Olympic place 'pretty special' for Gourley

Neil Gourley says sealing an Olympic spot is "pretty special" aft an "especially challenging" year.

The 29-year-old enjoyed a comfortable 1500m triumph astatine nan UK Athletics Championships to make judge of his Paris 2024 place.

In a slow race, Gourley pulled distant from George Mills connected nan location consecutive to decorativeness successful 3 minutes 37:67 seconds.

The Scot had missed nan World Indoor Championships successful Glasgow successful March done injury.

"It's going to beryllium beautiful special, it already benignant of is," he told Scottish Athletics.

"Three years ago, I tore my calf a mates of times successful nan lead up to nan Olympic tests and that killed that dream.

"This twelvemonth was rather tough. This year's been particularly challenging. There were times erstwhile I didn't deliberation this was possible."

World champion Josh Kerr will subordinate chap Scot Gourley and Mills successful nan 1500m team.

Already assured of his spot successful Paris, Kerr chose to title complete 800m successful Manchester and fell successful nan last consecutive aft a dense collision pinch Elliot Giles.

Jake Wightman, nan 2022 world champion complete 1500m, was granted a aesculapian exemption aft pulling retired pinch a "minor" calf injury.

With Ben Pattison and Max Burgin finishing first and 2nd successful nan 800m, Wightman must dream for a discretionary spot successful nan arena he won a European metallic badge successful 2 years ago.

Laura Muir ensured she will beryllium competing astatine a 3rd Olympics but had to excavation heavy to decorativeness 2nd complete 1500m.

The metallic medallist from Tokyo successful 2021, was good beaten successful a sprint decorativeness by Georgia Bell.

Jemma Reekie was besides 2nd successful nan 800m, down 17-year-old rising prima Phoebe Gill.

Those 2 will subordinate Olympic and world metallic medallist Keely Hodgkinson astatine nan Games.

On Saturday, discus thrower Nick Percy clinched his Team GB spot aft finishing runner-up to Chukwuemeka Osammor.