Fresh from his 10k win in Porthcawl earlier this month, Swansea Harriers’ Josh Griffiths had a good Sunday morning which resulted in a three place and 39s improvement on last year, breaking the tape in the Asics London 10k (Previously the British 10k) in 29:47.

Clubmate and the 2018 champion Dewi Griffiths had to settle for third this year, finishing in 30:12, with AF&D’s Joshua Grace separating the two with his 29:56.

The women’s race was a swift one as all three podium spots were taken in faster times than 2018. First up was Bedford & County’s Rebecca Murray who ran 33:46 to take first place having had a swift dip into long distance to run a 75 min half marathon in Naples only eight days ago.

Mhairi Mclennan was back out for some 10k action on the roads after her recent appearance on the track in Highgate. She came second in 34:01 which was comfortable lead over Cardiff’s Clara Evans who completed the top spots with a 35:26.

Great racing in Grimsby

While the headline race might have been in London it wasn’t the only fast 10k around. Another gent ducking under the 30 minute mark for 10k this weekend was Lewis Jagger of Sheffield and Dearne AC who ran a 23 second PB to win the Great Grimsby 10k in 29:56. In a rather neat turn of events, second place went to Alastair Watson of Notts Ac in Jagger’s previous PB time of 30:19. Lincoln Wellington’s William Strangeway took third in 31:05.

No PB’s were troubled on the women’s podium though as Calli Thackeray (Hallamshire Harriers) was back in the UK comfortably outside her PB for a win of 35:13. City of Hull’s Becky Briggs finished second in 35:40 and Lincoln Wellington bagged another third place with Natalie Burns coming home in 36:44.

10ks for everyone

At Surrey’s Elmbridge 10k it was Emily Wicks of Aldershot Farnham & District who took on this weekend’s muggy conditions to win the race in 36:05. Molly Renfer of Highgate Harriers was second in 36:59 and South London Harriers’ Mary James came third, just 7s behind her.

For the men, it was Andrius Jaksevicius (Belgrave / Latvia) who won in 31:49 but it was the second and third place that provided the excitement as West 4 Harriers’ Paul Piper and Heathside’s Tom Aldred finished within one second of each other in 32:05 and :04 respectively.

City of Norwich AC gathered a fair few medals this weekend at their home event, the Run Norwich 10k. Iona Lake won her race in 36:24, followed by Rose Penfold (Fulham, 37:14) and Philippa Bowden (A,F&D 37:34). But it was the men’s where they really dominated as Logan Smith (31:41), Ben Spratling (31:57) and Piers Arnold (32:21) all brought back trophies for the host club.

Full results and times from the Musselburgh Festival 10k have not been released yet, but we do know that Fanni Gyurko of Central AC won the women’s race and John Brogan of Falkirk Victoria Harriers was the victor in the men’s.

There were county 10km championship medals on offer at the Bedfordshire AAA 10k. Jack Goodwin was a dominant winner in 31:38, he was joined on the podium by Robert Barnes (34:13) and Edward Blythman (34:23). Paula Downing was the winning woman in 40:33 with Emma Price (41:35) and Gail Duckworth (43:55) second and third.

In Preston there was a unique racing opportunity (quite literally). The Penwortham Bypass 10k took place on a flat, fast stretch of new but as yet unconnected road. The inaugural and, one assumes, only winner was Salford Harrier’s Chris Livesey in 32:58. Mandy Dohren was crowned as the women’s winner with the sponsors construction helmet in 37:33 in one of those podium shots runners dream of.

Penwortham Bypass 10km – a podium photo to remember courtesy of Mandy Dohren

Success in the South West

It was a busy mid week in Exeter with back to back 10km races from City Runs on Wednesday and Thursday. The quickest three men all ran in Wedensday’s event with Phil Wylie coming out on top in 31:45 with Adam Holland second in 33:05 and Berihu Hadera third in 33:23.

It was a similar story in with the women with Wednesday’s race providing the three quickest performances with 37:59 for Rosie Hattersley, 38:28 for Nikita Steiner and 39:22 for Nicky Savill.

Flying times in Caterham

The Caterham Rotary Half Marathon and 10k took place at Redhill Aerodrome. There was a dominant win in the half by James Connor of Havering AC finishing in 69:57 with Kat Owens the women’s winner in 89:37.

In the 10km John Herbert (33:11) and Nicola Archer (41:50) walked away with the wins.

Starting the week with a bang

Monday night saw the Cottage training group, that meets in Battersea Park under coach Mark Lloyd, descended en masse to the Sri Chimney 5k in their home training grounds.

Always a competitive series, this one did not disappoint. Nick Torry, Serpentine member who is part of the England team for the Frankfurt marathon later this year, showed that his training is going well as he nabbed a nine second PB and first place in 14:34.

Another PB run was rewarded with second place for Jonathan Poole, also of Serpentine RC in 14:34. Ben Cole kept the podium comfortably sub-15 as he crossed the line in 14:45.

For the ladies, Cheltenham & County Harriers’ Beth Hawling has a rather sweet 5k debut time on her power of 10 entry, thanks to a first place finish in 16:48. Cottage’s Natalie Seymour, a triathlete by trade, was also making her debut for an official 5k and ran 17:21 for second place.

Rose Penfold of Fulham Running Club took third in 17:34 and in case you’re thinking that name sounds familiar, a quick scroll up will remind you that she went on to place second in the Run Norwich 10k later in the week.

Nick Torry in another classic podium photo. Photo credit: Oleg Galimov

Carruthers runs PB over possibly her favourite distance

Also this week was the Vic Musgrove Fast Five at Telford AC. It was slightly slower than Battersea in general, bar a notable appearance from parkrun fanatic, Hayley Carruthers.

The Birchfield Harrier obliterated the course record by 37 seconds and ran a huge PB in the process, finishing in 15:53.

Dylan Telford of the home club also gained a new best time with his 15:20 win. Second places went to Bridgenorth RC’s Lauren Cooper (17:50) and Bournville Harriers’ Henry Brocklehurst (15:21) and third to Sarah Mackness of Notts AC (18:08) and Jonathan Morris of Wolverhampton and Bilston (15:35)

WMRA World Cup in Snowdonia

Not for those who love an easy run, The International Snowdon Race has a maximum gradient of 32%, with only 1km of the race being flat. The race, which took place on Saturday as the latest in the WMRA World Cup Series. It was Sarah McCormack who conquered the route first in 01:14:49 for the women Andy Douglas in 01:04:04 for the men.

Both Douglas and McCormack are leading the Mountain Running World Cup and had convincing wins on Wales’ highest peak. The Snowdon Race is one of two halves, with the tough uphill being followed by an unrelenting descent. A full write up can be found here.

Photo: Sport Pictures Cymru

Anniversary Games

At the London Anniversary Games Laura Muir showed continued dominance winning with a storming final lap and a finish time of 3:58.25 in the women’s 1500m. Sarah McDonald (4:00.46) and Jemma Reekie (4:02.09) both ran PBs in the same race.

The Emsley Carr Mile took place on Sunday and saw some fantastic sub four mile performances. Jake Wightman ran a fantastic PB of 3:52.02. Chris O’Hare missed just fractionally missed out on a PB with a fantastic run of 3:53.35. Josh Kerr ran 3:53.88 to maintain his position as the seventh fastest under 23 Britain at the mile. Jake Heyward ran 3:54.78 in an incredible debut at the mile. Recently interviewed Piers Copeland (3:56.05) and Zac Seddon (3:58.9) also broke the magical four minute barrier with Neil Gourley finishing in 4:05.80.

In the women’s 800m metres Lindsey Sharp took the win with 1:58.61 followed by Alex Bell in third running a PB of 1:59.82. There were also fine performances from Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (1:59.83) and Hannah Segrave (2:00.18).

The men’s 800m was won by Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich in 1:43.14. Britain’s Jamie Webb ran a fabulous PB in what is turning out to be a super year with 1:44.52. Kyle Langford also ran a PB with 1:44.97 and they were joined by Elliot Giles who ran a seasons best of 1:45.03.

In a competitive men’s 5000m race, won by Hagos Gebhriwet in 13:01.86 from a Norwegian record setting Jakob Ingebrigtsen (13:02.03). Andy Butchart in fifth improved his own Scottish record with 13:06.21. Several others, including Brits Ben Connor (13:19.47) and Alex Yee (13:29.18) also ran PBs. Also racing were Marc Scott (13:49.55) and Nick Goolab (14:02.27).

The women’s 5,000m was won by Helen Obiri in 14:20.36. Britain’s Laura Weightman put in a fantastic performance to PB with 14:51.78 ahead of Eilish McColgan (14:51.89). Jess Judd also ran a PB with 15:16.47 ahead of Rosie Clark (15:19.75) and Amy-Eloise Neale (15:35.02).

On a side note, the SIAB International meeting saw Welsh athlete Osain Perrin break the U17M 3,000m Welsh record in a time of 8:23.64, a record that has stood for 40 years. A stunning run.

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On an eventful fifth day of athletics at the Carrara Stadium Track, the home nations sprinters experienced both joy and heartbreak. Dina Asher-Smith took bronze in the women’s 200m before England team-mate Zharnel Hughes appeared to take victory in the men’s event only to be disqualified, with Northern Ireland’s Leon Reid promoted to bronze.

For Langford, gold was in his sights as he rapidly closed on the eventual winner, Wycliffe Kinyamal of Kenya, down the home straight but, although his 1:45.16 was a personal best, he was ultimately five hundredths adrift.

After a slow first 400m, the race picked up in the back straight as Kinyamal and pre-race favourite Nijel Amos led with 200m to go.

Still fifth and a second behind Kimyamal with 100m left, Langford then slowed less than his rivals, although he arguably left his charge too late.

The 22-year-old, who was fourth in the world final last year, was followed home by Australia’s Luke Mathews, who ran 1:45.60 to just beat Scotland’s Jake Wightman (1:45.82) for bronze.

Bronze for Asher-Smith and Reid

Running in a field which would not have looked out of place in a world or Olympic final, Asher-Smith finished behind the dominant Bahamian Shanae Miller-Uibo (22.09) and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson (22.18).

Asher-Smith, who just pipped Olympic 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, ran 22.29 – her fifth fastest ever time. England’s Bianca Williams was sixth in 23.06.

Moments later England team-mate Hughes formed a big lead in the first 150m of the men’s half-lap. However, Trinidad & Tobago’s Jereem Richards quickly closed him down and applied enough pressure that Hughes began to lose form in the dying metres.

The pair clashed arms and, although Hughes was given the win initially, 20.12 to 20.14, the England team knew they had a nervous wait for a potential protest. As feared, Hughes was disqualified for stepping out of his lane and impeding another athlete.

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Canada’s Aaron Brown thus took silver in 20.34, meaning Northern Ireland’s Reid, who features on Fast Running in the class of 2018, was elevated to bronze in 20.55, winning the nations first Commonwealth medal in 28 years.

“I had a little cry,” he said afterwards. “I’m very excited. I’m going to find my Mum and celebrate tonight.

“Most importantly for the team, I hope we can all move up together. All of them were here supporting me and I feel they were there in the last 50 with me. I could hear my name being screamed and I wasn’t going to give up. I fought to the end and it managed to pay off.”

Silver for Doyle

Scotland’s Eilidh Doyle took silver in the 400m hurdles for the third Commonwealths in succession.

While Jamaica’s Janieve Russell always looked the winner, stopping the clock on 54.33, Doyle finished strongly to win a close tussle for the minor medals in 54.80 – her fastest in these Games.

Crossing the line 0.16 seconds ahead of South Africa’s bronze medallist Wenda Nel, she claimed her 16th medal at European, Commonwealth or world level.

Gold for Hahn

Hahn was just two hundredths outside her world record as she won the 100m T38 for athletes with cerebral palsy. Her 12.46 was a Games record as she beat Australia’s Rhiannon Clarke (13.17) and Wales’ Olivia Breen (13.35).

England’s Katrina Hart was sixth in 14.82.

English hurdler Jack Green was satisfied with his fourth in the corresponding men’s 400m hurdles.

His 49.18 left him just two hundredths outside the medals as British Virgin Islands’ Kyron McMaster took gold in 48.25 ahead of Bahamas’ Jeffrey Gibson (49.10) and Jamaica’s Jaheel Hyde.

Mixed women’s 800m for home nations

As Scotland’s medal hopeful Lynsey Sharp surprisingly failed to qualify for the final, England’s Alexandra Bell excelled with a PB to be the only home nations success in the 800m heats.

Bell sliced 0.42 off her best with 2:00.11 as she placed behind only Caster Semenya, who looked easy in clocking 1:59.26. Both went through as automatic qualifiers.

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, who won world indoor bronze last month, ran a solid 2:00.81 but found this not enough to go through, crossing the line third in her semi.

Northern Ireland’s Ciara Mageean was seventh in that race, running 2:03.30.

Sharp, who won silver in Glasgow 2014, had felt she was in the shape of her life, but she could place only fourth in her race, running 2:01.33 behind Kenyan winner Emily Tuei and Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo.

In the 100m hurdles, England’s former world bronze medallist Tiffany Porter qualified automatically for the final, finishing third in her heat with 12.99 behind Jamaica’s Danielle Williams, whose 12.69 was the fastest of the round.

In the other heat, England’s Alicia Barrett went through as a fastest loser as she was fourth in 13.19. However, Wales’ Caryl Granville failed to advance, finishing seventh in 13.98.

In the 100m T12 for athletes with visual impairment, England’s Zachary Shaw and Wales’ James Ledger went out at the semi-final stage, running 11.58 and 11.77 respectively for second and third. South Africa’s Ndodomzi Ntutu took gold in the final in 11.02.

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England’s Kyle Langford and Scotland’s Jake Wightman qualified for the 800m final with ease with both athletes finishing second in their respective heats.

Langford, who finished fourth at last summer’s World Championships qualified in a time of 1:45.61, with Wightman, who doubles up in the 1500m clocking 1:47.43 in heat three. England’s Andrew Osagie and Elliot Giles, as well as Scotland’s Guy Learmonth, bowed out in the heats.

Afterwards, Langford said: “I paced it well; I knew I was going to catch them down the last 100m. I had enough left in the tank so I’m really excited to get going in that final. I felt really easy all the way around and got through so that is all that matters.”

Home nations impress in 200m

It was a clean sweep for Team England athletes in the 200m heats as Dina Asher-Smith, Finette Agyapong, Bianca Williams, Zharnel Hughes and Richard Kilty all advanced to Wednesday’s semi-finals.

Asher-Smith comfortably made it through, firing out of the blocks to open up a significant margin on the rest of the field and had time to shut down and cruise to the line with 60m to go, stopping the clock at 23.28.

“I was feeling good; I just wanted to do enough to qualify and conserve as much energy as possible,” she said. “I wanted to qualify safely and I managed to do that.”

Agyapong and Williams both finished second in their heats clocking 23.15 and 23.20 respectively, while Zharnel Hughes (20.34) and Richard Kilty (21.08) impressed to progress to the semis.

The five English athletes will be joined by Northern Ireland’s Amy Foster, who clocked 23.94 to finish fourth in her heat and Leon Reid running 20.73 to finish second in the first men’s heat. Reid features in the ‘Fast 10: class of 2018‘ – and you can follow his journey this year here.

Doyle goes for gold

Scotland’s Eilidh Doyle performed well as she booked her spot in her third Commonwealth Games 400m hurdles final with a 54.80 clocking to win the first heat.

The 31-year-old Scot will have her sights on gold in Thursday’s final.

England’s Meghan Beesley and Jessica Turner, as well as Wales’ Caryl Granville, did not progress.

Jack Green made the men’s final, with the English athlete clocking 49.24 to finish second in heat two, while Guernsey’s Alastair Chalmers clocked 51.10 in his heat to finish seventh.

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With the teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland now in Australia ahead of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on 4th April, the Queensland meet at the State Athletics Facility provided the perfect opportunity for athletes to test themselves against fellow Commonwealth nations and other international competition.

England’s Laura Weightman, who will compete in the 5000m in the Commonwealth Games, opened her outdoor track season with a win in the familiar 1500m. The two-time Olympic finalist clocked 4:05.89 to finish ahead of Wales’ Melissa Courtney in 4:06.70.

Scottish pair Eilish McColgan and Step Twell finished third and fourth in 4:08.70 and 4:09.67 respectively. Also competing were English trio Rosie Clarke in fifth, Jess Judd eighth and Iona Lake 10th.

In the men’s event, Welsh duo Axe Rowan and Tom Marshall finished 11th and 13th clocking 3:48.72 and 3:54.38 respectively. Australia’s Luke Mathews won in 3:37.16 ahead of USA’s Kyle Merber.

England’s Kyle Langford won a close men’s 800m race in 1:48.29 ahead of Australia’s Jordan Williamsz. Fellow English athlete Charlie Grice, who will compete in the 1500m next month, finished third in 1:48.41 and Scotland’s Chris O’Hare sixth in 1:49.41.

Clocking 2:03.13 Sarah McDonald finished second in the women’s event ahead of Team England teammate Alex Bell who ran 2:03.71, with Scottish medal hope, Lynsey Sharp 0.04 seconds off in 2:03.74.

The race was won by New Zealand’s Angela Petty in 2:03.04, with English pair Adelle Tracey finishing sixth and Kate Snowden eighth.

In the first of two men’s 400m races, England’s Rabah Yousif finished third in 46.81 and Dwayne Cowan sixth in 47.06, with Martyn Rooney finishing as runner-up in the second race clocking 46.88.

Scotland’s Zoey Clark finished third in 52.69 and England’s Anyika Onoura was fifth clocking 53.46 in second of the women’s 400m races. In the first race, England’s Emily Diamond finished third behind Jamaica’s Stephenie-Ann McPherson and Australia’s Morgan Mitchell.

England’s Dina Asher-Smith clocked 11.31 to win the second of two women’s 100m races, with Northern Ireland’s Amy Foster fourth in 11.81. In the first race England’s Corinne Humphreys clocked 11.93 to finish second to Jamaica’s Olympic champion Elaine Thompson.

In the first 100m races, England’s Harry Aikines-Aryeetey clocked 10.65 to finish fourth, with compatriot Adam Gemili clocking 10.51 to finish second in a later 100m race ahead of Northern Ireland’s Leon Reid in third who ran 10.75.

England’s T46 athlete James Arnott clocked 11.87 to finish third in the fourth 100m race ahead of Welsh duo James Ledger in 12.16 and Morgan Jones who posted 12.17.

Earlier in the competition, the England quartet of Asha Phillip, Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams and Corinne Humphreys got the better of the Australian 4x100m team that featured Sally Pearson.

In the men’s race England’s 4x100m team of Richard Kilty, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. were also victorious.

Anyika Onoura finished clocked 23.85 to finish third ahead of English teammate Alicia Barrett in the first women’s 200m race, with Northern Ireland’s multi-eventer Kate O’Connor in sixth.

England’s Bianca Williams clocked 23.56 to finish behind Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson in the second race.

Matthew Hudson-Smith finished second in the first men’s 200m race, clocking 20.98 behind Botswana’s Isaac Makwala.

While England teammate Zharnel Hughes, who was the victim of a gun attack earlier this year, won the second 200m race in a super quick 20.23, ahead of Northern Ireland’s Leon Reid in 20.90. England’s John Lane finished sixth.

In the 400m hurdles, it was an England one-two with Jack Green and Jacob Paul clocking 49.80 and 49.96. Teammate Meghan Beesley was third in the women’s event clocking 56.45.

World indoor champion Andrew Pozzi finished fourth posting 13.99 in the 110m hurdles with England teammate David King second in 13.92. Welsh duo Curtis Matthews and Ben Gregory finished fifth and sixth in the second event.

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In a field that included defending champion Eric Jenkins of the USA and New Zealand’s two-time Olympic medalist Nick Willis, O’Hare quickly made a statement of intent as took the lead sprinting around the 200m track at the Armory.

The 27-year-old Scot built up a huge gap between himself and the rest of the field going into the final lap. His challengers were not throwing in the towel though and fellow Scot Josh Kerr and USA’s Ben Blankenship gave it their all to draw O’Hare back in.

But despite clearly tiring after his earlier efforts, O’Hare held on impressively to win a first Wanamaker Mile title and becomes only the second ever British winner after John Whetton in 1965.

O’Hare crossed the line in 3:54.14, with NCAA indoor and outdoor 800m and 1500m champion Kerr second in a PB 3:54.72. Kerr now moves to fifth on the UK all-time rankings.

Blankenship finished third in 3:54.77, with Charlie Grice sealing three of the top four spots for British athletes in 3:56.47.

USA’s Collen Quigley won the women’s Wanamaker Mile with Ireland’s Ciara Mageean third. A recap of the action can be found here.

After leading from the front early in the men’s 3000m race Britain’s Andy Butchart finished fifth in 7:47.21. Shadrack Kipchirchir took the win in 7:45.49.

Kyle Langford opened his indoor season with a world indoor championships qualifying time of 1:46.43 in the men’s 800m race. The 22-year-old, who narrowly missed out on a medal at the outdoor World Championships in London last year, finished fourth.

The race was won by Kenyan Emmanuel Korir with an African indoor record of 1:44.21. Korir’s impressive time also moves him to third on the indoor world all-time list.

Lynsey Sharp, along with Kendra Chambers, Ce’aira Brown, Cecilia Barowski made up the New York All-Stars quartet that finished second in the women’s 4x800m relay race.

Elsewhere, Olympic 400m gold medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo posted 35.45 for 300m to equal the world indoor record.

The women’s 3000m was won by Jamaica’s Aisha Praught-Leer in 8:41.10, with USA’s world steeplechase champion Emma Corburn second.

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Without Rudisha, Bostwana’s Nigel Amos was the strong favourite to take gold, but it was Canada’s Brandon McBride who took the race from the start, leading the field out with a fast opening 200m.

The first lap was a quick 50.76, with Britain’s Kyle Langford under pressure sitting at the back of the field.

Pierre-Ambroise Bosse of France took charge and held on impressively to win gold from Adam Kszczot of Poland. It was a season’s best for the new world champion.

After struggling on the first lap, Langford came down the home straight like a train to finish fourth, crossing the line in 1:45.25.

The 21-year-old missed out on the bronze medal by four hundredths of a second, agonisingly close for Langford, but it is still a new personal best.

Kenya’s Kipyegon Bett finished in third, while favourite Nijel Amos struggled, only finishing fifth.

In the 400m final, South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk’s dominance of the distance continued. The Olympic champion and world record holder cruised to gold, crossing the line in 43.98.

Van Niekerk is now one step closer in his quest for a 200m & 400m double.

The 25-year-old competes in the 200m semi-finals on Wednesday evening, hoping to become the first man since Michael Johnson in 1995, to win the double at a World Championships.

In the absence of Van Niekerk’s main challenger Isaac Makwala, Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas took silver, with Qatar’s Abdalelah Haroun sealing bronze.

Going back to the 800m final, Langford’s fourth place finish, also equals Curtis Robb’s 1993 best placed finish for a British male in the 800m at the World Championships.

After coming so close to a world medal, Langford said: It’s bitter sweet, I knew in my head I wanted to medal tonight. I’m fourth in the world now and only 21-years-old.

Meanwhile, Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto showed he’s the king of the steeplechase, with an outstanding last lap to take gold in the 3000m steeplechase final.

USA’s Evan Jager led the field early on, but was overtaken by the Kenya’s Kipruto and Soufiane Elbakkali of Morocco in the final lap.

Elbakkali sealed silver, while Jager, who won the silver medal at the Olympics in Rio, held off the charges from the rest of the field to seal bronze.

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The 21-year-old was fifth coming into the home straight, before sprinting down the final 100m to clinch the second automatic qualification place, crossing the line in 1:45.81 and finishing ahead of Marcin Lewandowski of Poland and Kenya’s Emmanuel Korir.

Canada’s Brandon McBride won in 1:45.53.

The European Junior champion said: “It was my goal to get into the final.

“From the start of the season it’s been a bit rocky, but I’m here now, let’s see what I can add on top of that.”

“The crowd was amazing. That roar was phenomenal – it actually made my ears go funny because it was so loud but that support was incredible,” he added.

Fellow GB athletes, Guy Learmonth and Elliot Giles, missed out on qualification for the final.

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