myself but i am happy. it is a bronze medal. bronze also for melissa courtney bryant who got gb going with a third place finish in the women s 3000 metres. she lost out to the german pair hanna klein who won gold, and konsta nze klosterhalfen, britain s hannah nuttall was 5th. and neil gourley took silverfor britain, in the men s 1500 metres, his first major senior medal. he was a close second to norway s jakob ingebrigtsen, the olympic champion held off a resurgent gourley in the final stages but the scot was delighted to push him all the way. i believed i could do it. i put myself in the right places and i got beaten by someone who was just better. i ve got the ticket all on the chin and outdoors because our momentum is heading into it. when a metal here today, i haven t done that yet never won a major metal. so it was important to get that started. yeah, as you said, this is
it is a bronze medal. bronze also for melissa courtney bryant who got gb going with a third place finish in the women s 3000 metres. she lost out to the german pair hanna klein who won gold, and konsta nze klosterhalfen, britain s hannah nuttall was 5th. and neil gourley took silverfor britain, in the men s 1500 metres, his first major senior medal. he was a close second to norway s jakob ingebrigtsen, the olympic champion held off a resurgent gourley in the final stages but the scot was delighted to push him all the way. i believed i could do it. i put myself in the right places and i got beaten by someone who was just better. i ve got take that on the chin and outdoors because our momentum is heading into it. when a medal here today, i haven t done that yet
there was a surprise pacesetter in second practice of formula one s season opening bahrain grand prix this weekend. aston martin s fernando alonso topped the time sheets, the spaniard continuing the team s strong pace from testing, finishing a tenth ahead of the red bulls of world champion max verstappen and sergio perez. lewis hamilton was eighth fastest, with mercedes team mate george russell in thirteenth. and the european athletics championships continue today, with day two in istanbul. earlier, britain s laura muir, katie snowden, and ellie baker all qualified for tomorrow s women s 1500m final. and daryll neita is through to the women s 60m finals later, after winning her heat. these are the live pictures from the atakoy arena. we have just seen the women s 3000 metre final. melissa courtney bryant & hannah nuttall
The Prince of Wales, 40, penned the letter to Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and Arran Gulliver after they won the four-man bobsleigh medal at the World Championship.
World champ Jake Wightman leads a men's field that includes Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Craig Engels, Johnny Gregorek, and Hobbs Kessler. Laura Muir heads the women's field which has Ciara Mageean, Jemma Reekie, Emma Coburn, and Sinclaire Johnson.