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Neil Gourley punched his ticket for Paris with a successful defence of his Men’s 1500m title at the UK Champs.
Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie will head for France, too, with their selections confirmed by silver medals in Manchester over 1500m and 800m respectively.
Erin Wallace claimed a bronze medal in the Women’s 800m final to add further gloss to a good weekend for Giffnock North.
With Nicole Yeargin’s fourth place in the 400m looking good for relays selection, it was a solid afternoon for the Scots.
Josh Kerr missed the podium as he crashed off the track in collision with Elliot Giles in a dramatic finale to the Men’s 800m.
Josh, of course, is confirmed for the 1500m at the Olympics and there looks now to be one discretionary slot in the two-lap distance – with Jake Wightman top of the UK rankings.
Neil delivered almost the perfect tactical race over 1500m, putting himself in the right positions and out of trouble.
With 150m to go, he cruised beyond George Mills to repeat his 2023 title win here . . . and become an Olympian at 29.
After three medals on Saturday, there were three more in Para events as Steven Bryce won 1500m Ambulant gold and Samantha Kinghorn and Melanie Woods went 1-2 in the 400m Wheelchair race.
Para duo enjoy track victories
Jemma finished second in the Women’s 800m to teenager Phoebe Gill. Just behind those two was Erin Wallace with a solid run for third – after also being on the UK Champs podium indoors.
It was similar in the Women’s 1500m as Laura was overhauled on the home straight by winner Georgia Bell.Â
The Scot had to settle for second but qualification for her third Olympics felt like more than compensation for Laura.
Nicole had a solid run for 51.34 for fourth in the Women’s 400m final as Brodie Young came home in seventh in the Men’s race.
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Kirsty Law missed out on the medals in the Women’s discus by just one centimetre.
A throw of 52.74m had Kirsty in the podium positions briefly but Jade Lally came up with 52.75m to take the bronze – with the title won at 54.78m.
Greg Millar was the first Scot in action on Sunday and he finished seventh in the Men’s javelin….
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