The 20-year-old breaks Merlene Ottey’s championship report whereas Amber Anning settles for British indoor 400m bronze.
The second day of the UK Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham (February 15) had a coronary heart warming twist when Renee Regis was offered together with her gold medal within the 200m by none apart from her father, John Regis — the previous world indoor 200m champion.
Regis entered the 200m ultimate because the favorite after a surprising 22.89 run within the semi-finals, which set a brand new championship report. The earlier report of 23.07 had stood since 1990, held by the legendary Merlene Ottey.
Within the ultimate, Regis did not simply win; she powered away from the sector with a formidable 22.95, ending comfortably forward. Hannah Brier claimed silver in 23.37, whereas Brooke Ironside secured bronze with a time of 23.92.
“I didn’t count on to run that quick within the semi-final,” mentioned Regis. “My coaches instructed me to commit, in order that’s precisely what I did.
„It was humorous seeing my dad current me with the medal. He didn’t inform me he was going to do this, however it made the second much more particular.”
The emotional household second was simply one in every of many highlights on a day that noticed loads of drama unfold on the monitor.
Within the ultimate race of the day, the ladies’s 400m, reigning world indoor champion Amber Anning was the favorite, however it was Yemi Mary John who stole the highlight. Holding her kind into the ultimate bend, John surged forward of Anning to take the win in 51.69, securing her first British title. Louisa Stoney narrowly edged out Anning on the road, claiming silver in a private greatest 51.83. Anning matched that point to take bronze.
The ladies’s 800m ultimate had excessive expectations after Issy Boffey’s 1:57.43 efficiency in Boston just a few weeks earlier. Boffey wasted no time asserting management within the ultimate, stringing out the sector early on. She pulled away with 100m to go to clock 1:59.64 — her second-fastest indoor time ever.
Emily Simpson produced an excellent surge within the ultimate phases to safe an indoor private greatest of two:01.43 for silver. Shaikira King additionally set a brand new indoor greatest, with a time of two:01.49 to say bronze.
Within the ladies’s 1500m, Jemma Reekie was the clear favorite, and he or she lived as much as expectations with a commanding victory in 4:26.27. Molly Hudson confirmed outstanding energy to take silver in 4:27.21, whereas Revee Walcott-Nolan accomplished the rostrum with a time of 4:27.28 for bronze.
The ladies’s 3000m additionally featured a robust area, though solely seven ladies have been on the beginning line. Eloise Walker led for a lot of the race, however Hannah Nuttall made her transfer with 800m to go, pushing the tempo and finally breaking Jo Pavey’s 24-year-old championship report with an 8:41.76 victory. Snowden claimed silver in 8:46.09, whereas Walker earned bronze in 8:48.45.
“I by no means understand how championship races will play out,” mentioned Nuttall. “I wasn’t enthusiastic about the time, however once I noticed the clock, I used to be thrilled.”
Serena Vincent claimed the ladies’s shot put title with a season’s greatest throw of 17.33m, comfortably forward of Sophie McKinna, who took silver with a throw of 16.27m. Sabrina Fortune produced a private better of 15.12m to take bronze.
Kate Anson loved a flawless sequence of jumps to take the ladies’s excessive soar title with a clearance of 1.81m. She then went on to clear 1.84m, drawing all eyes within the stadium. The competitors was tight, with Thea Brown clearing 1.81m to take silver, and Hannah Lake incomes bronze with a season’s greatest 1.78m.
Reigning champion Georgina Forde-Wells needed to battle exhausting for her title within the ladies’s triple soar. Regardless of robust performances from Reese Robinson and Leila Newth, Forde-Wells discovered her rhythm in spherical 4, leaping 13.46m and bettering to 13.53m within the ultimate spherical. Robinson took silver with a private better of 13.05m, whereas 15-year-old Leila Newth claimed bronze with a leap of 12.95m, additionally a private greatest.
Returning to the British Indoor Championships for the primary time in 4 years, Bethan Davies added one other British title to her identify with a time of 14:00.94 within the 3000m race stroll.
