Performance director Neil Black has defended British Athletics’ selection policy after being forced to pick just one male sprinter for the European Indoor Championships.
Leeds featherweight boxer Josh Warrington, who won his first world title and then went on to defend it against the odds, ran out a comfortable winner of this year’s Yorkshire Post Sports Hero of 2018 poll.
Dina Asher-Smith will have world gold within her grasp while a football World Cup throws up a domestic showdown to savour as women’s sport prepares to take centre stage in 2019.
Dina Asher-Smith completed her sprint treble bid and immediately set her sights on the 2020 Olympics as Laura Muir claimed her maiden outdoor title to cap a historic European Championships for Great Britain.
As the images flashed from Jack Laugher in the pool in Edinburgh to Jess Learmonth running through a park in Glasgow to a young Belarusian winning the 100m hurdles in Berlin, it was hard to escape the feeling that these European Championships have created greater confusion than anything else.
YORKSHIRE’S Marc Scott underlined his status as one of Great Britain’s best long-distance runners at the European Championships as the Northallerton athlete finished fifth in the 5,000m.
DOUBLE Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee admits he is considering retirement at the end of the triathlon season after finishing a disappointing fourth at the European Championships.