Laviai Nielsen and Jemma Reekie have introduced that they’ve ended their indoor seasons.
The pair, who each represented Nice Britain on the monitor finally yr’s Olympics in Paris, will now put together for his or her outside campaigns, with the season’s pinnacle being the Tokyo World Championships in September.
“Sadly, I’ve made the choice to finish my indoor season right here so no British Champs for me this weekend,” Nielsen mentioned.
“After a difficult winter with just a few setbacks, I do know I’m not within the form I have to be to compete at my greatest. It’s by no means straightforward to step away, however that is the correct name to concentrate on getting stronger for the outside season.”
GB girls’s 4x400m squad in Paris (Getty)
The 28-year-old competed in three indoor 400m races in February, clocking a season’s better of 51.88 on the Assembly Metz Moselle Athlelor in France.
Nielsen’s private greatest within the indoor 400m is the 50.89 that positioned her fourth finally yr’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
The Brit additionally completed twelfth total within the Paris Olympic 400m semi-finals and secured two bronzes within the girls’s and combined 4x400m relays on the Stade de France.
Her sister Lina set a British indoor 300m document of 36.53 finally weekend’s Keely Klassic, bettering Dina Asher-Smith’s 36.77 from final February.
Jemma Reekie (Getty)
Reekie has additionally made the choice to chop brief her indoor season, with the principle focus being open air.
“I’ve determined one of the best ways for myself to prepare for this outside season is to prioritise me and get again to work,” she mentioned.
The 26-year-old competed in two indoor 800m races in February, together with her season’s greatest being the 1:59.72 she ran on the Assembly Metz Moselle Athlelor in France.
Though Reekie didn’t make the Olympic 800m remaining, she secured a silver medal over the space on residence soil finally yr’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
Reekie additionally improved her outright 800m greatest to 1:55.61 on the London Diamond League, going second on the UK all-time listing behind solely Keely Hodgkinson.
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