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Neil Gourley clinches 1500m silver at European Indoor Championships

Neil Gourley clinches 1500m silver at European Indoor Championships
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Great Britain's Neil Gourley wins 1500m silver as Daryll Neita and Melissa Courtney-Bryant scoop bronze medals at the European Indoor Athletics Championships.

Neil Gourley clinched the silver medal in the men's 1500m as Great Britain posted three podium finishes on day two of the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Gourley - who holds the British Indoor record in the event - posted a time of 3:34.23 to finish as runner-up behind Norway's Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who held off a late surge from the silver medallist and set a Championship record with 3:33.95.

Azeddine Habz of France ended with 3:35.39 to take the bronze medal, but it was not to be for Gourley's compatriot George Mills, who ended up in 11th with 3:51.28 on the clock.

"I believed I could do it, I put myself in the right places and I just got beaten by somebody who was better. I have to take that on the chin," Gourley told BBC Sport.

"The whole plan was to be out front so I could react to Jakob's inevitable move and I just didn't have it today. It was important to win a medal, I hadn't done that yet - winning a major medal - so it was important to get that started."

Gourley's silver was one of three medals for GB in the opening finals, as Melissa Courtney-Bryant won her second European Indoor bronze in the 3000m after also placing third in 2019.

The 29-year-old's 8:41.19 was enough for the final spot on the podium behind the German pair of Hanna Klein (8:35.87) and Konstanze Klosterhalfen (8:36.50), while Hannah Nuttall achieved a personal best of 8:46.30 to place fifth.

Daryll Neita also won bronze in the women's 60m with a time of 7.12 seconds, as Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji (7.00) took the title with Poland's Ewa Swoboda (7.09) in second.

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