Nice Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell, Dina Asher-Smith and Max Burgin produced spectacular performances on the Diamond League Closing as they finalised their preparations for subsequent month’s World Championships.
The trio, every named within the British squad for Tokyo earlier this week, achieved second-place finishes in Zurich with simply 16 days till the motion will get beneath approach in Japan‘s capital on 13 September.
Having final week chosen to focus on the 800m in pursuit of one other world podium, Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell ran a private finest one minute 55.96 seconds in that occasion as she completed runner-up in an exhilarating end towards Switzerland’s Audrey Werro (1:55.91).
That point moved Hunter Bell, whose resolution to modify to the 800m may see her line up alongside coaching companion and Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson on the earth ultimate, above Dame Kelly Holmes to 3rd on the British all-time record.
“It will be wonderful [to make the world podium],” Hunter Bell advised BBC World Service Sport.
“I do not assume two [British] athletes have been on the rostrum collectively since perhaps Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram or Steve Ovett, so if me and Keely may do this, it might be fairly particular.”