After making the Olympic podium on her debut at Paris 2024, and edging coaching associate Hodgkinson to world 800m silver in September, Hunter Bell’s outstanding journey to the highest of the game is full.
A prodigiously proficient junior, Hunter Bell has made fast enchancment since re-establishing contact with coach Trevor Painter after repeated accidents and a transfer to America triggered her to fall out of affection with the game.
Co-coach Jenny Meadows has not been allowed to neglect her preliminary response when her husband Painter knowledgeable her that Hunter Bell had bought again in contact. “Well, that ship has sailed”, was her reply.
“This time two years ago I was working in tech sales, now I’m a world champion,” Hunter Bell advised BBC Sport.
“I felt like the area I needed to progress in was coming into a championships, being the favourite and winning. It is such a relief.”
