2 d. ago Georgia Hunter Bell misses out on 1500m gold after ear infection woe

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...

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2 d. ago Georgia Hunter Bell misses out on 1500m gold after ear infection

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...

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3 d. ago George Mills: ‘Jakob Ingebrigtsen is phenomenal but he has a target on his back at European Indoors’

Interview: The 25-year-old discusses his strict winter regime of rice, running and siestas in South Africa ahead of his battle with Ingebrigtsen at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn this weekend

Events

5 d. ago ‘There’s a dark side’: 1500m star Georgia Hunter Bell calls for online abuse to stop

Paris bronze medallist avoids social media before racesHunter Bell targeting gold at European IndoorsGeorgia Hunter Bell, Britain’s Olympic 1500m bronze medallist, has revealed she no longer goes online before her races because of the “really dark side of social media”. Eilish McColgan was subject to a wave of body shaming abuse this week with people posting that she “looks like a skeleton” and had anorexia, and Hunter Bell called for more to be done to protect sportswomen.The 31-year-old was one of the feelgood stories of 2024 as she went from her full-time job in cybersecurity to the podium in Paris, smashing the British 1500m record by running 3min 52.61sec along the way. But she said her success has led to her being targeted more. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen opens up on Josh Kerr rivalry and why he lost Olympic 1500m final

The Norwegian is preparing to compete over 1500m and 3000m in Apeldoorn this week at the European Athletics Indoor Championships

Sport

1 week ago Innes Fitzgerald, ‘Greta Thunberg of sport’, in first senior athletics squad

European Indoor Championships next step for teenagerRunner hopes to emulate Keely Hodgkinson with victoryFour years ago, Keely Hodgkinson went from being an unknown teenager to an overnight sensation by claiming glory at the European Indoor Championships. Next week Innes Fitzgerald, another 18-year-old British star, will hope to repeat the trick after being named in her first British senior squad.Fitzgerald, who recently smashed Zola Budd’s national under-20 indoor 3,000m record by 16 seconds, joins Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell and world indoor pole vault champion Molly Caudery in a 44-strong British squad for Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Josh Kerr to skip World Indoor Championships ahead of Grand Slam Track

Exclusive: The reigning 1,500m and 3,000m world champion is set to prioritise Grand Slam Track after a bout of sickness

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