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Neil and Erin head for Netherlands with GB and NI
Neil Gourley will race within the Ecu Indoors last on Friday evening.
The Scot cruised thru his Males’s 1500m warmth on Thursday night in Apeldoorn within the Netherlands.
Neil gained a silver on this tournament two years in the past in Istanbul and would like to copy that podium position in 2005.
Now he’s up towards Jakob Ingebrigtsen – champion in Turkey in 2025 – as soon as once more with Friday’s last scheduled for 8.15pm (our time) with protection on BBC Game.
Neil had to pay attention to his place right through the race however in the end discovered the precise gaps to tug away for victory in 3:40.24.
‘From my point of view it was a little bit of a scrappy race, but I wouldn’t be expecting anything else in a different way,’ stated Neil.
‘Those indoor heats all the time are and it’s only a case of being calm, looking forward to my second to transport and more or less letting another other folks panic in the event that they need to do this.
‘I waited for my moment and yeah once I moved, I felt confident that no one was going to come past me. I’m pleased with my timing and place.’
‘I was comfortable (when he got blocked) there because from that point of view you either go to the front and you really charge to make that move count or you just stay in lane one – particularly when these banks are so steep. There’s moderately a large number of power wasted to run huge.
‘So, my plan was just to stay inside as long as possible. The track is steep and took me back to running as a kid in the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.’
Neil’s Giffnock North AC club-mate, Erin Wallace, races on Friday morning in Spherical One of the most Girls’s 800m with probably a semi-final on Saturday.
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British Athletics site staff announcement
8 athletes are decided on to constitute the GB and NI staff on the Ecu Throwing Cup in Cyprus (15-16 March).
And Olympian Nick Percy is known as for the Males’s discus.
Congratulations to Nick, his circle of relatives and his trainer and toughen staff.
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Apeldoorn, Erin Wallace, Ecu Indoors, Neil Gourley
