Assessing Workforce GB
Assessing Workforce GB’s efficiency on the European Indoor Championships isn’t simple. There was no official medal goal. Evaluating earlier championships – 2025 seven medals, 2023 six, 2021, 2019 twelve medals every time – solely takes you thus far.
The GB group was lacking most of its stars – Josh Kerr, KJT, Molly, Keely, Dina and Darryl, Laura, and many others – some due to damage, others who have been skipping indoors, and probably some who’re maybe prioritizing the World Indoors over the Europeans. Jemma Reekie instructed me it’s exhausting to peak in September and February/March. And admittedly, should you win a World Championship medal in Tokyo in September, who will care about what you probably did indoors in March? In any case, the identical will be mentioned of each group.
Wanting on the medalists, there have been some nice performances – see the record under. Jeremiah Azu moved up a degree with a convincing win. George Mills, so unfortunate to be tripped in Paris, ran a constructive race for silver in 3000. That he was disillusioned to be second behind Jakob tells you a large number about him!
Melissa Courtney-Bryant’s second place within the girls’s 3000 was additionally spectacular .
Andrew Robertson, aged 34, ran magnificently to achieve a bronze medal at 60m. He is without doubt one of the uncommon breeds of athletes who makes a speciality of indoors.
Revee Walcott-Nolan ran an outstanding 1500m race to take bronze. Georgia Bell had been a agency favourite to win the race, however when Georgia was having a troublesome day, Revee took full benefit to choose up a completely deserved medal.
With 5 relay medals in Paris, expectations have been excessive – in fact, there aren’t any indoor dash relays indoors. One silver, one bronze, and a fourth place have been undoubtedly lower than we had hoped.
Past the medals, there have been some nice performances. After I spoke to Jade O’Dowda on the GB Champs, she was not sure if her rating was excessive sufficient to get her an invitation to Apeldoorn. She described her fourth place as “bittersweet” – a outstanding achievement with three PRs in 5 disciplines however disappointing to be in third place for a lot of the day.
Amy Hunt would by no means get a medal within the 60, however working a PR of seven.09 within the semi and seven.10 for fifth within the ultimate will give her confidence no hurt going into the outside season.
In fact, there have been disappointments—disappointments of various varieties. Amber Anning was the favourite for the 400 and a cushty prelim winner till she was disqualified for a lane infringement. Georgia Hunter Bell was the stand-out athlete within the preliminaries however ailing for the ultimate.
It was disappointing to see only one out of six within the 800 and one out of 5 within the 400 progress from the preliminaries. Then, there have been athletes performing nicely of their first senior championship, like Alice Hopkins and Pleasure Eze.
The medalists have been:
Gold
Jeremiah Azu, Males’s 60m
Silver
George Mills, Males’s 3000m
Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Girls’s 3000m
Girls’s 4x400m Relay
Bronze
Andrew Robertson, Males’s 60m
Combined 4x400m Relay
Revee Walcott Nolan, Girls’s 1500m
