Jemma Reekie’s initial disappointment at claiming silver in the World Athletics Indoor Championships illustrated the significant ambitions of Great Britain’s athletes with five months to go until the Olympics.
That breakthrough first major medal in the 800m for the 25-year-old was the hosts’ fourth and final medal in Glasgow, where Josh Kerr and Molly Caudery starred with golds on home soil.
At the end of a weekend during which GB also won women’s 4x400m relay bronze, World Athletics president Lord Coe expressed his excitement for the nation’s Olympic prospects this summer.
“We are heading into Paris with the most exciting crop of young athletes I have seen for a few generations,” he told BBC Sport.
Kerr’s stunning 3,000m victory and Caudery’s breakthrough pole vault triumph contributed to a sensational Saturday night for the hosts in Glasgow.
And, following Sunday’s relay bronze that marked an emotional milestone for twin sisters Laviai and Lina Nielsen, Reekie’s hugely popular silver provided a fitting finale to a successful weekend for a small British team that finished fifth in the medal table.
The early season promise shown by several global stars, including American sprinter Noah Lyles and Dutch record-breaker Femke Bol has already stirred up excitement for the Paris Games, where the athletics programme begins on 1 August.
Before then, British athletes will target the European Championships in Rome in June then aim to secure their Olympic place at the UK Championships on 8 and 9 July.
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