following two top-level World Indoor Tour meets,including the Copernicus Cup in Toruń,where she defeated Halimah Nakaayi. [6] Later in March,Bisset placed fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 2:01.24. [26] Two weeks later,back outdoors in Australia,she ran 1:59.83 to win her third consecutive national title. [27] On the Diamond League circuit,she ran sub-two minutes in Rome,Oslo and Stockholm,including a season's best time of 1:58.54 to finish third in Stockholm behind Mary Moraa and Hodgkinson. [28]
In the first round of the World Championships held in Eugene,Oregon in July,Bisset was knocked to the track and spiked by a competitor. Nonetheless,she completed the race and was added to the semi-final field by the race jury. [29] The following day,she ran with 11 stitches in her thigh and a swollen knee,but did not advance to the final. [30] Despite her injuries,she competed at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in August,placing fifth in a time of 1:59.41. [31]
2023
In February,Bisset ran three World Indoor Tour races,including another indoor sub-two minutes. [1] Returning to Australia,she won the Brisbane Track Classic in 1:59.74. [32] She then won her fourth national title in a meet record of 1:58.32,the fastest time by an Australian on home soil. [33] At the end of her season, Track &Field News ranked Bisset seventh in the women's 800 metres,the first Australian to feature in the top-10 since Rendina in 1974. [34]
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