The pair will now give attention to their out of doors campaigns, with the final word purpose being September’s World Championships in Tokyo
Laviai Nielsen and Jemma Reekie have introduced that they’ve ended their indoor seasons.
The pair, who each represented Nice Britain on the observe ultimately yr’s Olympics in Paris, will now put together for his or her out of doors campaigns, with the season’s pinnacle being the Tokyo World Championships in September.
“Sadly, I’ve made the choice to finish my indoor season right here so no British Champs for me this weekend,” Nielsen mentioned.
“After a difficult winter with a couple of setbacks, I do know I’m not within the form I must be to compete at my greatest. It’s by no means straightforward to step away, however that is the correct name to give attention to getting stronger for the out of doors season.”
GB girls’s 4x400m squad in Paris (Getty)
The 28-year-old competed in three indoor 400m races in February, clocking a season’s better of 51.88 on the Assembly Metz Moselle Athlelor in France.
Nielsen’s private greatest within the indoor 400m is the 50.89 that positioned her fourth ultimately yr’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
The Brit additionally completed twelfth general within the Paris Olympic 400m semi-finals and secured two bronzes within the girls’s and blended 4x400m relays on the Stade de France.
Her sister Lina set a British indoor 300m report of 36.53 ultimately weekend’s Keely Klassic, bettering Dina Asher-Smith’s 36.77 from final February.
Jemma Reekie (Getty)
Reekie has additionally made the choice to chop brief her indoor season, with the principle focus being outdoor.
“I’ve determined the easiest way for myself to prepare for this out of doors season is to prioritise me and get again to work,” she mentioned.
The 26-year-old competed in two indoor 800m races in February, along with her season’s greatest being the 1:59.72 she ran on the Assembly Metz Moselle Athlelor in France.
Though Reekie didn’t make the Olympic 800m remaining, she secured a silver medal over the space on house soil ultimately yr’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
Reekie additionally improved her outright 800m greatest to 1:55.61 on the London Diamond League, going second on the UK all-time checklist behind solely Keely Hodgkinson.
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