Olympic medallist Georgia Hunter Bell leads small…

Olympic medallist Georgia Hunter Bell leads small British team for World Indoors

Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell headlines a small Great Britain squad heading to the World Athletics Indoor Championships later this month.

There will be just 13 Brits heading to Nanjing, China, for the event with Hunter Bell – who memorably claimed women’s 1500m bronze at Paris 2024 on her Olympic debut, just three years after returning to the sport of athletics – as the biggest name.

The 31-year-old, who made the Olympic podium as Georgia Bell but got married to George Hunter in October, has now left her job in cyber security to focus on athletics full time once again.

The World Indoors is the second major championship taking place this month, following the European Athletics Indoor Championships last weekend, where GB won seven medals in total.

Four of those medallists will head to China for the Worlds with men’s 60m champion Jeremiah Azu and bronze medal winner Andy Robertson both competing over the shortest distance again, European bronze medallist Revee Walcott-Nolan joining Hunter Bell in the women’s 1500m and George Mills hoping to match or even improve on his European silver in the men’s 3000m.

Amy Hunt, part of the Team GB 4x100m women's relay squad that won silver at Paris 2024, will race the 60m, while Olympic bronze medallist in the women’s 4x400m relay – Amber Anning – will run the women’s 400m.

Jeremiah Azu won the European Indoor 60m title last weekend (Getty Images)

Pole vaulter Molly Caudery, who pulled out of the European Indoors, was one of only two British women to win a gold medal at the 2024 World Indoors in Glasgow and will attempt to defend her crown in China.

British Athletics have stated that the aim of these championships is to maximise medal success and top-eight placings, as well as supporting preparation at the outdoor World Championships later this year.

They also explained their decision not to send any relay athletes to Nanjing, saying: “Relay athletes will now focus on preparations for the World Athletics Relay Championships at the start of May and therefore will not be competing in Nanjing.”