British Athletics web page announcement
Scotland’s Neil Gourley has been named captain of the GB and NI workforce for the International Indoors in Nanjing, China.
It’s an improbable honour for the Giffnock North AC athlete who gained Males’s 1500m gold on the British Indoors closing month.
Gourley, who opens his championship marketing campaign on Friday night (native) will cope with his team-mates with the normal captain’s speech on the ultimate workforce assembly.
Neil has been dressed in the GB and NI vest since 2015 when he gained the Eu U23 1500m bronze. He gained the Eu Indoor silver in 2023 over the similar distance and simply closing month he broke the British males’s indoor 1000m document in Birmingham.
In what can for sure be considered one in every of GB’s best disciplines (males’s 1500), the place athletes want to be the most productive on the planet simply to make the workforce, he has represented Britain throughout all senior main championships a dozen instances since 2019.
Many congratulations to Neil, his circle of relatives, trainer Stephen Haas and all at Giffnock North AC.
‘I was worried at first because I got a missed call and text from Tommy (Yule) this weekend,’ stated Neil.
‘The message said ‘give me a call back as soon as you can’ and instantly I used to be frightened pondering ‘what haven’t I executed in preparation for China am I in hassle?’
‘“I am hoping I will deliver a supportive setting to the workforce, I believe being a smaller workforce we’re all invested in what each and every different is doing at those championships so I am hoping I will encourage that surroundings on the very least and lead through instance.
‘The level is so high to even be here at the Worlds, so I wouldn’t declare to have all this knowledge I will impart to my team-mates however I do assume there’s one of these nice degree of mutual admire throughout all folks within the occasions we do and that admire for each and every different actually comes via. Optimistically we will be able to have a perfect Championships.’
The GB and NI workforce now contains 11 athletes following the withdrawal of 2 athletes in the previous few days. Each George Turbines and Innes FitzGerald have sadly suffered sickness since Apeldoorn and have been not able to trip.
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British Athletics web page workforce announcement
Double Olympic relay medallist Nicole Yeargin has been named within the GB and NI workforce for the International Athletics Relays, Guangzhou, China (10-11 Might).
With the beginning of a brand new Olympic cycle heading against LA 2028, UK Athletics have has decided on squads throughout all relay occasions with the whole purpose of qualifying for the International Championships in Tokyo later this yr.
This pageant additionally lets in growing athletes to combine with Senior squads and acquire treasured revel in in a world senior pageant in order to keeping up the shape that noticed the programme win medals in each and every relay match on the Olympics, GB & NI being the one country to reach a blank sweep.
Nicole is called within the Girls’s 4x400m checklist with the Blended Relay choices to be drawn from the ones athletes and the pool for the Males’s 4x400m.
Congratulations to Pitreavie AAC athlete Nicole, her trainer Vince Anderson and her circle of relatives on some other GB and NI variety.
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China, Nanjing, Neil Gourley, Nicole Yeargin
