Having topped a global podium for the first time at the world indoors in March, and secured her first international title outdoors at the Commonwealth Games a fortnight ago, Hunter Bell made it three from three in her own bid for a quadruple.
The 32-year-old, who made her debut for Great Britain in 2024, set out to win golds at all four major championships in 2026, and will attempt to complete her set at the inaugural World Ultimate Championships in September.
This was the latest chapter in her remarkable rise to the top of the sport which she had fallen out of love with amid repeated injuries caused by overtraining during her time on a track scholarship in the United States.
She has gone from strength to strength ever since re-establishing contact with Trevor Painter, coach of Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, in 2022.
It follows a 2025 season during which she displayed her versatility by pipping training partner Hodgkinson to world 800m silver, which suggested a potential bid to replicate Dame Kelly Holmes’ Olympic middle-distance double in 2028 is a real possibility.
After Kenya’s world champion Lilian Odira failed to get close to Hunter Bell at the Commonwealth Games, Hunter Bell finished more than one second clear of Poland’s Klaudia Kazimierska in 4:07.78 as her running renaissance continued.
