A fortnight on from her memorable Commonwealth Games triumph in Glasgow, Georgia Hunter Bell is targeting her second major outdoor title in the women's 1500m at the European Athletics Championships.
Britain's Hunter Bell is the odds-on favourite to be crowned European champion on Saturday night.
A late bloomer on the athletics scene, the 31-year-old won Olympic 1500m bronze in Paris and 800m silver at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo before securing 1500m gold at the World Indoor Championships earlier this year.
She's continued her excellent form into the summer, taking victory in the Diamond League meeting in Rome and setting a new personal best over a mile in July at the Prefontaine Classic.
Deemed the underdog to world champion Lilian Odira at the Commonwealth Games, Hunter Bell kicked away from the Kenyan in the latter stages to deliver a commanding victory and her first major outdoor title.
Standing in the way of Hunter Bell and victory at the Alexander Stadium is France’s Agathe Guillemot, who got the better of the Commonwealth champion at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.
Poland’s Klaudia Kazimierska is one of five Europeans to break the 4-minute barrier this season alongside Patricia Silva and Gabija Galvydytė, while you can never discount two-time European champion Laura Muir, who will be eager to roll back the years in Birmingham.
Hunter Bell's training partner, Sarah Healy, narrowly missed out on a medal in the 5000m earlier this week, `but the reigning European indoor 3000m champion may relish the shorter trip.
European Athletics Championships Women's 1500m Final Odds
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