Hull bounces back for surprise second, 'perfect race' not enough for Myers

Cameron Myers and Jessica Hull have finished second in the 1,500m and 5,000m, respectively, as the inaugural Ultimate Championship athletics meet wrapped up in Budapest.

Hull rebounded from a disappointing finish in the 1,500m, while Myers finished behind Commonwealth mile champion Josh Kerr again but was proud of running "the perfect race".

Cam Myers and Jess Hull have both delivered superb performances on the track to give Australia an impressive final day of the inaugural Ultimate Athletics Championship in Budapest.

Myers ran what he felt was a "perfect" race as he again finished runner-up to Commonwealth Games mile champion Josh Kerr in the 1,500 metres, while Hull was second in the 5,000m as they both picked up $US75,000 ($105,000) for their efforts.

"Sometimes you run a perfect race and it's still not enough," Myers wrote on Instagram.

Ultimately, the Australian challenge ended without a victory in the sport's new, lucrative three-day global event .

There was a disappointing start to the night when 21-year-old Torrie Lewis withdrew from the 200m with injury, a day after the country's fastest man, Lachlan Kennedy, failed to make the men's 100m final by 0.05 of a second.

After fading to ninth in Saturday's 1,500m final, she was an outsider in the longer event with her best time among the slowest in the field, but with the race run at a steady pace, both she and Commonwealth champ Rose Davies settled into the pack.

Runaway winner Likina Amebaw injected some serious speed to open a 30m lead with two laps to go, but Hull turned on her afterburners to find a way through on the inside and snatch a brilliant second behind the Ethiopian star in a massive lifetime best of 14 minutes and 32.39 seconds.

"I don't have an answer for the 1,500m last night. I was just quick to say, 'Forget about it and move on.' I've been able to do that a few times in a 5K now — bounce back — so I'm really proud of that. I've had a great year."

The men's 1,500m was one of the deepest fields of the competition — even without Norwegian great Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who withdrew after winning the 5,000m — as mile world record holder Kerr, Olympic champion Cole Hocker and last year's surprise world champion Isaac Nader all lined up.

But 20-year-old Myers was more than qualified to operate in such company after winning the Diamond League final in Brussels a week ago.

Annoyed at how he raced when losing to Kerr over the mile in the Commonwealth Games, he ran a much smarter race in Hungary, extricating himself from the inside at the bell to move second and give himself clear track to try to reel in Kerr.

The Briton did not falter, clocking 3:29.35 and leaving Myers to settle for second in 3:29.68.