It was another good night for one of our Team GB athletes as Robbie Grabarz won silver at the World Indoor Championships and there was also a second place finish for Ben Swift at the at Milan-San Remo. For both of those and more news on GB athletes, keep reading.
Team GB’s Robbie Grabarz was left ecstatic after he won high jump silver at the IAAF World Indoor Championships at the Oregon Convention Centre in Portland.
It has been a difficult couple of years for the 28-year-old after surgery but he cleared 2.20m, 2.25m and 2.29m before jumping 2.33m first time to secure his place on the podium, which was topped by Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi.
Grabarz told British Athletics: “I'm ecstatic; I just can't believe it to be honest. If someone would have said that would be the result two years ago I wouldn’t have believed it and I would have bit your hand off.
“They (Barshim and Kynard) looked very, very far away, but it just made me train harder and harder - just on the days I didn’t really want to get out of bed. I've been able to compete with these guys and get a medal and that's great.”
Grabarz’s team-mate Chris Baker could only manage eighth after his best jump of 2.29m in what was his first World Championships.
Baker said: “It's frustrating because I was jumping the height to make the 33, but just not clearing the bar and that's what makes it feel a bit harder. It's frustrating, but that's high jump. Me and Robbie were having a great time out there, it was a lot of fun and I'm delighted for him.”
British team captain Asha Philip had to settle for lane one in the 60m final and came fifth with a time of 7.14 seconds, but Dina Asher-Smith was forced to pull out of the race after a reaction to her hamstring following her semi-final.
And Lawrence Clarke also booked his place in the 60m hurdles semi-final later today with a time of 7.74 seconds.
Ben Swift admitted his ability to stay calm was what propelled him to a second-place finish at Milan-San Remo.
Brit Swift, racing for Team Sky, latched on to Arnaud Demare's wheel after the 295km race culminated in the predicted sprint finish, but he was unable to surge past in the closing metres and ended up losing by a bike length.
It was the second time Swift has finished on the podium at Milan-San Remo in three years, following his third place in the 2014 edition.
"Obviously it's quite disappointing to get second - so close to the win," Swift told TeamSky.com.
"That said I've got to be happy and I'm back on the podium in a Monument. I'm slowly chipping away. We've had a second, a third and we'll keep on trying in the next few years.
"The team was brilliant today. Unfortunately we lost Pete (Kennaugh) and Geraint (Thomas) in that crash.
“It was a super stressful day and we lost a lot of horsepower there. We rode a great attacking race and we did what we wanted to do.”
GB freestyle snowboarder Katie Ormerod qualified for today’s World Cup final in Czech Republic in second place.
Ormerod’s score of 84.75 saw her finish second in the slopestyle qualifying event in Spindleruv Mlyn, with the USA’s Karly Shorr leading the way on 90.50.
It is the final World Cup event of the season and Ormerod currently finds herself 16th in the overall rankings, with Britain’s Aimee Fuller – who came seventh in qualifying in the Czech Republic - 23rd.
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