THE SPAR British Indoor Championships were hosted in Scotland for the first time last weekend – and Glasgow’s Emirates Arena proved to be a good fit for the event.
The venue for last year’s European Indoors has seen plenty of action lately, what with the Müller Indoor Grand Prix having been staged there seven days previously.
Yet despite the small gap between the showpiece events, the lack of a world indoor championships to aim for and the resulting absence of many of the bigger name athletes, there were still reasonably healthy crowds in attendance to see a number of entertaining contests unfold.
This is Olympic year, after all, and there were some who viewed these championships as a valuable part of their preparation for a crucial summer ahead.
Tom Bosworth, for example, sent out a stark warning to his rivals as he race walked his way to smashing his own British record, while Guy Learmonth stayed on his feet and showed off some hurdling skills in a bumpy 800m competition to please the home crowd with victory.
Teacher Jessie Knight gave her school pupils plenty to cheer in the 400m, while the field events threw up plenty of good stories and confidence-boosting performances as an eventful indoor season draws to a close.
This was also an opportunity for the next generation of athletes to continue their development and some of Britain’s new wave of record-breakers seized their chance, none more so than the likes of sprinter Amy Hunt and 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson, who were among a good number to win their first senior national titles.
Doing so is a hugely significant moment and could prove to be a massive step forward for athletes hoping to go on an incredible journey.
Sprinter Amy hunts down senior success on the track
Women’s 60m
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