Win for Hannah at Loughborough international

Hannah England triumphed in the 800m over close rival Charlene Thomas. Following a stint at altitude in California during the winter season, she came back to the track looking strong with a time of 2.02:31. Thomas, who challenged the 1500m at the World Championships in Berlin last year, followed in 2.02:56.

England said: “I’m really really pleased with that. My only aim was to win. I wasn’t worried about the time. I felt really strong with 50m to go and normally mentally I’m not good there but today I was. Hopefully I can take that onto some of my other races this year.

“It was my first time at altitude and I think it’s made me really strong. It was really hard but I have to be stronger because of it. I’ve got a busy few weeks of races planned and then I’ll have two weeks off before the Aviva European Trials and UK Championships.”