Athletics Dec 07, 2025

Great Britain's Neil Gourley and Georgia Hunter Bell win 1500m medals at World Athletics Indoor Championships

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Great Britain's Neil Gourley and Georgia Hunter Bell win 1500m medals at World Athletics Indoor Championships

British 1500m runners Neil Gourley and Georgia Hunter Bell picked up medals on the final day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in China.

Gourley secured silver in the men's event after clocking 3:39.07, finishing behind Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen (3:38.79), who backed up his 3,000m gold on Saturday.

Hunter Bell took bronze in the women's 1500m in Nanjing, finishing after Ethiopian pair Gudaf Tsegay and Diribe Welteji, as she ran a personal best 3:59.84 and claimed her second global medal after Olympic outdoor bronze in Paris last summer.

The 31-year-old bounced back from failing to make the podium at the European Indoors two weeks ago.

Gourley and Hunter Bell's success upped Britain's medal tally at the event to four.

- matching his lifetime best of 6.49 seconds - while

Gourley told BBC Sport: "It feels really good. A couple of weeks ago I came away disappointed with the European Indoors.

"I came here with a point to prove, just to myself, and it was a change in tactics today. It was a case of if you can't beat him (Ingebrigtsen), join him.

"It worked out because it meant I fed off his momentum and I felt much better doing it that way. I just left a little too much to do in the home straight to catch him."

Ingebrigtsen also did the 3.000m-1500m double at the European Indoors in the Netherlands.

Hunter Bell added to the BBC after rebounding from disappointment in the Europeans to medalling at the Worlds: "This absolutely feels like a redemption.

"I'm just proud of how I came back. This medal means a lot. I just want to get as many medals as possible."

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