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Georgia Hunter Bell wins first global title with 1500m gold

Great Britain claimed three gold medals in a sensational 28 minutes to make history and achieve the team's best haul at a World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Georgia Hunter Bell began Sunday night's medal rush when she stormed to her first global 1500m title, before pole vaulter Molly Caudery secured her return to the top of the podium in Poland.

A third triumph never looked in doubt as Olympic champion and world record holder Keely Hodgkinson dominated the women's 800m final to win her first World Indoors gold.

Following Josh Kerr's 3,000m triumph on Saturday, it guaranteed the British team's most successful World Indoor Championships of all time, surpassing the three gold medals achieved in 1999.

Returning to the championships at which she represented Great Britain for the first time just two years ago, Olympic bronze medallist Hunter Bell reeled in Ethiopia's Birke Haylom before bursting clear of her rivals on the final lap to win in three minutes 58.53 seconds.

Caudery, already guaranteed silver by the time her team-mate crossed the line, reclaimed the title which represented her breakthrough success two years ago with a second-time clearance over 4.85 metres.

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GB's Caudery wins Gold in pole vault

This was the 32-year-old Hunter Bell's fifth major international medal - and fourth on the global stage - as she continues to establish herself at the top of the sport which she did not return to until 2022 after a five-year break.

It was the fourth-placed finish at the 2024 world indoors in Glasgow which provided Hunter Bell with the necessary evidence that she could compete with the world's best - and should take a summer sabbatical from her full-time job to achieve her Olympic dream.

The British team captain in Torun, Hunter Bell had won both of her 1500m races this season in preparation for chasing her first global crown.

She remained patient as Haylom opened up a significant lead in the early stages, gradually reducing the gap before launching her devastating attack for gold at the bell.

Caudery has endured two heartbreaking experiences at the past two global outdoor championships, failing to qualify for the 2024 Olympic final before sustaining an ankle injury while warming-up at the World Championships in September.

But the 26-year-old wore a beaming smile after securing her return to a global podium in style to further boost GB's medal haul.

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