Georgia Hunter Bell received the London Diamond League 800m in spectacular trend with her team-mate Keely Hodgkinson out by means of damage and the 1500m specialist is now eyeing a World Championships double
Georgia Hunter-Bell delivered one other blistering assertion of intent over 800m at the Novuna London Athletics Meet to declare the crown from injured team-mate Keely Hodgkinson.
And the Olympic 1500m bronze medallist says she is going to now search recommendation from Dame Kelly Holmes before deciding whether or not to take on the shorter distance at September’s World Championships. Hunter Bell, 31, is already certified for her specialist occasion thanks to final summer season’s Paris success.
But she is starting to set her sights on the 800m as a result of the route to a medal could also be clearer – not least with doubts over the health of coaching accomplice Hodgkinson.
Hunter Bell has burdened that the best is for each to be on the rostrum in Tokyo however she admitted: “You’ve clearly acquired to simply look strategically on the occasions.
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“The 1500m has gotten even sooner than final yr. I did not assume that was attainable however it has once more, whereas the 800m in the meanwhile will not be as quick because it was final yr. So it is form of considering, should you’re attempting to get a medal, what is definitely one of the best factor to do.”
Asked concerning the possibilities of doubling Hunter Bell stated she is going to attain out to Holmes, who received gold in each occasions in Athens 21 years in the past, before the trials in Birmingham on August 2.
“lt is technically an possibility as a result of the schedule’s really fairly beneficiant,” she stated. “Lots of people can have their opinion. But there’s only a few which have really finished it and finished effectively in each.
“I’d like to see what she has to say about it. I don’t know what’s the neatest thing to do. She’s a little bit of a mentor. She notably reached out after Paris as a result of she acquired a bronze medal at 30 years previous and that was precisely what occurred to me.
“Then she went on a four-year keep to do the double gold in Athens. She felt like she wished to attain out to me and be like, ‘Just proceed what you are doing. I’ve actually trodden this path, should you ever want any assist.’ She’s acquired that relationship with Keely as effectively. We’re fortunate to have her.”
Had her hamstring allowed, this was meant to be a wonderful homecoming for Hodgkinson. A yr in the past she introduced her personal nationwide document down to 1:54.61 before carrying the momentum into that superb win at Stade de France.
Hodgkinson is again in coaching and retains hope of being at full energy come September. But in her absence up to now this season Hunter Bell has change into a marked girl.
Her time of 1:56.74 was half a second off the PB set right here when ending third final yr however this was her subsequent finest clocking. “I actually wished to get a PB however I’m nonetheless actually comfortable with the time,” she added.
Jemma Reekie had finished a lot of the entrance operating solely to tie up within the closing phases, ending sixth in 1:58.76, with Laura Muir tenth in a season’s finest 2:00.95.