Favourite is fourth at European Indoor ChampionshipsAgathe Guillemot wins as Hunter Bell has late slumpGeorgia Hunter Bell was such a huge favourite for 1500m gold that a £50 bet on her to win at the European Indoor Championships would have returned just one pound of profit. She was Britain’s banker. A cast-iron certainty. And then, with 100m to go, it all went horribly wobbly.At that point, the Olympic 1500m bronze medallist was leading and looked to have everything under control. But just when everyone expected her to switch on the afterburners, her legs turned into spaghetti – the result, it later transpired, of an ear infection. Continue reading...
Georgia Hunter Bell, the favorite, missed out on 1500m gold at the European Indoor Championships due to an ear infection that caused her legs to "lock" in the final stretch. Agathe Guillemot won the race. Hunter Bell aims to use this defeat as motivation for future competitions, including the World Indoor Championships.